After the chaos and carnage of September 11th, it is not enough to serve our enemies with legal papers.
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.
America is a Nation with a mission - and that mission comes from our most basic beliefs. We have no desire to dominate, no ambitions of empire. Our aim is a democratic peace - a peace founded upon the dignity and rights of every man and woman.
America is the land of the second chance - and when the gates of the prison open, the path ahead should lead to a better life.
America must not ignore the threat gathering against us. Facing clear evidence of peril, we cannot wait for the final proof, the smoking gun that could come in the form of a mushroom cloud.
America will never seek a permission slip to defend the security of our people.
Americans are rising to the tasks of history, and they expect the same of us.
Any government that supports, protects or harbours terrorists is complicit in the murder of the innocent and equally guilty of terrorist crimes.
Bring them on.
Do I think faith will be an important part of being a good president? Yes, I do.
Every nation in every region now has a decision to make. Either you are with us, or you are with the terrorists.
Everywhere that freedom stirs, let tyrants fear.
Faith crosses every border and touches every heart in every nation.
For all who love freedom and peace, the world without Saddam Hussein's regime is a better and safer place.
For diplomacy to be effective, words must be credible - and no one can now doubt the word of America.
Free nations are peaceful nations. Free nations don't attack each other. Free nations don't develop weapons of mass destruction.
Freedom itself was attacked this morning by a faceless coward, and freedom will be defended.
Government does not create wealth. The major role for the government is to create an environment where people take risks to expand the job rate in the United States.
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.
Hundreds of thousands of American servicemen and women are deployed across the world in the war on terror. By bringing hope to the oppressed, and delivering justice to the violent, they are making America more secure.
I am mindful not only of preserving executive powers for myself, but for predecessors as well.
I believe a marriage is between a man and a woman.
I believe in the transformational power of liberty. I believe that the free Iraq is in this nation's interests. I believe a free Afghanistan is in this nation's interest.
I believe that God has planted in every heart the desire to live in freedom.
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.
I can hear you, the rest of the world can hear you and the people who knocked these buildings down will hear all of us soon.
I have a different vision of leadership. A leadership is someone who brings people together.
I just want you to know that, when we talk about war, we're really talking about peace.
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 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.
I think we ought to raise the age at which juveniles can have a gun.
I think you can judge from somebody's actions a kind of a stability and sense of purpose perhaps created by strong religious roots. I mean, there's a certain patience, a certain discipline, I think, that religion helps you achieve.
I told you I'm not going to criticize my successor. I'll just tell you that there are people at Gitmo that will kill American people at a drop of a hat and I don't believe that persuasion isn't going to work. Therapy isn't going to cause terrorists to change their mind.
I understand everybody in this country doesn't agree with the decisions I've made. And I made some tough decisions. But people know where I stand.
I want to thank you for taking time out of your day to come and witness my hanging.
I will never relent in defending America - whatever it takes.
I'm hopeful. I know there is a lot of ambition in Washington, obviously. But I hope the ambitious realize that they are more likely to succeed with success as opposed to failure.
If you're sick and tired of the politics of cynicism and polls and principles, come and join this campaign.
Iraq is no diversion. It is a place where civilization is taking a decisive stand against chaos and terror, we must not waver.
It is clear our nation is reliant upon big foreign oil. More and more of our imports come from overseas.
It's clearly a budget. It's got a lot of numbers in it.
It's going to be the year of the sharp elbow and the quick tongue.
Leadership to me means duty, honor, country. It means character, and it means listening from time to time.
Natural gas is hemispheric. I like to call it hemispheric in nature because it is a product that we can find in our neighborhoods.
Now, there are some who would like to rewrite history - revisionist historians is what I like to call them.
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.
Only a liberal senator from Massachusetts would say that a 49 percent increase in funding for education was not enough.
Our nation must come together to unite.
Our Nation must defend the sanctity of marriage.
