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You Can't Have A Democracy With An Armed Political Party Willing To Bomb Its Neighbor Without The Consent Of Its Government Or, You Know, Just Deciding, "well, Let's Create Enough Chaos And Discord By Lobbing Rockets. And So The Reality Is In Order For Lebanon To Succeed And We Want Lebanon's Democracy To Succeed The Process Is Going To The Lebanese Government's Eventually Going To Have To Deal With Hezbollah.

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You Can't Have A Democracy With An Armed Political Party Willing To Bomb Its Neighbor Without The Consent Of Its Government Or, You Know, Just Deciding, "well, Let's Create Enough Chaos And Discord By Lobbing Rockets. And So The Reality Is In Order For Lebanon To Succeed And We Want Lebanon's Democracy To Succeed The Process Is Going To The Lebanese Government's Eventually Going To Have To Deal With Hezbollah.

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[people] Don't Judge You On What Would Have Happened In The Absence Of A Decision.

Thousands Of Lives Were Suddenly Ended By Evil, Despicable Acts Of Terror. The Pictures Of Airplanes Flying Into Buildings, Fires Burning, Huge Structures Collapsing, Have Filled Us With Disbelief, Terrible Sadness And A Quiet, Unyielding Anger.

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

I Am A Passionate Person When It Comes To Freedom.

Americans Are A Free People, Who Know That Freedom Is The Right Of Every Person And The Future Of Every Nation. The Liberty We Prize Is Not America's Gift To The World; It Is God's Gift To Humanity.

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.

I Recognize I Am Essentially A Failed Human Being In The Sense That I Can't Possibly Live Up To The Expectations Of An Almighty.

Obviously, Nu-que-lar Power Is, Uh, A Renewable Source Of Energy, And The Less Demand There Is For Non-renewable Sources Of Energy, Like Fossil Fuels, The Better It Off It Is For The American People.

America Is A Friend To The People Of Iraq. Our Demands Are Directed Only At The Regime That Enslaves Them And Threatens Us. When These Demands Are Met, The First And Greatest Benefit Will Come To Iraqi Men, Women And Children.

The Decisions We Make In Washington Have A Direct Impact On The People In Our Country, Obviously.

Decisions We Make

For Decades, Free Nations Tolerated Oppression In The Middle East For The Sake Of Stability. In Practice, This Approach Brought Little Stability And Much Oppression, So I Have Changed This Policy.

Those Who Feel Like They Can Intimidate Our Fellow Citizens To Take Out Their Anger Don't Represent The Best Of America, They Represent The Worst Of Humankind, And They Should Be Ashamed Of That Kind Of Behavior.

I Suspect That Had My Dad Not Been President, He'd Be Asking The Same Questions: How'd Your Meeting Go With So-and-so? . How Did You Feel When You Stood Up In Front Of The People For The State Of The Union Address-state Of The Budget Address, Whatever You Call It.

Secondly, There Are Such Things As Roving Wiretaps. Now, By The Way, Any Time You Hear The United States Government Talking About Wiretap, It Requires - A Wiretap Requires A Court Order. [...] Nothing Has Changed, By The Way. When We're Talking About Chasing Down Terrorists, We're Talking About Getting A Court Order Before We Do So. [...]

Well, My Message Is, Is That If You Harbor A Terrorist, You're A Terrorist. If You Feed A Terrorist, You're A Terrorist. If You Develop Weapons Of Mass Destruction That You Want To Terrorize The World, You'll Be Held Accountable. . . . If Anybody Harbors A Terrorist, They're A Terrorist. If They Fund A Terrorist, They're A Terrorist. If They House Terrorists, They're Terrorists. I Mean, I Can't Make It Any More Clearly To Other Nations Around The World. If They Develop Weapons Of Mass Destruction That Will Be Used To Terrorize Nations, They Will Be Held Accountable.

Mass Destruction

Saddam Hussein Is A Homicidal Dictator Who Is Addicted To Weapons Of Mass Destruction.

