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

Government does not create wealth. The major role for the government is to create an environment where people take risks to expand the job rate in the United States.

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

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

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.

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

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

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.

Iraq is no diversion. It is a place where civilization is taking a decisive stand against chaos and terror, we must not waver.

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

We will build new ships to carry man forward into the universe, to gain a new foothold on the moon and to prepare for new journeys to the worlds beyond our own.

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

Terrorist attacks can shake the foundations of our biggest buildings, but they cannot touch the foundation of America. These acts shatter steel, but they cannot dent the steel of American resolve.

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

We will not waver; we will not tire; we will not falter, and we will not fail. Peace and Freedom will prevail.

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

Some folks look at me and see a certain swagger, which in Texas is called 'walking.'

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

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

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

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

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

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

I believe the most solemn duty of the American president is to protect the American people. If America shows uncertainty and weakness in this decade, the world will drift toward tragedy. This will not happen on my watch.

I'm hopeful. I know there is a lot of ambition in Washington, obviously. But I hope the ambitious realize that they are more likely to succeed with success as opposed to failure.

I will never relent in defending America - whatever it takes.

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.

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

I think you can judge from somebody's actions a kind of a stability and sense of purpose perhaps created by strong religious roots. I mean, there's a certain patience, a certain discipline, I think, that religion helps you achieve.

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.

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

I know it's going to be the private sector that leads this country out of the current economic times we're in. You can spend your money better than the government can spend your money.

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

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

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.

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.

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.

Bring them on.

No one was more shocked or angry than I was when we didn't find the weapons. I had a sickening feeling every time I thought about it. I still do.

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

The tyrant has fallen, and Iraq is free.

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 believe in the transformational power of liberty. I believe that the free Iraq is in this nation's interests. I believe a free Afghanistan is in this nation's interest.

The momentum of freedom in our world is unmistakable - and it is not carried forward by our power alone. We can trust in that greater power Who guides the unfolding of the years. And in all that is to come, we can know that His purposes are just and true.

And what's interesting, and I don't think a lot of Americans understand this fact, is that, one, most new jobs are created by small businesses; two, most small businesses pay tax at the individual income tax, or many small businesses pay tax there.

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

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.

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

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.

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