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George W. Bush Quotes About Freedom

For all who love freedom and peace, the world without Saddam Hussein's regime is a better and safer place.

I believe that God has planted in every heart the desire to live in freedom.

We can't allow the world's worst leaders to blackmail, threaten, hold freedom-loving nations hostage with the world's worst weapons.

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.

Freedom itself was attacked this morning by a faceless coward, and freedom will be defended.

The wisest use of American strength is to advance freedom.

You can't put democracy and freedom back into a box.

Everywhere that freedom stirs, let tyrants fear.

George W. Bush Quotes About War

The terrorists and their supporters declared war on the United States - and war is what they got.

I just want you to know that, when we talk about war, we're really talking about peace.

With those attacks, the terrorists and their supporters declared war on the United States. And war is what they got.

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

The deliberate and deadly attacks which were carried out yesterday against our country were more than acts of terror. They were acts of war.

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.

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.

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.

More Quotes by George W. Bush

Leadership to me means duty, honor, country. It means character, and it means listening from time to time.

The legislature's job is to write law. It's the executive branch's job to interpret law.

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 United States prefers that Iraq meet its obligations voluntarily, yet we are prepared for the alternative.

I have written a book. This will come as quite a shock to some. They didn't think I could read, much less write.

When you turn your heart and your life over to Christ, when you accept Christ as the savior, it changes your heart.

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

Only a liberal senator from Massachusetts would say that a 49 percent increase in funding for education was not enough.

Faith crosses every border and touches every heart in every nation.

The resolve of our great nation is being tested. But make no mistake, we will show the world that we will pass the test.

Do I think faith will be an important part of being a good president? Yes, I do.

The financial crisis should not become an excuse to raise taxes, which would only undermine the economic growth required to regain our strength.

America will never seek a permission slip to defend the security of our people.

I have a different vision of leadership. A leadership is someone who brings people together.

For diplomacy to be effective, words must be credible - and no one can now doubt the word of America.

Americans are rising to the tasks of history, and they expect the same of us.

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.

It is clear our nation is reliant upon big foreign oil. More and more of our imports come from overseas.

The United States and our allies are determined: we refuse to live in the shadow of this ultimate danger.

Now, there are some who would like to rewrite history - revisionist historians is what I like to call them.

If you're sick and tired of the politics of cynicism and polls and principles, come and join this campaign.

We don't believe in planners and deciders making the decisions on behalf of Americans.

We've climbed the mighty mountain. I see the valley below, and it's a valley of peace.

Every nation in every region now has a decision to make. Either you are with us, or you are with the terrorists.

We know that dictators are quick to choose aggression, while free nations strive to resolve differences in peace.

I want to thank you for taking time out of your day to come and witness my hanging.

The true history of my administration will be written 50 years from now, and you and I will not be around to see it.

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

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.

Senator Kerry has been in Washington long enough to take both sides on just about every issue.

I am mindful not only of preserving executive powers for myself, but for predecessors as well.

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.

You teach a child to read, and he or her will be able to pass a literacy test.

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.

I believe a marriage is between a man and a woman.

We cannot let terrorists hold this nation hostile or hold our allies hostile.

We will make no distinction between the terrorists who committed these acts and those who harbour them.

After the chaos and carnage of September 11th, it is not enough to serve our enemies with legal papers.

Free nations are peaceful nations. Free nations don't attack each other. Free nations don't develop weapons of mass destruction.

Natural gas is hemispheric. I like to call it hemispheric in nature because it is a product that we can find in our neighborhoods.

States should have the right to enact laws... particularly to end the inhumane practice of ending a life that otherwise could live.

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

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

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.

I think we ought to raise the age at which juveniles can have a gun.

There's no bigger task than protecting the homeland of our country.

And the cornerstone of my economic policies, when I first got elected, was cutting taxes on everybody on who paid taxes.

I had to abandon free market principles in order to save the free market system.

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