George W. Bush
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.Collection: Great
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.Collection: Courage
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.Collection: Freedom
I believe a marriage is between a man and a woman.Collection: Marriage
We know that dictators are quick to choose aggression, while free nations strive to resolve differences in peace.Collection: Peace
The wisest use of American strength is to advance freedom.Collection: Strength
Leadership to me means duty, honor, country. It means character, and it means listening from time to time.Collection: Leadership
We've climbed the mighty mountain. I see the valley below, and it's a valley of peace.Collection: Peace
You can fool some of the people all the time, and those are the ones you want to concentrate on.Collection: Time
After the chaos and carnage of September 11th, it is not enough to serve our enemies with legal papers.Collection: Legal
Freedom itself was attacked this morning by a faceless coward, and freedom will be defended.Collection: Morning
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.Collection: Space
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.Collection: Hope
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.Collection: Religion
The deliberate and deadly attacks which were carried out yesterday against our country were more than acts of terror. They were acts of war.Collection: History
Everywhere that freedom stirs, let tyrants fear.Collection: Fear
We will not waver; we will not tire; we will not falter, and we will not fail. Peace and Freedom will prevail.Collection: Peace
Now, there are some who would like to rewrite history - revisionist historians is what I like to call them.Collection: History
Our Nation must defend the sanctity of marriage.Collection: Marriage
I just want you to know that, when we talk about war, we're really talking about peace.Collection: War
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.Collection: Hope
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.Collection: Chance
I believe that God has planted in every heart the desire to live in freedom.Collection: Freedom
I have a different vision of leadership. A leadership is someone who brings people together.Collection: Leadership
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.Collection: Government
Today we affirm a new commitment to live out our nation's promise through civility, courage, compassion and character.Collection: Courage
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.Collection: Freedom
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.Collection: Trust
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.Collection: Peace
Any government that supports, protects or harbours terrorists is complicit in the murder of the innocent and equally guilty of terrorist crimes.Collection: Government
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.
Some folks look at me and see a certain swagger, which in Texas is called 'walking.'
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.
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.
You teach a child to read, and he or her will be able to pass a literacy test.
A dictatorship would be a heck of a lot easier, there's no question about it.
I had to abandon free market principles in order to save the free market system.
This was not an act of terrorism, but it was an act of war.
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.
One of my proudest moments is I didn't sell my soul for the sake of popularity.
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.
Free nations are peaceful nations. Free nations don't attack each other. Free nations don't develop weapons of mass destruction.
The financial crisis should not become an excuse to raise taxes, which would only undermine the economic growth required to regain our strength.
I want to thank you for taking time out of your day to come and witness my hanging.
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 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.
No one was more shocked or angry than I was when we didn't find the weapons. I had a sickening feeling every time I thought about it. I still do.
And what's interesting, and I don't think a lot of Americans understand this fact, is that, one, most new jobs are created by small businesses; two, most small businesses pay tax at the individual income tax, or many small businesses pay tax there.
I will never relent in defending America - whatever it takes.