George W. Bush
For diplomacy to be effective, words must be credible - and no one can now doubt the word of America.
I am mindful not only of preserving executive powers for myself, but for predecessors as well.
When you turn your heart and your life over to Christ, when you accept Christ as the savior, it changes your heart.
Look, when you're the president, there's all kinds of things said about us. I mean, it's just the nature of the job.
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 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.
There's no bigger task than protecting the homeland of our country.
We cannot let terrorists hold this nation hostile or hold our allies hostile.
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.
The legislature's job is to write law. It's the executive branch's job to interpret law.
Senator Kerry has been in Washington long enough to take both sides on just about every issue.
So, I'm lying on the couch and Laura walks in and I say, 'Free at last,' and she says 'You're free all right, you're free to do the dishes.' So I say, 'You're talking to the former president, baby,' and she said, 'consider this your new domestic policy agenda.'
I think we ought to raise the age at which juveniles can have a gun.
I would like to be remembered as a guy who had a set of priorities, and was willing to live by those priorities. In terms of accomplishments, my biggest accomplishment is that I kept the country safe amidst a real danger.
I have written a book. This will come as quite a shock to some. They didn't think I could read, much less write.
For all who love freedom and peace, the world without Saddam Hussein's regime is a better and safer place.
The tyrant has fallen, and Iraq is free.
Natural gas is hemispheric. I like to call it hemispheric in nature because it is a product that we can find in our neighborhoods.
Our nation must come together to unite.
Bring them on.
America will never seek a permission slip to defend the security of our people.
Saddam Hussein is a homicidal dictator who is addicted to weapons of mass destruction.
I have zero desire, just so you know, to be in the limelight. I don't think it's good for the country to have a former president criticize his successor. You're not going to see me giving my opinions in the public arena, until I start selling my book. I'm going to emerge then submerge.
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.
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.
Faith crosses every border and touches every heart in every nation.
And the cornerstone of my economic policies, when I first got elected, was cutting taxes on everybody on who paid taxes.
This way of life is worth defending.
We will make no distinction between the terrorists who committed these acts and those who harbour them.
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.
Iraq is no diversion. It is a place where civilization is taking a decisive stand against chaos and terror, we must not waver.
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.
So, for example, a country was into recession right after I was sworn in, a dot-com bust had taken place. Then the attacks of September the 11th, and then of course the great financial meltdown in the -the fundamental question facing any presidency is how do you deal with the hand you're dealt?
We can't allow the world's worst leaders to blackmail, threaten, hold freedom-loving nations hostage with the world's worst weapons.
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.
We don't believe in planners and deciders making the decisions on behalf of Americans.
People forget... that we structured it so that the government, or the people, would be repaid with a really good rate of return. And as it turns out, that aspect of TARP, that's what happened.
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.
Only a liberal senator from Massachusetts would say that a 49 percent increase in funding for education was not enough.
States should have the right to enact laws... particularly to end the inhumane practice of ending a life that otherwise could live.
You can't put democracy and freedom back into a box.
Do I think faith will be an important part of being a good president? Yes, I do.
With those attacks, the terrorists and their supporters declared war on the United States. And war is what they got.
The United States and our allies are determined: we refuse to live in the shadow of this ultimate danger.
The once all-powerful ruler of Iraq was found in a hole, and now sits in a prison cell.
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 terrorists and their supporters declared war on the United States - and war is what they got.
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.
It's going to be the year of the sharp elbow and the quick tongue.