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There's only one person who hugs the mothers and the widows, the wives and the kids upon the death of their loved one. Others hug but having committed the troops, I've got an additional responsibility to hug and that's me and I know what it's like.

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George W. Bush
Age: 78
Born: 1946
Born: July 6
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The United States of America will not permit the world's most dangerous regimes to threaten us with the world's most destructive weapons.
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It's amazing I won. I was running against peace, prosperity, and incumbency. —George W. Bush, June 14, 2001, speaking to Swedish Prime Minister Goran Perrson, unaware that a live television camera was still rolling.
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Let's get rid of all our subsidies together. Let's join hands as wealthy industrialised nations and say to the world, we're going to get rid of all our agricultural subsidies together.
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I knew it might put him in an awkward position that we had a discussion before finality has finally happened in this presidential race.
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There is a natural greenhouse effect that contributes to warming. Greenhouse gases trap heat and thus warm the Earth because they prevent a significant portion of infrared radiation from escaping into space.
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I want our enemies to understand that don't think that their violent acts are going to cause this president to leave before the job is done. And I want our troops to understand we respect them and that the sacrifices they make are noble and necessary for peace.
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Thats why we are inconveniencing air traffickers, to make sure nobody is carrying weapons on airplanes.
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As the 20th century ended, there were around 120 democracies in the world - and I can assure you more are on the way.
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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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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.
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I recognize I am essentially a failed human being in the sense that I can't possibly live up to the expectations of an Almighty.
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I view the relationship with Canada as a vital relationship for the United States. The relationship, of course, is defined government-to-government. It's also defined people-to-people, and there's a lot of people in my country who respect Canada and have great relations with Canadians, and we intend to keep it that way.
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Reading is the basics for all learning.
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We all know the big elephant in the room. The big elephant in the room is African governments. Africa has been totally mismanaged and misruled, but nobody wants to talk about that because of political correctness.
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After 9/11, I told the American people I would do everything in my power to protect the country, within the law, and that's exactly how I conduct my presidency.
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I developed a reputation as a hothead because I got in the face of a lot of reporters and they thought I was just a hotheaded person. What they didn't understand was that I was motivated by love.
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This is a war between good and evil. And we have made it clear to the world that we will stand strong on the side of good, and we expect other nations to join us. This is not a war between our world and their world. It is a war to save the world.
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The fundamental question facing Iraq government is whether or not we will stand with reformers across the region. It's really the task. And we're going to stand with this government.
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I inherited half my father's friends and all his enemies
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We will be changing the regime of Iraq for the good of the iraqi people.
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