George W. Bush quote: "I believe in the transformational power of liberty.ÊI believe that the free Iraq is in this nation's interests.ÊI believe a free Afghanistan is in this nation's interest.Ê"

America must not ignore the threat gathering against us. Facing clear evidence of peril, we cannot w...
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A dictatorship would be a heck of a lot easier, there's no question about it.
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I think we ought to raise the age at which juveniles can have a gun.
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Hundreds of thousands of American servicemen and women are deployed across the world in the war on t...
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When I take action, I'm not going to fire a $2 million missile at a $10 empty tent and hit a cam...
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So, for example, a country was into recession right after I was sworn in, a dot-com bust had taken p...
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You can fool some of the people all the time, and those are the ones you want to concentrate on.
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When you turn your heart and your life over to Christ, when you accept Christ as the savior, it chan...
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You teach a child to read, and he or her will be able to pass a literacy test.
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Great tragedy has come to us, and we are meeting it with the best that is in our country, with coura...
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I have a different vision of leadership. A leadership is someone who brings people together.
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Leadership to me means duty, honor, country. It means character, and it means listening from time to...
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One of my proudest moments is I didn't sell my soul for the sake of popularity.
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We will not waver; we will not tire; we will not falter, and we will not fail. Peace and Freedom wil...
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Freedom and fear, justice and cruelty, have always been at war, and we know that God is not neutral ...
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Failure is not an option -- it comes bundled with Windows.
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The world today doesn't make sense, so why should I paint pictures that do?
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I'm fast, great and unstoppable! You're a train??
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I frankly felt like the reception we received on the way in from the airport was very warm and hospi...
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The story of America is the story of expanding liberty: an ever-widening circle, constantly growing ...
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Grief and tragedy and hatred are only for a time. Goodness, remembrance and love have no end, and th...
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We will starve terrorists of funding, turn them one against another, drive them from place to place,...
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Over time it's going to be important for nations to know they will be held accountable for inactivit...
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I take great comfort in having people around who can walk in my office and tell me what's on their m...
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They want the federal government controlling Social Security like it's some kind of federal program.
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This case has had full analyzation and has been looked at alot.
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America was targeted for attack because we are the brightest beacon for freedom and opportunity in t...
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This is an impressive crowd: the Have's and Have-more's. Some people call you the elites. I call you...
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"If the terriers and bariffs are torn down, this economy will grow.
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It's important for us to explain to our nation that life is important. It's not only life of babies,...
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Will the highways on the Internet become more few?
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Good intentions aren't good enough!
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Globalization has altered the dynamics in the White House, as well as between the White House and th...
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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 t...
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The California crunch really is the result of not enough power-generating plants and then not enough...
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Businesses may come and go, but religion will last forever, for in no other endeavor does the consum...
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See, in my line of work you got to keep repeating things over and over and over again for the truth ...
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It is clear our nation is reliant upon big foreign oil. More and more of our imports come from overs...
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The most important job is not to be governor, or first lady in my case.
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This foreign policy stuff is a little frustrating
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America has never been an empire. We may be the only great power in history that had the chance, and...
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Today we affirm a new commitment to live out our nation's promise through civility, courage, com...
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Use power to help people. For we are given power not to advance our own purposes nor to make a great...
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I would like to be remembered as a guy who had a set of priorities, and was willing to live by those...
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The once all-powerful ruler of Iraq was found in a hole, and now sits in a prison cell.
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This was not an act of terrorism, but it was an act of war.
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So, I'm lying on the couch and Laura walks in and I say, 'Free at last,' and she says &#...
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The men and women of Afghanistan are building a nation that is free, and proud, and fighting terror ...
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To those of you who received honours, awards and distinctions, I say well done. And to the C student...
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I want to thank you for taking time out of your day to come and witness my hanging.
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Now, there are some who would like to rewrite history - revisionist historians is what I like to cal...
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It's clearly a budget. It's got a lot of numbers in it.
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There's an old saying in Tennessee — I know it's in Texas, probably in Tennessee — that says, fo...
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After the chaos and carnage of September 11th, it is not enough to serve our enemies with legal pape...
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It will take time to restore chaos
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Freedom itself was attacked this morning by a faceless coward, and freedom will be defended.
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The United States of America will never be intimidated by thugs and assassins. The killers will fail...
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America is the land of the second chance - and when the gates of the prison open, the path ahead sho...
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America is a Nation with a mission - and that mission comes from our most basic beliefs. We have no ...
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We've climbed the mighty mountain. I see the valley below, and it's a valley of peace.
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I sent American troops to Iraq to make its people free, not to make them American. Iraqis will write...
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I believe the most solemn duty of the American president is to protect the American people. If Ameri...
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The terrorists are fighting freedom with all their cunning and cruelty because freedom is their grea...
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Faith crosses every border and touches every heart in every nation.
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For diplomacy to be effective, words must be credible - and no one can now doubt the word of America...
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Iraq is no diversion. It is a place where civilization is taking a decisive stand against chaos and ...
