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If you've got somebody in harm's way, you want the president being -- making advice, not -- be given advice by the military, and not making decisions based upon the latest Gallup poll or focus group.

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George W. Bush
Age: 78
Born: 1946
Born: July 6
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I told you I'm not going to criticize my successor. I'll just tell you that there are people at Gitmo that will kill American people at a drop of a hat and I don't believe that persuasion isn't going to work. Therapy isn't going to cause terrorists to change their mind.
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Our enemies send other people's children on missions of suicide and murder. They embrace tyranny and death as a cause and a creed. We stand for a different choice - made long ago, on the day of our founding. We affirm it again today. We choose freedom and the dignity of every life.
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Obviously I pray every day there's less casualty.
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I hope I'm as graceful and gracious as [my parents] are. It's hard for me to project how I'm gonna be if I make it to 86.
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If you're a poor worker - this is for new workers coming into the workplace - your benefits will increase at the current rate of increase. If you're a wealthier worker, your benefits would increase at the rate of inflation. And those changes would affect positively the unfunded liabilities inherent in Social Security.
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I have written a book. This will come as quite a shock to some. They didn't think I could read, much less write.
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I want to make it clear to people that the idea of putting subliminable messages into ads is ridiculous.
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When your economy is kind of ooching along, it's important to let people have more of their own money.
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Thanksgiving is a time for families and friends to gather together and express gratitude for all that we have been given, the freedoms we enjoy, and the loved ones who enrich our lives. We recognize that all of these blessings, and life itself, come not from the hand of man but from Almighty God.
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Fighting evil, it's hard work.
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If you look at my policies they're all aimed at empowering people to make their own decisions.
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I believe the role of government is to stand side by side with our citizens to help them realize their dreams, not tell citizens how to live their lives.
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One of my hardest parts of my job is to console the family members who have lost their life.
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I firmly believe that a free Iraq will be a catalyst to other substantive and important changes in that part of the world.
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Free societies are hopeful societies. And free societies will be allies against these hateful few who have no conscience, who kill at the whim of a hat.
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Issues are won based upon whether or not you can keep this economy strong elections are won based upon economic issues and national security issues.
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As a matter of fact, it's in our interests that we help reformers across the Middle East achieve their objectives. This is the fundamental challenge of the 21st century.
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I'm mindful in a free society that people can worship if they want to or not. You're equally an American if you choose to worship an almighty and if you choose not to.
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The union of a man and a woman is the most enduring human institution, honored and encouraged in all cultures and by every religious faith. ... Marriage cannot be severed from its cultural, religious and natural roots without weakening the good influence of society.
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Whether or not it needed to happen, I'm still convinced it needed to happen.
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