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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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We have set out to promote the work of community and faith-based charities. Government cannot be replaced by charities, but it can welcome them as partners instead of resenting them as rivals.
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Today, we're fighting a new war to defend our liberty and our people and our way of life. And as we work to advance the cause of freedom around the world, we remember that the father of our country believed that the freedoms we secured in our revolution were not meant for Americans alone.
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I think that if you don't think we're in a war that you can't win the war.
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And this is an administration - we're not into nation-building, we're focused on justice. And we're going to get justice. It's going to take a while, probably. But I'm a patient man. Nothing will diminish my will and my determination - nothing.
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I think all presidents should take the long view of history.
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The question is who ought to make that decision, the Congress or the commanders? And as you know, my position is clear. I'm a commander guy.
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We must take the battle to the enemy, disrupt his plans, and confront the worst threats before they emerge.
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I inherited half my father's friends and all his enemies
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Initiative and referendum make government more responsive to its citizens, neutralize the power of the special interests and stimulate public involvement in state issues.
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One of the common denominators I have found is that expectations rise above that which is expected.
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Whether or not it needed to happen, I'm still convinced it needed to happen.
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I would guess, I would surmise that some of the more spectacular bombings are done by al Qaeda suiciders.
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The terrorists can kill the innocent, but they cannot stop the advance of freedom.
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...The God I know is one that promotes peace and freedom. But I get great sustenance from my personal relationship. That doesn't make me think I'm a better person than you are, by the way. Because one of the great admonitions in the Good Book is, don't try to take a speck out of your eye if I've got a log in my own.
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Sometimes it can seem that history is turning in a wide arc, toward an unknown shore. Yet the destination of history is determined by human action, and every great movement of history comes to a point of choosing.
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The terrorists and their supporters declared war on the United States - and war is what they got.
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Let us never tolerate outrageous conspiracy theories concerning the attacks of September the 11th malicious lies that attempt to shift the blame away from the terrorists, themselves, away from the guilty.
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I do not like abortions. I will do everything in my power to restrict abortion.
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We have also discovered through intelligence that Iraq has a growing fleet of manned and unmanned aerial vehicles that could be used to disperse chemical or biological weapons across broad areas.
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Murdering the innocent to advance an ideology is wrong every time everywhere
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