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I Understand Politics And I Know There's Gonna Be A Lot Of Verbage.

If I Answer Questions Every Time You Ask One, Expectations Would Be High. And As You Know, I Like To Keep Expectations Low.

Not Every Action Requires Military Action. As A Matter Of Fact, Military Action Is The Very Last Resort For Us.

This Storm Is Dangerous

The Advance Of Human Freedom - The Great Achievement Of Our Time, And The Great Hope Of Every Time - Now Depends On Us. Our Nation - This Generation - Will Lift A Dark Threat Of Violence From Our People And Our Future. We Will Rally The World To This Cause By Our Efforts, By Our Courage. We Will Not Tire, We Will Not Falter, And We Will Not Fail.

The Agenda Of The Roadblock Is The Philosophy Of The Stop Sign.

Faith Gives The Assurance That Our Lives And Our History Have A Moral Design.

We've Climbed The Mighty Mountain. I See The Valley Below, And It's A Valley Of Peace.

It's None Of My Business What Somebody's [orientation Is]. Now When Somebody Makes It My Business, Like On Gay Marriage, I'm Going To Stand Up And Say I Don't Support Gay Marriage. I Support Marriage Between Men And Women.

It's Going To Require Numerous Ira Agents.

I Think We Need Not Only To Eliminate The Tollbooth To The Middle Class, I Think We Should Knock Down The Tollbooth.

[t]he Course Of This Nation Does Not Depend On The Decisions Of Others. Whatever Action Is Required, Whenever Action Is Necessary, I Will Defend The Freedom And Security Of The American People.

I Understand How Democracy Works. Quite A Little Bit Of Criticism In It, Which Is Fine. That's Fine. That's Part Of The Process. But I Have Every Right, As Do My Administration, To Make It Clear What The Consequences Would Be Of Policy. And If We Think Somebody Is Strong Or Doesn't See The World The Way It Is, We'll Continue To Point That Out To People.

In My Sentences I Go Where No Man Has Gone Before.

So I Don't Worry About, And People Shouldn't Worry About A Draft I Think We're In Good Shape, I Really Do. And, If Not, We'll - I'll Address The Nation. But I Don't See Any Need To Right Now.

We Expect The States To Show Us Whether Or Not We're Achieving Simple Objectives-like Literacy, Literacy In Math, The Ability To Read And Write.

I Saw A Poll That Said The Right Track/wrong Track In Iraq Was Better Than Here In America. It's Pretty Darn Strong. I Mean, The People See A Better Future.

You Know, One Day You're Being Briefed On World Affairs And Asked To Make Decisions, And The Next, You're In Crawford, Texas ... And The Biggest Decision Is When Do You Go Mountain Bike Riding.

Natural Gas Is Hemispheric; I Like To Call It Hemispheric In Nature, Because It Is A Product That We Can Find In Our Neighborhoods.

All Of Us Here Today Understand This: We Do Not Fight Islam, We Fight Against Evil.

Fighting Evil, It's Hard Work.

When You Turn Your Heart And Your Life Over To Christ, When You Accept Christ As The Savior, It Changes Your Heart.

I'm For A Stronger Death Penalty.

There Is Only One Force Of History That Can Break The Reign Of Hatred And Resentment And Expose The Pretensions Of Tyrants And Reward The Hopes Of The Decent And Tolerant. And That Is The Force Of Human Freedom.

I Do Not Agree With This Notion That Somehow If I Go To Try To Attract Votes And To Lead People Toward A Better Tomorrow Somehow I Get Subscribed To Some-some Doctrine Gets Subscribed To Me.

Sometimes When I Sleep At Night I Think Of (dr. Seuss's) 'hop On Pop.'

Islam Brings Hope And Comfort To Millions Of People In My Country, And To More Than A Billion People Worldwide. Ramadan Is Also An Occasion To Remember That Islam Gave Birth To A Rich Civilization Of Learning That Has Benefited Mankind.

I Think Once You Recognize The Unconditional Love Of An Almighty, It Tends To Put Joy In Your Heart. Which In My Case, It Did.

Unconditional Love

Democracy Will Be Transformative. It Will Help Other Societies Realize The Benefits Of Freedom. Nothing's As Big As That, In Terms Of Peace.

Thanksgiving Is A Time For Families And Friends To Gather Together And Express Gratitude For All That We Have Been Given, The Freedoms We Enjoy, And The Loved Ones Who Enrich Our Lives. We Recognize That All Of These Blessings, And Life Itself, Come Not From The Hand Of Man But From Almighty God.