Mass Destruction

You See, We'll Never Be Able To Compete In The 21st Century Unless We Have An Education System That Doesn't Quit On Children, An Education System That Raises Standards, An Education That Makes Sure There's Excellence In Every Classroom.

A Lot Of Times In Politics You Have People Look You In The Eye And Tell You What's Not On Their Mind.

There's No Bigger Task Than Protecting The Homeland Of Our Country.

I Think, Not Only Al Qaida Have An Ideology; They Have Tactics Necessary To Spread Their Ideology. And It Would Be A Huge Mistake For The United States To Leave The Region, To Concede Territory To The Terrorists, To Not Confront Them.

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

We Think It Is In Our Nation's Interest That Afghan Women - Or Any Women Around The World - Not Suffer.

It Is Written That Adversity Introduces Us To Ourselves.

Of Course We're After Iraq.. Eh.. Saddam Hussein.. I Mean Bin Laden.

Israel Is Our Ally And In That We've Made A Very Strong Commitment To Support Israel, We Will Support Israel If Her Security Is Threatened.

I Faced A Lot Of Criticism As President. I Didn't Like Hearing People Claim That I Lied About Iraq's Weapons Of Mass Destruction Or Cut Taxes To Benefit The Rich. But The Suggestion That I Was Racist Because Of The Response To Katrina Represented An All-time Low.

Mass Destruction

In The Past When Money Was Given From Government To Government, There Was No Accountability, Especially The World Bank Loans. Nobody Was Held Accountable For The Misuse Of World Bank Loans. That Is Why It Is Important To Channel Some Of The Money Through Civil Society Groups.

It Will Take Time To Restore Chaos

I Think I'm The Only President Other Than John Kennedy Who Had Both Parents Alive During The Presidency.

When It Comes Time To Protecting The Homeland, The United States Of America Must Be Right 100 Percent Of The Time. And The Enemy, Which Desires To Strike Us Again, Only Has To Be Right Once.

War Has Been Waged Against Us By Stealth And Deceit And Murder. This Nation Is Peaceful, But Fierce When Stirred To Anger. This Conflict Was Begun On The Timing And Terms Of Others. It Will End In A Way, And At An Hour, Of Our Choosing.

I Rest Their Case. I'm Pro-life.

in A Time Of War, The President Must Have The Power He Needs To Make The Tough Decisions, Including, If Need Be, The Decision To Grant Himself Even More Power.

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

So Community Colleges Are Accessible, They're Available, They're Affordable, And Their Curriculums Don't Get Stuck. In Other Words, If There's A Need For A Certain Kind Of Worker, I Presume Your Curriculums Evolved Over Time.

I Don't See How We Can Allow Public Dollars To Fund Programs Where Spite And Hate Is The Core Of The Message.

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

What's Very Interesting About The Violence In Lebanon And The Violence In Iraq And The Violence In Gaza Is This: These Are All Groups Of Terrorists Who Are Trying To Stop The Advance Of Democracy. They're Trying To Thwart The Will Of Millions Who Simply Want A Normal, Hopeful Life. That's What We're Seeing.

Outwit, Outlast, Outplay. It's The Tagline For The Television Show Survivor And It's Damn Near What Presidenting Is Like, Too.

We Cannot Let Terrorists Hold This Nation Hostile Or Hold Our Allies Hostile.

If You Raise Taxes During A Recession, You Head To Depression.

The Law I Sign Today Directs New Funds And New Focus To The Task Of Collecting Vital Intelligence On Terrorist Threats And On Weapons Of Mass Production.

Using Tax Payers' Money To Provide Liquidity To Wall Street So That The Country Wouldn't Head Into A Depression Was The Right Decision, In My Judgment.

The Fight Against Terrorism Is Not Limited To America. Europe, Russia, Indonesia, Australia, The Phillipines, All Have Had Their Share Of It, And All The Leaders Have Been Very Cooperative In Our Efforts. But It Is For America To Lead, And We Will.

A President Must Make Decisions Based Upon Principle And Stand By The Principles By Which He Makes Decisions In Order To Achieve Peace.

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.

