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Anyway, I'm so thankful, and so gracious - I'm gracious that my brother Jeb is concerned about the hemisphere as well.

The greatest power of freedom is to overcome hatred and violence, and turn the creative gifts of men and women to the pursuits of peace.

More and more of our imports are coming from overseas

Today we affirm a new commitment to live out our nation's promise through civility, courage, compassion and character.

We are getting more and more imports from abroad.

We have enough coal to last for 250 years, yet coal also prevents an environmental challenge.

We will not waver; we will not tire; we will not falter, and we will not fail. Peace and Freedom will prevail.

Thats why we are inconveniencing air traffickers, to make sure nobody is carrying weapons on airplanes.

Look, the key for me is to keep expectations low.

This was not an act of terrorism, but it was an act of war.

Goodbye from the world's biggest polluter.

Whatever party you're in in America, our troops deserve the full support of our government.

I want to be the peace president.

I don't read books, but I have friends who do.

Our new faith-based laws have removed government as a roadblock to people of faith who hear the call.

If the terriers and bariffs are torn down, this economy will grow.

I remember meeting a mother of a child who was abducted by the North Koreans right here in the Oval Office.

Wow! Brazil is big.

America is a nation of prayer. It's impossible to tell the story of our nation without telling the story of people who pray.

Quotas are bad for America. It's not the way America is all about.

When I say drop your pants and show me the moon, I'm not just whistling Dixie!

It's important for young men and women who look at the Nebraska champs to understand that quality of life is more than just blocking shots.

I will have a foreign-handed foreign policy.

"I favor leaving up to a woman and her doctor the abortion question."

I would have my secretary of treasury be in touch with the financial centers, not only here but at home.

It was just inebriating what Midland was all about then.

If the Iranians were to have a nuclear weapon they could proliferate.

Americans spend 6 billion hours a year filling out their tax reforms.

And our security will require all Americans to be forward-looking and resolute, to be ready for pre-emptive action.

I'll be long gone before some smart person ever figures out what happened inside this Oval Office.
(Washington DC, 12 May, 2008)

We must all hear the universal call to like your neighbor just like you like to be liked yourself.

America's highest economic need is higher ethical standards
enforced by strict laws and upheld by responsible business leaders.

The advance of freedom is the great story of our time

The rich hire lawyers and accountants for a reason - to pass the tax bill on to you.

I was not elected to serve one party.

The once all-powerful ruler of Iraq was found in a hole, and now sits in a prison cell.

Free market capitalism is far more than economic theory. It is the engine of social mobility-the highway to the American Dream.

Get ready; if the Democrats take the House, your taxes are going up.

These acts of mass murder were intended to frighten our nation into chaos and retreat.But they have failed; our country is strong.

We are not at war with the Afghani people, and we are not at war with Islam, which most Americans respect as a religion of peace.

Now the Taliban will pay a price.

Saddam Hussein is a homicidal dictator who is addicted to weapons of mass destruction.

Our intelligence officials estimate that Saddam Hussein had the materials to produce as much as 500 tons of sarin, mustard and VX nerve agent.

The 20th century ended with a single surviving model of human progress.

Liberty is the right and hope of all humanity.

And after September the 11th, the United States Congress also granted me additional authority to use military force against al Qaeda ...

I think that the vice president is a person reflecting a half-glass-full mentality.

I was raised in the West. The west of Texas. It's pretty close to California. In more ways than Washington, D.C., is close to California.

You saw the president yesterday. I thought he was very forward-leaning, as they say in diplomatic nuanced circles.

Sometimes, words have consequences you don't intend them to mean.

After all, religion has been around a lot longer than Darwinism.

There are cameras nowadays that have been developed to tell the difference between a squirrel and a bomb.

Wait a minute. What did you just say? You're predicting $4-a-gallon gas? ... That's interesting. I hadn't heard that.

We must help the reformers of the Middle East as they work for freedom, and strive to build a community of peaceful, democratic nations.

We ought to make the pie higher.

Too many OB/GYN's aren't able to practice their love with women all across the country.

One of my hardest parts of my job is to console the family members who have lost their life.

I don't know why you're talking about Sweden. They're the neutral one. They don't have an army.

I am a war president.

The agenda of the roadblock is the philosophy of the stop sign.

The vast majority of our imports come from outside the country.

It's my first trip as president of the United States.

You can fool some of the people all the time, and those are the ones you want to concentrate on.

Americans have the capacity now, as we've had in the past, to do whatever needs to be done to preserve this last and greatest bastion of freedom.

We all know that men and women can be good without faith. And we also know that faith is an incredibly important source of goodness in our country.

We've had no evidence that Saddam Hussein was involved with the September 11th.

Terrorism against our nation will not stand.

You know, I guess I'm like any other political figure: Everybody wants to be loved.

I think there is some methodology in my travels.

If we're an arrogant nation, they'll resent us.

The Iraqi regime is a threat of unique urgency ... It has developed weapons of mass death.

I want to make it clear to people that the idea of putting subliminable messages into ads is ridiculous.

The biggest threat facing America is terrorists with weapons of mass destruction.

Now that I've got the will of the people at my back, I'm going to start enforcing the one-question rule. That was three questions.

Civility is not a tactic or a sentiment. It is the determined choice of trust over cynicism, of community over chaos.

EVERY PILOT REMEMBERS his first flight. For me, it was in a Cessna 172 at Moody Air Force Base in Valdosta, Georgia, in 1968.

I promise you I will listen to what has been said here, even though I wasn't here.

Islam is a faith that brings comfort to people. It inspires them to lead lives based on honesty, and justice, and compassion.

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.

Self-government relies, in the end, on the governing of the self.

People say, well, do you ever hear any other voices other than, like, a few people? Of course I do.

Freedom and fear, justice and cruelty, have always been at war, and we know that God is not neutral between them.

So thank you for reminding me about the importance of being a good mom and a great volunteer as well.

Stop throwing the Constitution in my face. It's just a goddamned piece of paper!

Thank you, your Holiness. Awesome speech.

When your economy is kind of ooching along, it's important to let people have more of their own money.

Evil men, obsessed with ambition and unburdened by conscience, must be taken very seriously-and we must stop them before their crimes can multiply.

I think war is a dangerous place.

It's time to restore honor and dignity to the White House.

What people can dream, people can do.

Removing Saddam Hussein was the right decision early in my presidency, it is the right decision now, and it will be the right decision ever.

I also have picked a secretary for Housing and Human Development. Mel Martinez from the state of Florida.

A great nation does not hide its history. It faces its flaws and corrects them.

I call upon all nations to do everything they can to stop these terrorist killers. Thank you. Now watch this drive.

Every action being taken against terrorists requires court order, requires scrutiny.

The terrorists can kill the innocent, but they cannot stop the advance of freedom.

Most of our imports come from other countries

Keep good relations with the Grecians.

Wall Street got drunk and now it's got a hangover. And the question is, how long will it sober up and not try to do those fancy financial instruments?

On the issue of evolution, the verdict is still out on how God created the Earth.