There Are Cameras Nowadays That Have Been Developed To Tell The Difference Between A Squirrel And A Bomb.

Making Sure Every Child Can Read, Making Sure That We Encourage Faith-based Organizations ... When It Comes To Helping Neighbors In Need, Making Sure That Our Neighborhoods Are Safe, Making Sure That The State Of Texas Recognizes That People From All Walks Of Life Have Got A Shot At The Texas Dream But, Most Importantly, Making Sure That Government Is Not The Answer To People's Problems.

Somebody Accused Us Of Hiring Him And Putting Him There. He Was A Classic.

Most Of You Probably Didn't Know That I Have A New Book Out. Some Guy Put Together A Collection Of My Wit And Wisdom - Or, As He Calls It, My Accidental Wit And Wisdom. But I'm Kind Of Proud That My Words Are Already In Book Form.

Any Outlaw Regime That Has Ties To Terrorist Groups Or Seeks To Possess Weapons Of Mass Destruction Is A Grave Danger To The Civilised World And Will Be Confronted.

Mass Destruction

Terrorist Groups

We Will Be Changing The Regime Of Iraq For The Good Of The Iraqi People.

America Has Never Been An Empire. We May Be The Only Great Power In History That Had The Chance, And Refused - Preferring Greatness To Power And Justice To Glory.

It's Been A Hard Lesson For Me , But Contrary Quite Frankly To What Is A Common Practice In Politics, I Can Tell From My Own Experience, It Is Better To Stay Away From Personalities.

These Acts Shattered Steel, But They Cannot Dent The Steel Of America's Resolve.

Iraq Is A Very Important Part Of Securing The Homeland, And Its A Very Important Part Of Helping Change The Middle East Into A Part Of The World That Will Not Serve As A Threat To The Civilized World, To People Like - Or To The Developed World, To People Like - In The United States.

I Did Denounce It. I De-i Denounced It. I Denounced Interracial Dating. I Denounced Anti-catholic Bigacy... Bigotry.

We Do Not Know How Much Our Climate Could Or Will Change In The Future. We Do Not Know How Fast Change Will Occur Or Even How Some Of Our Actions Could Impact It.

Most Of Our Imports Come From Other Countries

Other Countries

I Understand Small Business Growth. I Was One.

We Will Allow Private And Religious Groups To Compete To Provide Services In Every Federal, State And Local Social Program.

I Understand Why People Are Discouraged About Iraq. I Can Understand That. We Live In A, You Know, World In Which People Hope Things Happen Quickly. And This Is A Situation Where Things Don't Happen Quickly Because There's, You Know, A Very Tough Group Of People Using Tactics - Mainly The Killing Of Innocent People - To Achieve Their Objective, And They're Skillful About How They Do This. And They Also Know The Impact Of What It Means On The Consciousness Of Those Of Us Who Live In The Free World. They Know That.

Do You Have Blacks, Too?

I Really Don't Want To In The Press, Genuinely Don't Want To Be In The Press.

America Has Entered A Great Struggle That Tests Our Strength, And Even More Our Resolve. Our Nation Is Patient And Steadfast. We Continue To Pursue The Terrorists In Cities And Camps And Caves Across The Earth. We Are Joined By A Great Coalition Of Nations To Rid The World Of Terror. And We Will Not Allow Any Terrorist Or Tyrant To Threaten Civilization With Weapons Of Mass Murder. Now And In The Future, Americans Will Live As Free People, Not In Fear, And Never At The Mercy Of Any Foreign Plot Or Power.

Listen, I Know Of Nobody -- I Don't Know Of Anybody In My Administration Who Leaked Classified Information. If Somebody Did Leak Classified Information, I'd Like To Know It, And We'll Take The Appropriate Action. And This Investigation Is A Good Thing.

Give Me A Chance To Be Your President And America Will Be Safer And Stronger And Better.

Really Proud Of It. A Great Campaign. And I'm Really Pleased With The Organization And The Thousands Of South Carolinians That Worked On My Behalf. And I'm Very Gracious And Humbled.

You Work Three Jobs? Uniquely American, Isn't It? I Mean, That Is Fantastic That You're Doing That." To A Divorced Mother Of Three, Omaha, Nebraska, Feb. 4, 2005

If You're A Poor Worker - This Is For New Workers Coming Into The Workplace - Your Benefits Will Increase At The Current Rate Of Increase. If You're A Wealthier Worker, Your Benefits Would Increase At The Rate Of Inflation. And Those Changes Would Affect Positively The Unfunded Liabilities Inherent In Social Security.