No One Wants To Be A Polarizer, But On The Other Hand, If You Think You're Doing Right And You Believe The Decisions You Make Will Lead To A Better Tomorrow, Then They're Worthy Of Defense.

They Call Our Language The Mother Tongue Because The Father Seldom Gets To Speak.

Home Is Important. Its Important To Have A Home.

Conspiracy Theories Abound In American Politics. I Don't Think We Need To Be Subliminable About The Differences Between Our Views On Prescription Drugs.

It Is Important That Social, Political, And Religious Freedoms Grow In China. A Society Which Recognizes Religious Freedom Is A Society Which Will Recognize Political Freedom As Well.

I Assured The Prime Minister, My Administration Will Work Hard To Lay The Foundation Of Peace In The Middle - To Work With Our Nations In The Middle East, Give Peace A Chance. Secondly, I Told Him That Our Nation Will Not Try To Force Peace, That We'll Facilitate Peace And That We Will Work With Those Responsible For A Peace.

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

Reading History

It Helps Me Sleep At Night.

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

You Might Want To Comment On That, Honorable.

I Have Zero Desire To Be In The Limelight.

King Fahd Was A Man Of Wisdom And A Leader Who Commanded Respect Throughout The Entire World. He Was A Friend And Strong Ally Of The United States For Decades.

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

I Know The Human Being And Fish Can Co-exist Peacefully.

We Will Make Sure Our Troops Have All That Is Necessary To Complete Their Missions. That's Why I Went To The Congress Last September And Proposed Fundamental - Supplemental Funding, Which Is Money For Armor And Body Parts And Ammunition And Fuel...

The Regime Must Allow Immediate And Unrestricted Access To Every Site, Every Document, And Every Person Identified By Inspectors. Iraq Can Be Certain That The Old Game Of Cheat-and-retreat Tolerated At Other Times Will No Longer Be Tolerated.

So Long As I'm The President, My Measure Of Success Is Victory -- And Success.

Combat Forces Of The United States, Great Britain, Australia, Poland, And Other Countries Enforced The Demands Of The United Nations, Ended The Rule Of Saddam Hussein - And The People Of Iraq Are Free.

We're Not Into Nation-building. We're Into Justice.

Nation Building

I've Got A Great Sense Of Where I Want To Lead And I'm Comfortable With Why I'm Running. And, You Know, The Call On That Speech Was, Beware. This Is Going To Be A Tough Campaign.

I Know What I Believe. I Will Continue To Articulate What I Believe And What I Believe - I Believe What I Believe Is Right.

I Appreciate That Question Because I, In The State Of Texas, Had Heard A Lot Of Discussion About A Faith-based Initiative Eroding The Important Bridge Between Church And State.

I Respect Every Soldier, From Every Country, Who Serves Beside Us In The Hard Work Of History. America Is Grateful, And America Will Not Forget.

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

Islam Is A Faith That Brings Comfort To People. It Inspires Them To Lead Lives Based On Honesty, And Justice, And Compassion.

America Rejects Bigotry. We Reject Every Act Of Hatred Against People Of Arab Background Or Muslim Faith America Values And Welcomes Peaceful People Of All Faiths - Christian, Jewish, Muslim, Sikh, Hindu And Many Others. Every Faith Is Practiced And Protected Here, Because We Are One Country. Every Immigrant Can Be Fully And Equally American Because We're One Country. Race And Color Should Not Divide Us, Because America Is One Country.

On The Issue Of Evolution, The Verdict Is Still Out On How God Created The Earth.

As Individuals, We Know That Suffering Is Temporary, And Hope Is Eternal.

I Wouldn't Join The International Criminal Court. This Is A Body Based In The Hague Where Unaccountable Judges, Prosecutors, Could Pull Our Troops, Our Diplomats Up For Trial. And I Wouldn't Join. And I Understand That In Certain Capitals Of, Around The World That That Wasn't A Popular Move. But It's The Right Move Not To Join A Foreign Court That Could, Where Our People Could Be Prosecuted.

I Don't Think That Witchcraft Is A Religion. I Wish The Military Would Rethink This Decision.