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The action we take and the decisions we make in this decade will have consequences far into this cen...
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We know that dictators are quick to choose aggression, while free nations strive to resolve differen...
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The desire for freedom resides in every human heart. And that desire cannot be contained forever by ...
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The advance of liberty is the path to both a safer and better world.
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For too long, many nations, including my own, tolerated, even excused, oppression in the Middle East...
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By heritage and by choice, the United States of America will make that stand.
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You know what's interesting about Washington? It's the kind of place where second-guessing has becom...
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We will not tire, we will not falter, and we will not fail.
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We have learned that terrorist attacks are not caused by the use of strength; they are invited by th...
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Whether we bring our enemies to justice or bring justice to our enemies, justice will be done.
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Every nation in every region now has a decision to make. Either you are with us, or you are with the...
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I believe that freedom is the deepest need of every human soul.
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Chew before you swallow.
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I think we agree, the past is over.
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As Americans, we want peace -- we work and sacrifice for peace. But there can be no peace if our sec...
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God is not on the side of any nation, yet we know He is on the side of justice. Our finest moments [...
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The peaceful transfer of authority is rare in history, yet common in our country. With a simple oath...
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America has never been united by blood or birth or soil. We are bound by ideals that move us beyond ...
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If America shows weakness and uncertainty, the world will drift toward tragedy. That will not happe...
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History is moving, and it will tend toward hope, or tend toward tragedy.
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America will never run... And we will always be grateful that liberty has found such brave defenders...
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I believe that God has planted in every human heart the desire to live in freedom. And even when tha...
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Americans are a free people, who know that freedom is the right of every person and the future of ev...
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The case for trade is not just monetary, but moral. Economic freedom creates habits of liberty. And ...
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In the defense of our nation, a president must be a clear-eyed realist. There are limits to the smil...
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American foreign policy must be more than the management of crisis. It must have a great and guiding...
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Terrorist attacks can shake the foundations of our biggest buildings, but they cannot touch the foun...
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There's no bigger task than protecting the homeland of our country.
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I mean, there needs to be a wholesale effort against racial profiling, which is illiterate children.
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I think anybody who doesn't think I'm smart enough to handle the job is underestimating.
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Today we affirm a new commitment to live out our nation's promise through civility, courage, compass...
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This is Preservation Month. I appreciate preservation. It's what you do when you run for president. ...
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It's clearly a budget. It's got a lot of numbers in it.
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I'm so pleased to be able to say hello to Bill Scranton. He's one of the great Pennsylvania politica...
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There is no such thing necessarily in a dictatorial regime of iron-clad absolutely solid evidence. T...
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I'm the master of low expectations.
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The resolve of our great nation is being tested. But make no mistake, we will show the world that we...
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Some folks look at me and see a certain swagger, which in Texas is called 'walking.'
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More Muslims have died at the hands of killers than - I say more Muslims - a lot of Muslims have die...
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The financial crisis should not become an excuse to raise taxes, which would only undermine the econ...
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We can't allow the world's worst leaders to blackmail, threaten, hold freedom-loving nations...
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It's going to be the year of the sharp elbow and the quick tongue.
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States should have the right to enact laws... particularly to end the inhumane practice of ending a ...
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There's no bigger task than protecting the homeland of our country.
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Redefining the role of the United States from enablers to keep the peace to enablers to keep the pea...
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I don't make any apologies for what I do on the campaign trail.
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I am against hard quotas, quotas they basically delineate based upon whatever.
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Too many good docs are getting out of the business. Too many OB/GYN's aren't able to practice their ...
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I am a war president.
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I'll be long gone before some smart person ever figures out what happened inside this Oval Office."<...
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I don't want some mom, whose son may have recently died, to see the commander in chief playing golf.
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I don't see how you can lead this country to succeed in Iraq if you say wrong war, wrong time, wrong...
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The legislature's job is to write law. It's the executive branch's job to interpret law.
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We will stand up for our friends in the world. And one of the most important friends is the State of...
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I can hear you, the rest of the world can hear you and the people who knocked these buildings down w...
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good start on a broad and important agenda.
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One of the very best reasons I can think of to vote for me as president is to have Laura Bush as fir...
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Democracies replace resentment with hope, respect the rights of their citizens and their neighbors, ...
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Everywhere that freedom stirs, let tyrants fear.
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And what's interesting, and I don't think a lot of Americans understand this fact, is that, ...
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Mr. Castro, once, just once, show that you're unafraid of a real election.
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The legislature's job is to write law. It's the executive branch's job to interpret law.
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This notion that the United States is getting ready to attack Iran is simply ridiculous. And having ...
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rebuilding a wounded city.
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I have zero desire, just so you know, to be in the limelight. I don't think it's good for th...
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Only a liberal senator from Massachusetts would say that a 49 percent increase in funding for educat...
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Government does not create wealth. The major role for the government is to create an environment whe...
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who don't see beyond the horizon.
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the hardship and oppression of others.
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You're free. And freedom is beautiful. And, you know, it'll take time to restore chaos and order - o...