America Will Never Seek A Permission Slip To Defend The Security Of Our People.

These Stories About My Intellectual Capacity Really Get Under My Skin. You Know, For A While I Even Thought My Staff Believed It. There On My Schedule First Thing Every Morning It Said, 'intelligence Briefing.'

Great Tragedy Has Come To Us, And We Are Meeting It With The Best That Is In Our Country, With Courage And Concern For Others Because This Is America. This Is Who We Are.

Concern For Others

There May Be Some Tough Times Here In America. But This Country Has Gone Through Tough Times Before, And We're Going To Do It Again.

The Fingers And Toes And Beating Hearts That We Can See On An Unborn Child's Ultrasound Come With Something That We Cannot See: A Soul

I Believe The Most Solemn Duty Of The American President Is To Protect The American People. If America Shows Uncertainty And Weakness In This Decade, The World Will Drift Toward Tragedy. This Will Not Happen On My Watch.

Goodbye From The World's Biggest Polluter.

We Got A Leader In Iran Who Has Announced That He Wants To Destroy Israel. So I've Told People That If You're Interested In Avoiding World War Iii, It Seems Like You Ought To Be Interested In Preventing Them From Have The Knowledge Necessary To Make A Nuclear Weapon.

I Don't Worry About Long-term History. I Won't Be Around To Read It.

You Cannot Lead An Alliance If You Say You're Going Alone.

What Mattered To Me Was That I Didn't Compromise My Soul In Order To Try To Achieve A Kind Of Popularity. The Only Thing You Can Do Is Just Live Your Life.

Suiciders Are Willing To Kill Innocent Life In Order To Send The Projection That This Is An Impossible Mission.

Now, There Are Some Who Would Like To Rewrite History - Revisionist Historians Is What I Like To Call Them.

Rewriting History

Running For Governor Of Texas Against A Very Popular Governor [incumbent Ann Richards] Was Deemed To Be Risky. Everybody Thought I Would Lose. As I Put In My Book, My Mother Said, "you're Going To Lose!"

Life In America Shows That Liberty, Paired With Law, Is Not To Be Feared.

I'm Telling America We Need To Not Discriminate Against Faith-based Programs. We Need To Welcome Them So Our Society Is More Wholesome, More Welcoming, And More Hopeful For Every Single Citizen.

I Don't Understand How Poor People Think.

It's Very Important For Folks To Understand That When There's More Trade, There's More Commerce.

There's A Lot Of People In The Middle East Who Are Desirous To Get Into The Mitchell Process. And - But First Things First. The - These Terrorist Acts And, You Know, The Responses Have Got To End In Order For Us To Get The Framework - The Groundwork - Not Framework, The Groundwork To Discuss A Framework For Peace, To Lay The - All Right.

A Lot Of The Reason Why The Debate Is Acrimonious Is Because Of The 24/7 News Cycles, Blogs, And People Being Able To Just Throw Something Out There In Order To Get Attention. And I'm Not Going Be Out There Doing The Same Thing, Trying To Trash My Successor Or Call Attention To Myself. I Hope That's A Positive Contribution To The Dialogue.

Initiative And Referendum Make Government More Responsive To Its Citizens, Neutralize The Power Of The Special Interests And Stimulate Public Involvement In State Issues.

There's An Old Saying In Tennessee — I Know It's In Texas, Probably In Tennessee — That Says, Fool Me Once, Shame On — Shame On You. Fool Me — You Can't Get Fooled Again.

The Contrast Couldn't Be Clearer Between The Intentions And The Hearts Of Those Of Us Who Care Deeply About Human Rights And Human Liberty And Those Who Kill. [on The Terrorist Bombings In London, July 7, 2005

Reading History While You Make History Can Teach You A Lot.

Reading History

We Can't Impose Freedom, But We Can Eliminate Roadblocks To Freedom, And To Allow Free Societies To Develop.

The United States Is A Christian Nation Founded Upon Christian Principles And Beliefs.

This New Enemy Seeks To Destroy Our Freedom And Impose Its Views. We Value Life; The Terrorists Ruthlessly Destroy It. We Value Education; The Terrorists Do Not Believe Women Should Be Educated Or Should Have Health Care, Or Should Leave Their Homes. We Value The Right To Speak Our Minds; For The Terrorists, Free Expression Can Be Grounds For Execution. We Respect People Of All Faiths And Welcome The Free Practice Of Religion; Our Enemy Wants To Dictate How To Think And How To Worship Even To Their Fellow Muslims.

