3 December 2020 George W. Bush For all who love freedom and peace, the world without Saddam Hussein’s regime is a better and safer place.
3 December 2020 George W. Bush 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.
3 December 2020 George W. Bush America is a Nation with a mission – and that mission comes from our most basic beliefs. We have no desire to dominate, no ambitions of empire. Our aim is a democratic peace – a peace founded upon the dignity and rights of every man and woman.
3 December 2020 George W. Bush 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.
3 December 2020 George W. Bush I believe that God has planted in every heart the desire to live in freedom.
3 December 2020 George W. Bush 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.
3 December 2020 George W. Bush Now, there are some who would like to rewrite history – revisionist historians is what I like to call them.
3 December 2020 George W. Bush I just want you to know that, when we talk about war, we’re really talking about peace.
3 December 2020 George W. Bush Use power to help people. For we are given power not to advance our own purposes nor to make a great show in the world, nor a name. There is but one just use of power and it is to serve people.
3 December 2020 George W. Bush 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.
3 December 2020 George W. Bush 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.
3 December 2020 George W. Bush We will stand up for our friends in the world. And one of the most important friends is the State of Israel. My administration will be steadfast in support Israel against terrorism and violence, and in seeking the peace for which all Israelis pray.
3 December 2020 George W. Bush Leadership to me means duty, honor, country. It means character, and it means listening from time to time.
3 December 2020 George W. Bush We will not waver we will not tire we will not falter, and we will not fail. Peace and Freedom will prevail.
3 December 2020 George W. Bush Do I think faith will be an important part of being a good president? Yes, I do.
3 December 2020 George W. Bush The terrorists are fighting freedom with all their cunning and cruelty because freedom is their greatest fear – and they should be afraid, because freedom is on the march.
3 December 2020 George W. Bush 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.
3 December 2020 George W. Bush If you’re sick and tired of the politics of cynicism and polls and principles, come and join this campaign.
3 December 2020 George W. Bush Natural gas is hemispheric. I like to call it hemispheric in nature because it is a product that we can find in our neighborhoods.
3 December 2020 George W. Bush Freedom itself was attacked this morning by a faceless coward, and freedom will be defended.
3 December 2020 George W. Bush Great tragedy has come to us, and we are meeting it with the best that is in our country, with courage and concern for others because this is America. This is who we are.
3 December 2020 George W. Bush The deliberate and deadly attacks which were carried out yesterday against our country were more than acts of terror. They were acts of war.
3 December 2020 George W. Bush I have a different vision of leadership. A leadership is someone who brings people together.
3 December 2020 George W. Bush We know that dictators are quick to choose aggression, while free nations strive to resolve differences in peace.
3 December 2020 George W. Bush 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.