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I'll tell you what PAYGO means, when you're a senator from Massachusetts, when you're a colleague of...
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part horror story, part memoir.
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I'm hopeful. I know there is a lot of ambition in Washington, obviously. But I hope the ambitious re...
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See, free nations are peaceful nations. Free nations don't attack each other. Free nations don't dev...
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I am the right.
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In my sentences I go where no man has gone before.
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Most imports are from outside of the country
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Gen. Pace has shown himself to be a brilliant thinker and an inspiring leader,
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We will make no distinction between the terrorists who committed these acts and those who harbour th...
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We will build new ships to carry man forward into the universe, to gain a new foothold on the moon a...
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That perfect storm combination of catastrophes exceeded the foresight of the planners and maybe anyb...
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The United States and our allies are determined: we refuse to live in the shadow of this ultimate da...
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I think the national anthem ought to be sung in English
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The momentum of freedom in our world is unmistakable - and it is not carried forward by our power al...
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The longer Iraq's leaders delay in forming a unity government, the greater the risk that the terrori...
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We had a good Cabinet meeting, talked about a lot of issues. Secretary of State and Defense brought ...
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How could the president be so wrong, so misinformed?
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I know what I believe. I will continue to articulate what I believe and what I believe - I believe w...
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See, in my line of work you got to keep repeating things over and over and over again for the truth ...
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America is successful because of the hard work and creativity and enterprise of our people.
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I am mindful of the difference between the executive branch and the legislative branch. I assured al...
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I am mindful not only of preserving executive powers for myself, but for predecessors as well.
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I would like to thank Nasal Beard for that warm welcome. [Thanking Hazel Beard, mayor of Shreveport,...
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The recession started upon my arrival. It could have been—some say February, some say March, some ...
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A dictatorship would be a heck of a lot easier, there's no question about it.
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I love to bring people into the oval office...and say, this is where I office.
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We don't believe in planners and deciders making the decisions on behalf of Americans.
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I believe a marriage is between a man and a woman.
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'I was going to start off tonight by telling some self-deprecating jokes, but then I couldn't think ...
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The only things that I can tell you is that every case I have reviewed I have been comfortable with ...
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It's going to be the year of the sharp elbow and the quick tongue.
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Today, the Senate took an important step forward in cutting the deficit. I commend Senate leadership...
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The resolution approved today presents the Iraqi regime with a test - a final test.
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We must all hear the universal call to like your neighbor as you like to be liked yourself.
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The terrorists and their supporters declared war on the United States - and war is what they got.
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No one should be singled out for unfair treatment or unkind words because of their ethnic background...
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I'm honored to shake the hand of a brave Iraqi citizen who had his hand cut off by Saddam Hussein.
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States should have the right to enact... laws... particularly to end the inhumane practice of ending...
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I just want you to know that, when we talk about war, we're really talking about peace.
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is a critical step on the path to Iraqi self-reliance.
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[To Brazilian President Fernando Cardoso]:'Do you have blacks, too?'
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Please Note -- Any similarity between puppets and actual Presidential candidates is purely coinciden...
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These extremists distort the idea of 'jihad' into a call for
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Our nation must come together to unite.
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The tyrant has fallen, and Iraq is free.
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America is a friend to the people of Iraq. Our demands are directed only at the regime that enslaves...
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The United States prefers that Iraq meet its obligations voluntarily, yet we are prepared for the al...
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If the Iraqi regime is able to produce, buy or steal an amount of highly enriched uranium a little l...
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... if you find a person that you've never seen before getting in a crop duster that doesn't belong ...
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We're in a fight for our principles and our first responsibility is to live by them.
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[T]hat's just the nature of democracy. Sometimes pure politics enters into the rhetoric.
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Any outlaw regime that has ties to terrorist groups or seeks to possess weapons of mass destruction ...
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I hear there's rumors on the Internets that we're going to have a draft. We're not going to have a d...
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One of the most meaningful things that's happened to me since I've been the governor - the president...
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We are ready for any unforeseen event which may or may not happen.
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Our border patrol and immigration agents are doing a fine job, but we still have a problem, ... Too ...
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I didn't join the International Criminal Court because I don't want to put our troops in the hands o...
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Some folks look at me and see a certain swagger, which in Texas is called "walking."
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It's totally wiped out. ... It's devastating, it's got to be doubly devastating on the ground.
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What I'm against is quotas. I'm against hard quotas, quotas that basically delineate based upon what...
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I think you can judge from somebody's actions a kind of a stability and sense of purpose perhaps cre...
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I understand small business growth. I was one.
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So thank you for reminding me about the importance of being a good mom and a great volunteer as well...
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I believe in the transformational power of liberty.ÊI believe that the free Iraq is in this nation's interests.ÊI believe a free Afghanistan is in this nation's interest.Ê

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I believe in the transformational power of liberty.ÊI believe that the free Iraq is in this nation's interests.ÊI believe a free Afghanistan is in this nation's interest.Ê

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