The Fact That He Relies On Facts - Says Things That Are Not Factual - Are Going To Undermine His Campaign.

We Live In Freedom Because Every Generation Has Produced Patriots Willing To Serve A Cause Greater Than Themselves. Those Who Serve Today Are Taking Their Rightful Place Among The Greatest Generations That Have Worn Our Nation's Uniform.

Like You, I Have Been Disgraced About What I've Seen On Tv That Took Place In Prison.

The Reason We Start A War Is To Fight A War, Win A War, Thereby Causing No More War!

In Spite Of Conflicting Signals - And In Spite Of A Popular Culture That Sometimes Puts Down Their Innocence - Most Of Our Kids Are Good Kids. Large Numbers Do Volunteer Work. Nearly All Believe In God, And Most Practice Their Faith. Teen Pregnancy And Violence Are Actually Going Down. Across America, Under A Program Called True Love Waits, Nearly A Million Teens Have Pledged Themselves To Abstain From Sex Until Marriage.

And, Again, I Don't Know Where He [osama Bin Laden] Is. I — I'll Repeat What I Said. I Truly Am Not That Concerned About Him.

Osama Bin Laden

My Hope Was That By Saying Clearly To Saddam Hussein, "we're Going To Enforce Un Resolutions," That He Would Make The Decision To Leave Peaceably And At Least Allow For Inspectors To Come Into His Country, And If He Chose Not To, There Would Be A Military Option. I Want People To Understand That The Military Was My Last Option. I Had A Strategy And Hopefully Solving The Problem Peacefully - And It Wasn't Just Me, It Was A Coalition Of Nations That Were Involved.

We Don't Want Washington Democrats Running The House Of Representatives.

I Have Something Else To Ask You, To Ask Every American. I Ask You To Pray For This Great Nation.

Humor Can Be A Great Way To Lift Spirits And Relate With Soon-to-be High School Grads. Whether You're In Need Of A Funny Senior Year Quote For A Card, Your Yearbook, Or A Gift, You Can Use This List Of Funny Graduation Quotes By Famous Leaders And Comedians To Get Inspired. To Those Of You Who Received Honors, Awards And Distinctions, I Say Well Done. And To The C Students, I Say You Too May One Day Be President Of The United States.

Those Who Heralded The Decision Not To Give Law Enforcement The Tools Necessary To Protect The American People Just Simply Don't See The World The Way We Do.

Think About That. Two Hundred And Eighty-five New Or Expanded Programs, $2 Trillion More In New Spending, And Not One New Bureaucrat To File Out The Forms Or Answer The Phones?

With A New National Commitment, Our Scientists And Engineers Will Overcome Obstacles To Taking These [hydrogen Fuel Cell] Cars From Laboratory To Showroom, So That The First Car Driven By A Child Born Today Could Be Powered By Hydrogen, And Pollution-free.

I Am Mindful Of The Difference Between The Executive Branch And The Legislative Branch. I Assured All Four Of These Leaders That I Know The Difference, And That Difference Is They Pass The Laws And I Execute Them.

But The True Threats To Stability And Peace Are These Nations That Are Not Very Transparent, That Hide Behind The-that Don't Let People In To Take A Look And See What They're Up To. They're Very Kind Of Authoritarian Regimes. The True Threat Is Whether Or Not One Of These People Decide, Peak Of Anger, Try To Hold Us Hostage, Ourselves; The Israelis, For Example, To Whom We'll Defend, Offer Our Defenses; The South Koreans.

He's My Man, He Was Great

How Can You Possibly Have An International Agreement That's Effective Unless Countries Like China And India Are Not Full Participants?

There's A Lot Of Things That There's Misconceptions. Evidently It's A Misconceptions That Americans Believe That Muslims Are Terrorists.

...the Role Of The Military Is To Fight And Win War And, Therefore, Prevent War From Happening In The First Place.

As Gerhard Schröder Said In The Oval Office, A Democratic Iraq Is Important Not Only To Germany, But To Europe, And He's Right.

Drug Therapies Are Replacing A Lot Of Medicine As We Used To Know It.

So, I'm Lying On The Couch And Laura Walks In And I Say, 'free At Last,' And She Says 'you're Free All Right, You're Free To Do The Dishes.' So I Say, 'you're Talking To The Former President, Baby,' And She Said, 'consider This Your New Domestic Policy Agenda.'