I Think That Not Criticizing My Successor Is A Statement Unto Itself, In Terms Of Trying To Create An Environment Where People Are Able To Have A Meaningful Discussion Or Debate Without Trash Talk.

We All Know The Big Elephant In The Room. The Big Elephant In The Room Is African Governments. Africa Has Been Totally Mismanaged And Misruled, But Nobody Wants To Talk About That Because Of Political Correctness.

Political Correctness

As A Matter Of Fact, It's In Our Interests That We Help Reformers Across The Middle East Achieve Their Objectives. This Is The Fundamental Challenge Of The 21st Century.

I Just Didn't Want To Get Out There Anymore; I Didn't Want To Get Back Into What I Call 'the Swamp.' And The Other Reason Why Is I Don't Think It's Good For The Presidency For A Former President To Be Opining About His Successor. President Obama's Got Plenty Of Critics - And I'm Just Not Gonna Be One.

We Will Build New Ships To Carry Man Forward Into The Universe, To Gain A New Foothold On The Moon And To Prepare For New Journeys To The Worlds Beyond Our Own.

Republican Or Democrat Candidate For Presidency Ought To Say: I Look Forward To Working With The President To Solve The Problem. People Expect Us To Come Here To Solve Problems. And Thus Far, The Attitude Has Been: Let's Just Kind Of Ignore What The President Has Said And Just Hope Somebody Else Comes And Solves It For Us. And That's What I'd Be Running On. I'd Be Running On The Economy And I'd Be Running On National Security. But Since I'm Not Running, I Can Only Serve As An Adviser To Those Who Are.

The Course Of This Conflict Is Not Known, Yet Its Outcome Is Certain. Freedom And Fear, Justice And Cruelty, Have Always Been At War, And We Know That God Is Not Neutral Between Them.

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, I Could Run For Governor But I'm Basically A Media Creation. I've Never Done Anything. I've Worked For My Dad. I Worked In The Oil Business. But That's Not The Kind Of Profile You Have To Have To Get Elected To Public Office.

Families Is Where Our Nation Finds Hope, Where Wings Take Dream.

I'm Not That Worried About [my Parents] Right Now Because They Are Happy People. I'm Pleased That In Their Later Years, In Spite Of Physical Ailments, They're Upbeat.

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

Torture Anywhere Is An Affront To Human Dignity Everywhere... I Call On All Governments To Join With The United States And The Community Of Law-abiding Nations In Prohibiting, Investigating, And Prosecuting All Acts Of Torture.

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.

Democrats Don't Want You To Know What Their Tax Plans Are. They Just Don't Want You To Know.

There's Adam Clymer, Major League Asshole From The New York Times.

The United States And Our Allies Are Determined: We Refuse To Live In The Shadow Of This Ultimate Danger.

America Is Successful Because Of The Hard Work And Creativity And Enterprise Of Our People.

Always Chew On Your Pretzels Before You Swallow.

Americans Spend 6 Billion Hours A Year Filling Out Their Tax Reforms.

So Long As I'm The President, We Will. I Clearly See The Challenge. I See The Challenge Of What These Threats Pose To Our Homeland, And I See The Challenge Of What These Threats Pose To The World.

Sometimes It Can Seem That History Is Turning In A Wide Arc, Toward An Unknown Shore. Yet The Destination Of History Is Determined By Human Action, And Every Great Movement Of History Comes To A Point Of Choosing.

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

[i Was Raised In] West Texas Where People Can Dream Big Dreams And Achieve Them. But Where People Also Have A Great Sense Of Community. They Cared About Their Neighbors. And Those Values, I Think, Have Stood Me Well.

There Are A Lot Of Tactical Decisions That, If I Could Have Done Them Over, I Would Have.

The Teachings Of Many Faiths Share Much In Common. And People Of Many Faiths Are United In Our Commitments To Love Our Families, To Protect Our Children, And To Build A More Peaceful World. In The Coming Year, Let Us Resolve To Seize Opportunities To Work Together In A Spirit Of Friendship And Cooperation. Through Our Combined Efforts, We Can End Terrorism And Rid Our Civilization Of The Damaging Effects Of Hatred And Intolerance, Ultimately Achieving A Brighter Future For All.

