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.
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.
I have zero desire, just so you know, to be in the limelight. I don't think it's good for the country to have a former president criticize his successor. You're not going to see me giving my opinions in the public arena, until I start selling my book. I'm going to emerge then submerge.
The true history of my administration will be written 50 years from now, and you and I will not be around to see it.
Natural gas is hemispheric. I like to call it hemispheric in nature because it is a product that we can find in our neighborhoods.
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.
I have written a book. This will come as quite a shock to some. They didn't think I could read, much less write.
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.
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.
We don't believe in planners and deciders making the decisions on behalf of Americans.
Senator Kerry has been in Washington long enough to take both sides on just about every issue.
The United States prefers that Iraq meet its obligations voluntarily, yet we are prepared for the alternative.
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.
It's clearly a budget. It's got a lot of numbers in it.
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.
I believe that God has planted in every heart the desire to live in freedom.
The terrorists and their supporters declared war on the United States - and war is what they got.
When you turn your heart and your life over to Christ, when you accept Christ as the savior, it changes your heart.
The once all-powerful ruler of Iraq was found in a hole, and now sits in a prison cell.
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.
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.
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?
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.
You can't put democracy and freedom back into a box.
We will make no distinction between the terrorists who committed these acts and those who harbour them.