It Is Not Reaganesque To Support A Tax Plan That Is Clinton In Nature.

We're Going To Get [bin Laden]. Dead Or Alive, It Doesn't Matter To Me.

Golf Is Something I Love. It's Been A Part Of My Family's History.

I Would Say The Best Moment Of All Was When I Caught A 7.5 Pound Perch In My Lake.

The Universal Declaration Of Human Rights... Stands As A Landmark Achievement In The History Of Human Liberty.

It Really Gets Me When The Critics Say I Haven't Done Enough For The Economy. I Mean, Look What I've Done For The Book Publishing Industry. You've Heard Some Of The Titles. 'big Lies,' 'the Lies Of George W. Bush,' 'the Lies And The Lying Liars Who Tell Them.' I'd Like To Tell You I've Read Each Of These Books, But That'd Be A Lie.

In 2002, A Lot Of The Pundits Didn't Get The Off-year Elections Right. In 2004, A Lot Of People Thought I Was Going Down Eight Days Before The Election.

Get Ready; If The Democrats Take The House, Your Taxes Are Going Up.

From Music And Dance To Painting And Sculpting, The Arts Allow Us To Explore New Worlds And To View Life From Another Perspective. They Also Encourage Individuals To Sharpen Their Skills And To Nurture Their Imagination And Intellect.

The Great Thing About America Is, You Don't Have To Listen Unless You Want To.

We Will Export Death And Violence To The Four Corners Of The Earth In Defense Of Our Great Nation.

Let Me Start Off By Saying That In 2000 I Said, 'vote For Me. I'm An Agent Of Change.' In 2004, I Said, 'i'm Not Interested In Change - I Want To Continue As President.' Every Candidate Has Got To Say 'change.' That's What The American People Expect.

I Am Mindful Not Only Of Preserving Executive Powers For Myself, But For Predecessors As Well.

Executive Power

I Am Committed To The First Amendment Principles Of Religious Freedom, Tolerance, And Diversity. Whether Mormon, Methodist, Jewish, Or Muslim, Americans Should Be Able To Participate In Their Constitutional Free Exercise Of Religion. I Do Not Think Witchcraft Is A Religion, And I Do Not Think It Is In Any Way Appropriate For The U.s. Military To Promote It.

We Should - We Will - Welcome People Of Faith Into The Political Process... It Is Essential That Believers Enter The Arena. Your Involvement In Politics Helps Determine How Well Our Democracy Works. We Have Finally Learned That Government Programs Cannot Solve Our Problems. Government Can Hand Out Money, But Government Cannot Put Hope In Our Hearts Or A Sense Of Purpose In Our Lives.

Our Nation Must Come Together To Unite.

American Nation Will Not Wait To Be Attacked Again. We Will Defend Our Freedom And We Will Take The Fight To The Enemy.

Our Nation's Founding Commitment Is Still Our Deepest Commitment: In Our World, And Here At Home, We Will Extend The Frontiers Of Freedom.

Some Of The Comments That Have Been Uttered About Islam Do Not Reflect The Sentiments Of My Government Or The Sentiments Of Most Americans. Islam, As Practiced By The Vast Majority Of People, Is A Peaceful Religion, A Religion That Respects Others. Ours Is A Country Based Upon Tolerance And We Welcome People Of All Faiths In America.

My Mother Always Said, 'when You're Eating Pretzels, Chew Before You Swallow'. Always Listen To Your Mother.

Some Of You In This Room Support Higher Taxes. I Welcome Your Enthusiasm And Am Glad To Report That The Irs Takes Both Money Orders And Checks.

I Think It's Very Important That We Protect Marriage As An Institution Between A Man And A Woman. I Proposed A Constitutional Amendment. The Reason I Did So Was Because I Was Worried That Activist Judges Are Actually Defining The Definition Of Marriage. And The Surest Way To Protect Marriage Between A Man And Woman Is To Amend The Constitution.

This Business About Graceful Exit Just Simply Has No Realism To It At All.

We've Seen Their Kind Before. The Terrorists Are The Heirs To Fascism. They Have The Same Wield Of Power, The Same Disdain For The Individual, The Same Mad Global Ambitions. And They Will Be Dealt With In Just The Same Way. Like All Fascists, The Terrorists Can Not Be Appeased. They Must Be Defeated. This Struggle Will Not End In A Truce Or A Treaty. It Will End In Victory For The United States, Our Friends And For The Cause Of Freedom.

