George W. Bush

Bring them on.

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.

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

The tyrant has fallen and Iraq is free.

I think we ought to raise the age at which juveniles can have a gun.

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.

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.

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.

The wisest use of American strength is to advance freedom.

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

We can't allow the world's worst leaders to blackmail threaten hold freedom-loving nations hostage with the world's worst weapons.

Do I think faith will be an important part of being a good president? Yes I do.

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.

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

This young century will be liberty's century.

Any government that supports protects or harbours terrorists is complicit in the murder of the innocent and equally guilty of terrorist crimes.

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

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

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 am mindful not only of preserving executive powers for myself but for predecessors as well.

People make suggestions on what to say all the time. I'll give you an example, I don't read what's handed to me. People say 'Here here's your speech or here's an idea for a speech.' They're changed. Trust me.

The United States and our allies are determined: we refuse to live in the shadow of this ultimate danger.

The terrorists and their supporters declared war on the United States - and war is what they got.

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

The legislature's job is to write law. It's the executive branch's job to interpret law.

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.

The resolve of our great nation is being tested. But make no mistake we will show the world that we will pass the test.

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.

One of my proudest moments is I didn't sell my soul for the sake of popularity.

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

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

I just want you to know that when we talk about war we're really talking about peace.

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.'

After the chaos and carnage of September 11th it is not enough to serve our enemies with legal papers.

The financial crisis should not become an excuse to raise taxes which would only undermine the economic growth required to regain our strength.

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

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 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.

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.

People forget... that we structured it so that the government or the people would be repaid with a really good rate of return. And as it turns out that aspect of TARP that's what happened.

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.

Only a liberal senator from Massachusetts would say that a 49 percent increase in funding for education was not enough.

The United States prefers that Iraq meet its obligations voluntarily yet we are prepared for the alternative.

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

If you're sick and tired of the politics of cynicism and polls and principles come and join this campaign.

We know that dictators are quick to choose aggression while free nations strive to resolve differences in peace.

So for example a country was into recession right after I was sworn in a dot-com bust had taken place. Then the attacks of September the 11th and then of course the great financial meltdown in the -the fundamental question facing any presidency is how do you deal with the hand you're dealt?

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."

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