After the chaos and carnage of September 11th, it is not enough to serve our enemies with legal papers.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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America stands for liberty, for the pursuit of happiness and for the unalienable right for life. This right to life cannot be granted or denied by government because it does not come from government, it comes from the creator of life.
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America will never seek a permission slip to defend the security of our people.
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Americans are rising to the tasks of history, and they expect the same of us.
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Any government that supports, protects or harbours terrorists is complicit in the murder of the innocent and equally guilty of terrorist crimes.
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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.
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As governor of Texas, I have set high standards for our public schools, and I have met those standards.
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Bring them on.
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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.
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Do I think faith will be an important part of being a good president? Yes, I do.
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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 terrorists.
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Everywhere that freedom stirs, let tyrants fear.
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Faith crosses every border and touches every heart in every nation.
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For all who love freedom and peace, the world without Saddam Hussein's regime is a better and safer place.
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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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Freedom itself was attacked this morning by a faceless coward, and freedom will be defended.
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Globalization has altered the dynamics in the White House, as well as between the White House and the Treasury.
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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.
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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.
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I am the right.
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I believe a marriage is between a man and a woman.
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I believe that God has planted in every heart the desire to live in freedom.
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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.
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I hope one day I can clone another Dick Cheney. Then I won't have to do anything.
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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.
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I take personal responsibility for everything I say.
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I think the intelligence I get is darn good intelligence.
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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.
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I understand I'm running against a person who is so anxious to become president, he will do whatever it takes.
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I'm a patient man. And when I say I'm a patient man, I mean I'm a patient man.
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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.
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I've heard the call. I believe God wants me to run for president.
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If Iraq fails to fully comply, the United States and other nations will disarm Saddam Hussein.
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If the Iraqi regime is able to produce, buy or steal an amount of highly enriched uranium a little larger than a single softball, [it] could have a nuclear weapon in less than a year.
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If you're asking me as the President, would I understand reality, I do.
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If you're sick and tired of the politics of cynicism and polls and principles, come and join this campaign.
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It's going to be the year of the sharp elbow and the quick tongue.
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Leadership to me means duty, honor, country. It means character, and it means listening from time to time.
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Now, there are some who would like to rewrite history - revisionist historians is what I like to call them.
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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.
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One of the common denominators I have found is that expectations rise above that which is expected.
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Our Nation must defend the sanctity of marriage.
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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.
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People shouldn't read into venue locations someone's heart.
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Presidents, whether things are good or bad, get the blame. I understand that.
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Redefining the role of the United States from enablers to keep the peace to enablers to keep the peace from peacekeepers is going to be an assignment.
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Saddam Hussein is a homicidal dictator who is addicted to weapons of mass destruction.
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Senator Kerry has been in Washington long enough to take both sides on just about every issue.
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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.
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Some have argued we should wait, and that's an option. In my view, it's the riskiest of all options, because the longer we wait, the stronger and bolder Saddam Hussein will become.
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States should have the right to enact... laws... particularly to end the inhumane practice of ending a life that otherwise could live.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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The deliberate and deadly attacks which were carried out yesterday against our country were more than acts of terror. They were acts of war.
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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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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.
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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.
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The most important job is not to be governor, or first lady in my case.
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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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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.
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The resolution approved today presents the Iraqi regime with a test - a final test.
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The resolve of our great nation is being tested. But make no mistake, we will show the world that we will pass the test.
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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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The tyrant has fallen, and Iraq is free.
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The United States and our allies are determined: we refuse to live in the shadow of this ultimate danger.
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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.
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The United States prefers that Iraq meet its obligations voluntarily, yet we are prepared for the alternative.
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There can be no peace if our security depends on the will and whims of a ruthless and aggressive dictator. I'm not willing to stake one American life on trusting Saddam Hussein.
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There's no bigger task than protecting the homeland of our country.
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There's no such thing as legacies. At least, there is a legacy, but I'll never see it.
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There's not going to be enough people in the system to take advantage of people like me.
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They said, "You know, this issue doesn't seem to resignate with the people." And I said, you know something? Whether it resignates or not doesn't matter to me, because I stand for doing what's the right thing, and what the right thing is hearing the voices of people who work.
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They're for tax cuts and against them. They're for NAFTA and against NAFTA. They're for the Patriot Act and against the Patriot Act. They're in favor of liberating Iraq, and opposed to it. And that's just one senator from Massachusetts.
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This crusade, this war on terrorism is going to take a while.
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This is Preservation Month. I appreciate preservation. It's what you do when you run for president. You gotta preserve.
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This was not an act of terrorism, but it was an act of war.
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This way of life is worth defending.
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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.
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Today we affirm a new commitment to live out our nation's promise through civility, courage, compassion and character.
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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 show in the world, nor a name. There is but one just use of power and it is to serve people.
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We are a nation of communities... a brilliant diversity spread like stars, like a thousand points of light in a broad and peaceful sky.
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We can't allow the world's worst leaders to blackmail, threaten, hold freedom-loving nations hostage with the world's worst weapons.
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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.
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We concluded that tomorrow is a moment of truth for the world. Many nations have voiced a commitment to peace and security, and now they must demonstrate that commitment to peace and security in the only effective way: by supporting the immediate and unconditional disarmament of Saddam Hussein.
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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.
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We will make no distinction between the terrorists who committed these acts and those who harbour them.
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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 Israel. My administration will be steadfast in support Israel against terrorism and violence, and in seeking the peace for which all Israelis pray.
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Well, I think if you say you're going to do something and don't do it, that's trustworthiness.
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What I'm against is quotas. I'm against hard quotas, quotas that basically delineate based upon whatever. However they delineate, quotas, I think, vulcanize society.
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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 camel in the butt. It's going to be decisive.
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When you turn your heart and your life over to Christ, when you accept Christ as the savior, it changes your heart.
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With those attacks, the terrorists and their supporters declared war on the United States. And war is what they got.
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You can't put democracy and freedom back into a box.
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