I May Be The Only Person, The Only Presidential Candidate Who Never Carried The State In Which He Was Born.

Presidential Candidate

My Administration Will Be More Supportive Of The Good Works Done Here Than Any Administration In The History Of This Country Because I Understand The Power Of Faith, That Faith Can Change Lives.

Usa Have Got A Comprehensive Strategy To Not Only Chase Down The Al Qaida, Wherever It Exists - But To Make Sure That Countries That Harbor Terrorists Are Held To Account.

It Will Take Time To Restore Chaos

You Saw The President Yesterday. I Thought He Was Very Forward-leaning, As They Say In Diplomatic Nuanced Circles.

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

There Is But One Just Use Of Power And It Is To Serve People.

Servant Leadership

I Do Believe In The Sanctity Of Marriage. ...but I Don't See That As Conflict With Being A Tolerant Person Or An Understanding Person.

I Feel Blessed To Have Been Raised A Texan.

The Best Way To Encourage Economic Vitality And Growth Is To Let People Keep Their Own Money.when You Spend Your Own Money, Somebody's Got To Manufacture That Which You're Spending It On. You See, More Money In The Private Sector Circulating Makes It More Likely That Our Economy Will Grow. And, Incredibly Enough, Some Want To Take Away Part Of Those Tax Cuts. They've Been Reading The Wrong Textbook. You Don't Raise Somebody's Taxes In The Middle Of A Recession. You Trust People With Their Own Money. And, By The Way, That Money Isn't The Government's Money; It's The People's Money.

I Know It's Going To Be The Private Sector That Leads This Country Out Of The Current Economic Times We're In. You Can Spend Your Money Better Than The Government Can Spend Your Money.

I Will Never Relent In Defending America - Whatever It Takes.

Whatever It Takes

Defending America

The Patriot Act Has Increased The Flow Of Information Within Our Government, And It Has Helped Break Up Terror Cells In The United States Of America And The United States Congress Was Right To Renew The Terrorist Act. The Patriot Act.

And This Is My Solemn Pledge: I Will Work To Build A Single Nation Of Justice And Opportunity. I Know This Is In Our Reach Because We Are Guided By A Power Larger Than Ourselves Who Creates Us Equal In His Image.

It's Exciting; I Don't Know Whether I'm Going To Win Or Not. I Think I Am. I Do Know I'm Ready For The Job. And, If Not, That's Just The Way It Goes.

Because European Countries Now Resolve Differences Through Negotiation And Consensus, There's Sometimes An Assumption That The Entire World Functions In The Same Way. But Let Us Never Forget ... Beyond Europe's Borders, In A World Where Oppression And Violence Are Very Real, Liberation Is Still A Moral Goal, And Freedom And Security Still Need Defenders.

I Want To Live Out Principles That Became A Part Of My Life In My 40s, 50s, And 60s. One Principle Is The Universality Of Freedom.

I Really Think It's Important For Presidents To Exit The Stage Gracefully.

Being A Father And Trying To Love My Daughters With Unconditional Love - Those Were All Good Decisions.

Unconditional Love

My Pan Plays Down An Unprecedented Amount Of Our National Debt.

North Korea Is A Regime Arming With Missiles And Weapons Of Mass Destruction, While Starving Its Citizens.

Mass Destruction

Immigrants Bring To America The Values Of Faith In God, Love Of Family, Hard Work And Self Reliance - The Values That Made Us A Great Nation To Begin With. We've All Seen Those Values In Action, Through The Service And Sacrifice Of More Than 35,000 Foreign-born Men And Women Currently On Active Duty In The United States Military.

There Is A Natural Greenhouse Effect That Contributes To Warming. Greenhouse Gases Trap Heat And Thus Warm The Earth Because They Prevent A Significant Portion Of Infrared Radiation From Escaping Into Space.

I Mean, There Was A Serious International Effort To Say To Saddam Hussein: 'you're A Threat'. And The 9/11 Attacks Accentuated That Threat, As Far As I'm Concerned.

When It Comes To The Common Rights And Needs Of Men And Women, There Is No Clash Of Civilizations. The Requirements Of Freedom Apply Fully To Africa And Latin America And The Entire Islamic World. The Peoples Of The Islamic Nations Want And Deserve The Same Freedoms And Opportunities As People In Every Nation. And Their Governments Should Listen To Their Hopes.

