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Well, I Think The Most Realistic Ways To Keep Them [saddam Hussien & Slobadon Milisevic] Isolated In The World Of Public Opinion And To Work With Our Alliance Is To Keep Them Isolated. I'm Just As Frustrated As Many Americans Are That Saddam Hussein Still Lives. I Think We Ought To Keep The Pressure On Him. I Will Tell You This: If We Catch Him Developing Weapons Of Mass Destruction In Any Way, Shape Or Form, I'll Deal With That In A Way That He Won't Like.

-George W. Bush

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Well, I Think The Most Realistic Ways To Keep Them [saddam Hussien & Slobadon Milisevic] Isolated In The World Of Public Opinion And To Work With Our Alliance Is To Keep Them Isolated. I'm Just As Frustrated As Many Americans Are That Saddam Hussein Still Lives. I Think We Ought To Keep The Pressure On Him. I Will Tell You This: If We Catch Him Developing Weapons Of Mass Destruction In Any Way, Shape Or Form, I'll Deal With That In A Way That He Won't Like.

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Mass Destruction

When You Know That Somebody Lost Their Loved One As A Result Of A Decision That I Made, That's A Tough Moment. If You're A Faithful Person You Try To Empathize With The Suffering That That Person Is Going Through.

Those Who Make War Against The United States Have Chosen Their Own Destruction.

I Will Always Believe Our Nation's Best Days Lie Ahead.

States Like (iraq, Iran, & North Korea), And Their Terrorist Allies, Constitute An Axis Of Evil, Arming To Threaten The Peace Of The World.

The Enemy Understands A Free Iraq Will Be A Major Defeat In Their Ideology Of Hatred. That's Why They're Fighting So Vociferously.

I Encourage Employers To Permit Their Workers Time Off During The Lunch Hour To Attend The Noontime Services To Pray For Our Land.

I'm A Patient Man. And When I Say I'm A Patient Man, I Mean I'm A Patient Man.

One Of The Common Denominators I Have Found Is That Expectations Rise Above That Which Is Expected.

We Spend Less Time With Each Other Now Than We Did During The Presidency. When You're President, You're Usually Out And Back In The Same Day - At Least I Was. I Just Came From A Trip To The Middle East Last Week, Where I Was Gone For Five Nights, And When I Left, Laura [bush] Was Out Of Town.

We Will Keep A Commitment To Pluralism And Not Discriminate For Or Against Methodist Or Mormons Or Muslims Or Good People With No Faith At All.

When A Child Is In Crisis, Parents Should Have A Role And A Voice. They Should Be The First To Help, Not The Last To Know.

As Governor Of Texas, I Have Set High Standards For Our Public Schools, And I Have Met Those Standards.

I Want To Make It Clear To People That The Idea Of Putting Subliminable Messages Into Ads Is Ridiculous.

What Our Enemies Have Begun, We Will Finish.

I Want To Thank You For Coming To The White House To Give Me An Opportunity To Urge You To Work With These Five Senators And Three Congressmen, To Work Hard To Get This Trade Promotion Authority Moving. The Power That Be, Well Most Of The Power That Be, Sits Right Here.

Kosovians Can Move Back In.

As You Know, We Don't Have Relationships With Iran. I Mean, That's - Ever Since The Late '70s, We Have No Contacts With Them, And We've Totally Sanctioned Them. In Other Words, There's No Sanctions - You Can't - We're Out Of Sanctions.

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