Recognizing And Confronting Our History Is Important. Transcending Our History Is Essential. We Are Not Limited By What We Have Done, Or What We Have Left Undone. We Are Limited Only By What We Are Willing To Do.

There Ought To Be Limits To Freedom.

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

The U.s. Liberated Iraq From A Tyrant. I Think The Iraqi People Owe The American People A Huge Debt Of Gratitude, And I Believe Most Iraqis Express That. I Mean, The People Understand That We've Endured Great Sacrifice To Help Them. That's The Problem Here In America. They Wonder Whether Or Not There Is A Gratitude Level That's Significant Enough In Iraq.

I Realize I Will Never Regain My Anonymity But I Can Certainly Give It A Try. And It's A Lot Of Fun To Give It A Try.

There Is No Telling How Many Wars It Will Take To Secure Freedom In The Homeland.

Important Part Of Our Diplomacy Is That People Take Our Words Seriously.

I Believe That God Has Planted In Every Heart The Desire To Live In Freedom.

I Was Not Elected To Serve One Party.

If People Want To Get To Know Me Better, They've Got To Know My Parents And The Values My Parents Instilled In Me, And The Fact That I Was Raised In West Texas, In The Middle Of The Desert, A Long Way Away From Anywhere, Hardly. There's A Certain Set Of Values You Learn In That Experience.

This Will Not Be A Campaign Of Half Measures, And We Will Accept No Outcome Except Victory.

I Want To Thank The President And The Ceo Of Constellation Energy, Mayo Shattuck. That's A Pretty Cool First Name, Isn't It, Mayo. Pass The Mayo.

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 Think We're Making Progress. We Understand Where The Power Of This Country Lay. It Lies In The Hearts And Souls Of Americans. It Must Lay In Our Pocketbooks. It Lies In The Willingness For People To Work Hard.

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

The Stakes Are Geopolitical In Nature And I Believe That Democracies Are - People Want To Live In Free Societies, Democracies Are The Best Way To Do That, And That If People See Democracies In The Neighborhood, They'll Demand The Same Thing.

Look At Other Countries That Have Tried To Have Federally Controlled Health Care. They Have Poor-quality Health Care. Our Health-care System Is The Envy Of The World Because We Believe In Making Sure That The Decisions Are Made By Doctors And Patients, Not By Officials In The Nation's Capital.

It Is Clear That The Future Of Freedom And Peace Depend On The Actions Of America. This Nation Is Freedom's Home. We Are Freedom's Defender. We Welcome This Charge Of History, And We Are Keeping It. The War On Terror Continues. The Enemies Of Freedom Are Not Idle. And Neither Are We. This Country Will Not Rest, We Will Not Tire, We Will Not Stop Until This Danger To Civilization Is Removed.

Any Government That Chooses To Be An Ally Of Terror Has Also Chosen To Be An Enemy Of Civilization.

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.

I Hope We Get To The Bottom Of The Answer. It's What I'm Interested To Know.

Part Of The Faith Walk Is To Understand Your Weaknesses And Is To Constantly Try To Embetter Yourself And Get Closer To The Lord.

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

I Come From The School Of Thought That Says When People Have More Money In Their Pocket During Economic Times, It Increases Demand Or Investment. Small Businesses Begin To Grow, And Jobs Are Added.

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.

From The Beginning, I Said That Israel, One, Has A Right To Defend Herself, But Israel Ought To Be Cautious About How She Defends Herself. Israel's A Democratically Elected Government. They Make Decisions On Their Own Sovereignty. It's Their Decision-making That Is What Leads To The Tactics They Chose.

Faith Crosses Every Border And Touches Every Heart In Every Nation.

Dubya! What In Tarnation!? Why, I'll Tan Yer Hide Fer This!so, What's Sex Like After Fifty, Anyway?

How Great The Lie Right To The Top: We Don't Torture People In America And People Who Say We Do Simply Know Nothing About Our Country.