All Who Live In Tyranny And Hopelessness Can Know: The United States Will Not Ignore Your Oppression, Or Excuse Your Oppressors. When You Stand For Your Liberty, We Will Stand With You.

I Wanted To Come To Washington, D.c. And Help Be A Transformative President. And I Think History, When They Look Back, Will Say This Is A Fellow Who Knew How To Make Decisions, And Made Some Tough Ones, Stood By Them, Wasn't Driven By The Latest Opinion Poll, But Was Driven By Some Core Principles From Which He Would Not Deviate.

I'm A War President. I Make Decisions Here In The Oval Office In Foreign Policy Matters With War On My Mind.

There's A Lot That I Want To Accomplish.

I Want To Remind You Right Quick What This Country Has Been Through, And The Challenges This Economy Had Faced Over The Last Three Years. First, We Went Through A Recession. That Means We Were Going Backwards.

I Wish I Wasn't The War President. Who In The Heck Wants To Be A War President? I Don't.

I Don't Watch The Nightly Newscasts On Tv . . . Nor Do I Watch The Endless Hours Of People Giving Their Opinion About Things. I Don't Read The Editorial Pages; I Don't Read The Columnists. It Can Be A Frustrating Experience To Pay Attention To Somebody's False Opinion.

My Fellow Citizens, The Dangers To Our Country And The World Will Be Overcome. We Will Pass Through This Time Of Peril And Carry On The Work Of Peace. We Will Defend Our Freedom. We Will Bring Freedom To Others And We Will Prevail.

From A Philosophical Perspective, I Want To Fight Off Isolationism And Protectionism, Be It Part Of Another Voice Out There That Says, Wait A Minute, What Matters To Women In Afghanistan Matters To America. An Isolationist Point Of View Says It Doesn't Matter. The Articulation Of "all Life Matters" Helps Frame The Case That It Does Matter What Happens To A Woman In Afghanistan.

Markets Are The Best Way To Allocate Resources.

Our War On Terror Begins With Al-qaida, But It Does Not End There. It Will Not End Until Every Terrorist Group Of Global Reach Has Been Found, Stopped, And Defeated.

Terrorist Groups

I've Made It Clear, Madam President, That The War Against Terrorism Is Not A War Against Muslims, Nor Is It A War Against Arabs. It's A War Against Evil People Who Conduct Crimes Against Innocent People.

There Are Jobs Americans Arent Doing. ... If Youve Got A Chicken Factory, A Chicken-plucking Factory, Or Whatever You Call Them, You Know What Im Talking About.

A Lot Of Times In The Rhetoric, People Forget The Facts. And The Facts Are That Thousands Of Small Businesses-hispanically Owned Or Otherwise-pay Taxes At The Highest Marginal Rate.

We Know That Dictators Are Quick To Choose Aggression, While Free Nations Strive To Resolve Differences In Peace. We Know That Oppressive Governments Support Terror, While Free Governments Fight The Terrorists In Their Midst. We Know That Free Peoples Embrace Progress And Life, Instead Of Becoming The Recruits For Murderous Ideologies.

States Should Have The Right To Enact Laws... Particularly To End The Inhumane Practice Of Ending A Life That Otherwise Could Live.

I Sent American Troops To Iraq To Make Its People Free, Not To Make Them American. Iraqis Will Write Their Own History And Find Their Own Way.

When I Take Action, I'm Not Going To Fire A $2 Million Missile At A $10 Empty Tent And Hit A Camel In The Butt. It's Going To Be Decisive.

Remember The Three Princes Of Serendip Who Went Out Looking For Treasure? They Didn't Find What They Were Looking For, But They Kept Finding Things Just As Valuable. That's Serendipity, And Our Business [drugs] Is Full Of It.

I Simply Said That I Would Do Everything To Help Taiwan To Defend Itself.

The Desire For Freedom Resides In Every Human Heart. And That Desire Cannot Be Contained Forever By Prison Walls, Or Martial Laws, Or Secret Police. Over Time, And Across The Earth, Freedom Will Find A Way.

Many People Are Coming To This Country For Economic Reasons. They're Coming Here To Work. If You Can Make 50 Cents In The Heart Of Mexico, For Example, Or Make $5 Here In America, $5.15, You're Going To Come Here If You're Worth Your Salt, If You Want To Put Food On The Table For Your Families. And That's What's Happening.

Values Matters Well In A Race.

The Principle I Believe In Is The Principle Of Protecting Our Nation. I Believe That The United States Has The Right To Attack Any Country It Views As A Threat At A Time And Place Of Its Choosing.

