Biography

Son of former president George Bush, George W. was the 43rd president of the United States of America. His presidency was marked by a war in Iraq and the terrorist bombing of the Twin Towers on September 11, 2001.
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George W. Bush - former president of the United States of America
You can fool some of the people all the time, and those are the ones you want to concentrate on.
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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.
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America is the land of the second chance - and when the gates of the prison open, the path ahead should lead to a better life.
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America will never seek a permission slip to defend the security of our people.
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Americans are rising to the tasks of history, and they expect the same of us.
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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.
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I will never relent in defending America - whatever it takes.
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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.
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Only a liberal senator from Massachusetts would say that a 49 percent increase in funding for education was not enough.
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To those of you who received honors, awards and distinctions, I say well done. And to the C students, I say you, too, can be president of the United States.
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The California crunch really is the result of not enough power-generating plants and then not enough power to power the power of generating plants.
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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.
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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.
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Everywhere that freedom stirs, let tyrants fear.
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Free nations are peaceful nations. Free nations don't attack each other. Free nations don't develop weapons of mass destruction.
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Freedom itself was attacked this morning by a faceless coward, and freedom will be defended.
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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.
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I believe that God has planted in every heart the desire to live in freedom.
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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.
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The wisest use of American strength is to advance freedom.
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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.
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Some folks look at me and see a certain swagger, which in Texas is called "walking."
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A dictatorship would be a heck of a lot easier, there's no question about it.
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Any government that supports, protects or harbours terrorists is complicit in the murder of the innocent and equally guilty of terrorist crimes.
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I am mindful not only of preserving executive powers for myself, but for predecessors as well.
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Now, there are some who would like to rewrite history - revisionist historians is what I like to call them.
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The true history of my administration will be written 50 years from now, and you and I will not be around to see it.
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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.
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States should have the right to enact laws... particularly to end the inhumane practice of ending a life that otherwise could live.
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The legislature's job is to write law. It's the executive branch's job to interpret law.
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I have a different vision of leadership. A leadership is someone who brings people together.
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Leadership to me means duty, honor, country. It means character, and it means listening from time to time.
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I believe a marriage is between a man and a woman.
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Our Nation must defend the sanctity of marriage.
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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.
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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.
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For all who love freedom and peace, the world without Saddam Hussein's regime is a better and safer place.
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I just want you to know that, when we talk about war, we're really talking about peace.
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We know that dictators are quick to choose aggression, while free nations strive to resolve differences in peace.
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We've climbed the mighty mountain. I see the valley below, and it's a valley of peace.
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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.
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If you're sick and tired of the politics of cynicism and polls and principles, come and join this campaign.
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Senator Kerry has been in Washington long enough to take both sides on just about every issue.
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You teach a child to read, and he or her will be able to pass a literacy test.
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Do I think faith will be an important part of being a good president? Yes, I do.
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Faith crosses every border and touches every heart in every nation.
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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.
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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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For diplomacy to be effective, words must be credible - and no one can now doubt the word of America.
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After the chaos and carnage of September 11th, it is not enough to serve our enemies with legal papers.
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America must not ignore the threat gathering against us. Facing clear evidence of peril, we cannot wait for the final proof, the smoking gun that could come in the form of a mushroom cloud.
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Every nation in every region now has a decision to make. Either you are with us, or you are with the terrorists.
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It's going to be the year of the sharp elbow and the quick tongue.
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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.
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The once all-powerful ruler of Iraq was found in a hole, and now sits in a prison cell.
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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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When I take action, I'm not going to fire a $2 million missile at a $10 empty tent and hit a camel in the butt. It's going to be decisive.
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I think we ought to raise the age at which juveniles can have a gun.
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