I Believe That Freedom Is The Deepest Need Of Every Human Soul.

George H. W. Bush. He's Been A Classy Guy In His Post-presidency.

George H W Bush

I Don't Want To Interfere With My Successor's Presidency.

For Too Long, Many Nations, Including My Own, Tolerated, Even Excused, Oppression In The Middle East In The Name Of Stability. Oppression Became Common, But Stability Never Arrived. We Must Take A Different Approach. We Must Help The Reformers Of The Middle East As They Work For Freedom, And Strive To Build A Community Of Peaceful, Democratic Nations.

I'll Be Long Gone Before Some Smart Person Ever Figures Out What Happened Inside This Oval Office.

Yes, We [usa] Can Be Safe And Secure, If We Stay On The Offense Against The Terrorists And If We Spread Freedom And Liberty Around The World.

Freedom Is The Direction Of History, Because Freedom Is The Permanent Hope Of Humanity.

It's Your Money. You Paid For It.

Well, That's Going To Be Up To The Pundits And The People To Make Up Their Mind. I'll Tell You What Is A President For Him, For Example, Talking About My Record In The State Of Texas. I Mean, He's Willing To Say Anything In Order To Convince People That I Haven't Had A Good Record In Texas.

I've Set A Clear Doctrine: America Makes No Distinction Between The Terrorists And The Countries That Harbor Them. If You Harbor A Terrorist, You're Just As Guilty As The Terrorists, And You're An Enemy Of The United States Of America.

I'm For A Stronger Death Penalty.

Iraq Is No Diversion. It Is A Place Where Civilization Is Taking A Decisive Stand Against Chaos And Terror, We Must Not Waver.

Can't Living With The Bill Means It Won't Become Law.

Ronald Reagan Was A Great Role Model For Respublicans Party, And I Think For Most People. But He Was A Fellow That The American Public Just Intuitively Loved So Much, That He Could Always Get Credit.

Whatever It Took To Help Taiwan Defend Theirself.

The Wisest Use Of American Strength Is To Advance Freedom.

American Strength

Now, We Have Inscribed A New Memory Alongside Those Others. It's A Memory Of Tragedy And Shock, Of Loss And Mourning. But Not Only Of Loss And Mourning. It's Also A Memory Of Bravery And Self-sacrifice, And The Love That Lays Down Its Life For A Friend-even A Friend Whose Name It Never Knew.

Globalization Has Altered The Dynamics In The White House, As Well As Between The White House And The Treasury.

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

Right Now, Iraq Is Expanding And Improving Facilities That Were Used For The Production Of Biological Weapons.

Mass Destruction

We Honor The Heritage Of All Who Come Here, No Matter Where They Come From, Because We Trust In Our Country's Genius For Making Us All Americans - One Nation Under God.

In Spite Of The Fact That At Times I Would Challenge Parents Authority. They Provided Unconditional Love.

Unconditional Love

Catholic Schools Carry Out A Great Mission, To Serve God By Building Knowledge And Character... By Teaching The Word Of God, You Prepare Your Students To Follow A Path Of Virtue.

We Have Also Discovered Through Intelligence That Iraq Has A Growing Fleet Of Manned And Unmanned Aerial Vehicles That Could Be Used To Disperse Chemical Or Biological Weapons Across Broad Areas.

America Is A Nation Of Prayer. It's Impossible To Tell The Story Of Our Nation Without Telling The Story Of People Who Pray.

These Aren't Joyous Times When We Have War In Iraq. These Are Challenging Times, And They're Difficult Times, And They're Straining The Psyche Of Our Country. I Understand That.

I'm Also Combining My Love Of Outdoors With My Desire To Help Others.

Ours Is A Nation That Does Not Seek Revenge.

I'm Comfortable With How I Lived My Life As The President.

The Resolution Approved Today Presents The Iraqi Regime With A Test - A Final Test.

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

In Order For The U.n. To Be Effective, There Must Be Consequences If People Thumb Their Nose At The United Nations Security Council. And We Will Work With People On The Security Council To Achieve That Objective.

