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What Matters Is That In This Iraq Campaign That We Clarify The Different Points Of View. And There Are A Lot Of People In The Democratic Party Who Believe That The Best Course Of Action Is To Leave Iraq Before The Job Is Done. Period. And They're Wrong. And The American People Have Got To Understand The Consequence Of Leaving Iraq Before The Job Is Done. We're Not Going To Leave Iraq Before The Job Is Done And We'll Complete The Mission In Iraq.

-George W. Bush

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What Matters Is That

George W. Bush

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What Matters Is That In This Iraq Campaign That We Clarify The Different Points Of View. And There Are A Lot Of People In The Democratic Party Who Believe That The Best Course Of Action Is To Leave Iraq Before The Job Is Done. Period. And They're Wrong. And The American People Have Got To Understand The Consequence Of Leaving Iraq Before The Job Is Done. We're Not Going To Leave Iraq Before The Job Is Done And We'll Complete The Mission In Iraq.

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When I Was Coming Up, It Was A Dangerous World, And You Knew Exactly Who They Were. It Was Us Vs Them, And It Was Clear Who Them Was. Today, We Are Not So Sure Who The They Are, But We Know They're There.

Dangerous World

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Having Purpose. I Had Purpose During My Presidency, And I've Got Purpose After My Presidency.

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My God, The Man Is A Fascist - A Fascist, I Tell You.

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Unconditional Love

Some People Are Going To Like The Decisions I Made, Some People Are Not Going To Like The Decisions That I Made. That's Just The Way It Is.

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You've Got To Be Pretty Hopeless To Become A Suicide Bomber.

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I Think War Is A Dangerous Place.

It Is Written That Adversity Introduces Us To Ourselves.

We Need To Have Our Medical Records Put On The It.

Looking Across This Field, We See The Scale Of Heroism And Sacrifice. All Who Are Buried Here Understood Their Duty. All Stood To Protect America. And All Carried With Them Memories Of A Family That They Hope To Keep Safe By Their Sacrifice.

I'm Playing Golf. I Ride My Mountain Bike. A Lot. I Think It's Very Important For Me And Other People My Age To Continue To Exercise.

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