When An 18-year-old Palestinian Girl Is Persuaded To Blow Herself Up, And In Doing So She Kills A 17-year-old Israeli Girl, We Are Watching The Future Itself Die!

A Good Marriage Is Really Good After Serving Together In Washington, D.c.

We Cannot Blame The Schools Alone For The Dismal Decline In Sat Verbal Scores. When Our Kids Come Home From School Do They Pick Up A Book Or Do They Sit Glued To The Tube, Watching Music Videos? Parents, Don't Make The Mistake Of Thinking Your Kid Only Learns Between 9:00 A.m. And 3:00 P.m.

Our Goal In Iraq Is Victory. Our Goal Is For A Young Democracy To Be Able To Sustain Itself, Govern Itself, And Defend Itself And Serve As An Ally In The War On Terror.

It's Exciting For Me To See [laura Bush] Busy And Out There Enjoying What She's Doing. But We Always Make Time To Be With Each Other As Well.

I've Changed My Style Somewhat, As You Know. I'm Less - I Pontificate Less, Although It May Be Hard To Tell It From This Show. And I'm More Interacting With People.

I Strongly Believe That Marriage Should Be Defined As Between A Man And A Woman. I'm Troubled By Activist Judges Who Are Defining Marriage. I've Watched Carefully What's Happened In San Francisco Where Licenses Were Being Issued, Even Though The Law States Otherwise. I Have Consistently Stated That I Will Support Law To Protect Marriage Between A Man And A Woman. And Obviously These Events Are Influencing My Decision.

We Need To Have Mentoring Programs Energized By Government, Paid For By Government, But Who Exist Not Because Of Government. Teen Challenge Is A Way To Get People Off Drugs And Alcohol. Teen Challenge Is A Faith-based Program That Changes People's Hearts.

If Affirmative Action Means What I Just Described, What I'm For, Then I'm For It.

In Time, Perhaps, We Will Mark The Memory Of September 11th In Stone And Metal, Something We Can Show Children, As Yet Unborn, To Help Them Understand What Happened On This Minute And On This Day. But For Those Of Us Who Lived Through These Events, The Only Marker We’ll Ever Need Is The Tick Of A Clock At The 46th Minute Of The Eighth Hour Of The 11th Day.

I Think If We Have A Policy Of Zero Violence, It Won't Be Met, But The Policy Of Getting The Iraqis In The Fight And Marginalizing Those Who Are Trying To Stir Up Trouble Will Be Effective.

I Am A War President.

I Think The Intelligence I Get Is Darn Good Intelligence.

This Is A Decent And Honorable Country - And Resilient, Too. We've Been Through A Lot Together. We've Met Challenges And Faced Dangers, And We Know That More Lie Ahead. Yet We Can Go Forward With Confidence - Because The State Of Our Union Is Strong, Our Cause In The World Is Right, And Tonight That Cause Goes On. God Bless.

You Can Imagine These Radicals Getting A Hold Of A Country Where They're Able To Pull Oil Off The Market To Run The Price Of Oil Up To Extract Concession.

It Is Clear Our Nation Is Reliant Upon Big Foreign Oil. More And More Of Our Imports Come From Overseas.

My Job Is To Think Beyond The Immediate.

How Do You Know If You Don't Measure If You Have A System That Simply Suckles Kids Through?

If You Read With Empathy What Lincoln Went Through, Then You Realize What You're Going Through Is Nothing Compared To What He Went Through.

Im A Strong Proponent Of The Restoration Of The Wetlands, For A Lot Of Reasons. Theres A Practical Reason, Though, When It Comes To Hurricanes: The Stronger The Wetlands, The More Likely The Damage Of The Hurricane.

I Think Whoever Is The President [he] Must Guard Your Liberties, Must Not Erode Your Rights In America.

On September 11 2001, America Felt Its Vulnerability Even To Threats That Gather On The Other Side Of The Earth. We Resolved Then, And We Are Resolved Today, To Confront Every Threat From Any Source That Could Bring Sudden Terror And Suffering To America.

World Suffering

I Was The Commander In Chief With Men And Women In Combat. And The Idea Of Trying To Agonize In Public Or Show Weakness Would Have Demoralized Them.

It Should Make People Nervous When Non-transparent Regimes, That Have Announced That They've Got Nuclear Warheads, Fire Missiles. This Is Not The Way You Conduct Business In The World. This Is Not The Way That Peaceful Nations Conduct Their Affairs.

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