We Have Learned That Terrorist Attacks Are Not Caused By The Use Of Strength; They Are Invited By The Perception Of Weakness. And The Surest Way To Avoid Attacks On Our Own People Is To Engage The Enemy Where He Lives And Plans. We Are Fighting That Enemy In Iraq And Afghanistan Today So That We Do Not Meet Him Again On Our Own Streets, In Our Own Cities.

Eight Years Was Awesome And I Was Famous And I Was Powerful.

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.

In The Face Of All This Evil, We Remain Strong And United, 'one Nation Under God.'

The Main Thrust Of The Social Security Reform Was To Get The Benefit Structure In Line With The Realities Of The Trust Funds.

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 Shouldn't Fear A World That Is More Interacted.

I've Got God's Shoulder To Cry On. And I Cry A Lot. I Do A Lot Of Crying In This Job. I'll Bet I've Shed More Tears Than You Can Count, As President.

What People Can't Possibly Imagine Is What It's Like To Have Two Presidents Who Have A Relationship As Father And Son.

Sometimes Armchair Quarterbacks Are Doing It To Enhance Their Own Image. I'm Just Not Comfortable With That Idea.

And The Cornerstone Of My Economic Policies, When I First Got Elected, Was Cutting Taxes On Everybody On Who Paid Taxes.

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.

I Would Have Said Yes To Abortion If Only It Was Right. I Mean, Yeah It's Right. Well No It's Not Right That's Why I Said No To It.

It's Kind Of The Washington, D.c., Chattering Class. They Kind Of Talk Amongst Themselves.

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

Running For President Was A Good Decision.

I Was Able To Adjust Initially By Plunging Right Into The Book And The Bush Presidential Center At Southern Methodist University. And It Turns Out That There Is A Good Way To Make A Living By Giving Speeches.

Rarely Is The Question Asked: Is Our Children Learning?

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

Imagine How Difficult This Issue Would Be If Iran Had A Nuclear Weapon. And So Therefore It's Up To The International Community, Including The United States, To Work In Concert To - For Effective Diplomacy.

I Urge All Texans To Answer The Call To Serve Those In Need. By Volunteering Their Time, Energy Or Resources To Helping Others, Adults And Youngsters Follow Christ's Message Of Love And Service In Thought And Deed. Therefore I, George W. Bush, Governor Of Texas, Do Hereby Proclaim June 10, 2000, Jesus Day In Texas And Urge The Appropriate Recognition Whereof. In Official Recognition Whereof, I Hereby Affix My Signature This 17th Day Of March, 2000.

We Have To Find The Origin Of The Problem. The Origin Of The Problem In Many African Countries Is That You've Got State Bureaucracies Which Are Too Bloated.

All Of Us In America Want There To Be Fairness When It Comes To Justice.

...the God I Know Is One That Promotes Peace And Freedom. But I Get Great Sustenance From My Personal Relationship. That Doesn't Make Me Think I'm A Better Person Than You Are, By The Way. Because One Of The Great Admonitions In The Good Book Is, Don't Try To Take A Speck Out Of Your Eye If I've Got A Log In My Own.

The Only Thing I Know About Slovakia Is What I Learned First-hand From Your Foreign Minister, Who Came To Texas.

Deeply Impressed With The Blessing Which We Enjoy, And Of Which We Have Much Manifold Proofs, My Mind Is Irresistibly Drawn To That Almighty Being, The Great Source Source From Whence They Proceed And Whom Our Most Grateful Acknowledgements Are Due.

When You're Writing About Something That Happened, It Helps You Transition To The Present.

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 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.

I'm Comfortable Moving Into The Role Of Elder Person.

I Mean, There Needs To Be A Wholesale Effort Against Racial Profiling, Which Is Illiterate Children.

I Aim To Be A Competitive Nation.

America Has Never Been United By Blood Or Birth Or Soil. We Are Bound By Ideals That Move Us Beyond Our Backgrounds, Lift Us Above Our Interests And Teach Us What It Means To Be Citizens.

To Give Law Enforcement The Additional Tools It Needs To Track Down Terror Here At Home.

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