George Walker Bush (born July 6, 1946) is an American politician who served as the 43rd President of the United States from 2001 to 2009. He was also the 46th Governor of Texas from 1995 to 2000.
The question is: How do we succeed in Iraq? And you don't succeed by leaving before the mission is complete, like some in this political process are suggesting.
There's this kind of almost - kind of a weird kind of elitism that says well maybe - maybe certain people in certain parts of the world shouldn't be free; maybe it's best just to let them sit in these tyrannical societies. And our foreign policy rejects that concept. And we don't accept it. And so we're working.
People expect those in authority to take on big problems and to solve them. We had an opportunity to reform Social Security in a way that would have protected people's benefits and created a solvent system. Younger workers would be confident that the money they were putting into the system would be available to them when they retired. It was a missed opportunity. I regret that.
After the chaos and carnage of September 11th, it is not enough to serve our enemies with legal papers.
Foreign fighters are travelling into Iraq to make it a front line in the war on terror. And I would rather defeat them there than face them in our own country.
I would like people to understand the rationale for my embryonic stem cell research decision and how the process became distorted over time.
Saddam Hussein was a unique threat. And the world is better off without him in power.
The survival of liberty in our land increasingly depends on the success of liberty in other lands.
But we cannot allow weapons of mass destruction to fall into the hands of terrorists. I will not allow that to happen.
Conspiracy theories abound in American politics. I don't think we need to be subliminable about the differences between our views on prescription drugs.
There is no doubt in my mind when history was written, the final page will say: Victory was achieved by the United States of America for the good of the world.
I have said that the sanction regime is like Swiss cheese - that meant that they weren't very effective.
Mankind is drawn to the heavens for the same reason we were once drawn into unknown lands and across the open sea. We choose to explore space because doing so improves our lives, and lifts our national spirit. So let us continue the journey.
I mean, there needs to be a wholesale effort against racial profiling, which is illiterate children.
We say to seniors, we understand how important prescription drug coverage, so prescription drugs will be an ingrinable part of the Medicare plan.
I just want you to know that, when we talk about war, we're really talking about peace.
We honor the heritage of all who come here, no matter where they come from, because we trust in our country's genius for making us all Americans - one nation under God.
The nature of the presidency is that sometimes you don't choose which challenges come to your desk. You do decide how to respond.
We have now reached a turning point in the struggle between freedom and terror.
Faith crosses every border and touches every heart in every nation.