People make suggestions on what to say all the time. I'll give you an example; I don't read what's handed to me. People say, 'Here, here's your speech, or here's an idea for a speech.' They're changed. Trust me.
Saddam Hussein is a homicidal dictator who is addicted to weapons of mass destruction.
Senator Kerry has been in Washington long enough to take both sides on just about every issue.
Some folks look at me and see a certain swagger, which in Texas is called "walking."
Some have argued that confronting the threat from Iraq could detract from the war against terror. To the contrary, confronting the threat posed by Iraq is crucial to winning the war on terror.
States should have the right to enact laws... particularly to end the inhumane practice of ending a life that otherwise could live.
Terrorist attacks can shake the foundations of our biggest buildings, but they cannot touch the foundation of America. These acts shatter steel, but they cannot dent the steel of American resolve.
The action we take and the decisions we make in this decade will have consequences far into this century. If America shows weakness and uncertainty, the world will drift toward tragedy. That will not happen on my watch.
The California crunch really is the result of not enough power-generating plants and then not enough power to power the power of generating plants.
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.
The deliberate and deadly attacks which were carried out yesterday against our country were more than acts of terror. They were acts of war.
The legislature's job is to write law. It's the executive branch's job to interpret law.
The men and women of Afghanistan are building a nation that is free, and proud, and fighting terror - and America is honored to be their friend.
The momentum of freedom in our world is unmistakable - and it is not carried forward by our power alone. We can trust in that greater power Who guides the unfolding of the years. And in all that is to come, we can know that His purposes are just and true.
The once all-powerful ruler of Iraq was found in a hole, and now sits in a prison cell.
The resolve of our great nation is being tested. But make no mistake, we will show the world that we will pass the test.
The terrorists and their supporters declared war on the United States - and war is what they got.
The terrorists are fighting freedom with all their cunning and cruelty because freedom is their greatest fear - and they should be afraid, because freedom is on the march.
The true history of my administration will be written 50 years from now, and you and I will not be around to see it.
The tyrant has fallen, and Iraq is free.
The United States and our allies are determined: we refuse to live in the shadow of this ultimate danger.
The United States of America will never be intimidated by thugs and assassins. The killers will fail, and the Iraqi people will live in freedom.
The United States prefers that Iraq meet its obligations voluntarily, yet we are prepared for the alternative.
The wisest use of American strength is to advance freedom.
There's no bigger task than protecting the homeland of our country.
This was not an act of terrorism, but it was an act of war.
This way of life is worth defending.
This young century will be liberty's century.
To those of you who received honours, awards and distinctions, I say well done. And to the C students, I say you, too, can be president of the United States.
Today we affirm a new commitment to live out our nation's promise through civility, courage, compassion and character.
Use power to help people. For we are given power not to advance our own purposes nor to make a great show in the world, nor a name. There is but one just use of power and it is to serve people.
We can't allow the world's worst leaders to blackmail, threaten, hold freedom-loving nations hostage with the world's worst weapons.
We cannot let terrorists hold this nation hostile or hold our allies hostile.
We don't believe in planners and deciders making the decisions on behalf of Americans.
We know that dictators are quick to choose aggression, while free nations strive to resolve differences in peace.
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.
We will make no distinction between the terrorists who committed these acts and those who harbour them.
We will stand up for our friends in the world. And one of the most important friends is the State of Israel. My administration will be steadfast in support Israel against terrorism and violence, and in seeking the peace for which all Israelis pray.
We've climbed the mighty mountain. I see the valley below, and it's a valley of peace.
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.
When you turn your heart and your life over to Christ, when you accept Christ as the savior, it changes your heart.
With those attacks, the terrorists and their supporters declared war on the United States. And war is what they got.
You can fool some of the people all the time, and those are the ones you want to concentrate on.
You can't put democracy and freedom back into a box.
You teach a child to read, and he or her will be able to pass a literacy test.
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