Anybody who is in a position to serve this country ought to understand the consequences of words.
One has a stronger hand when there’s more people playing your same cards.
I think – tide turning – see, as I remember – I was raised in the desert, but tides kind of – it’s easy to see a tide turn – did I say those words?
We shouldn’t fear a world that is more interacted.
Where mistakes have been made, the responsibility rests with me.
I would guess, I would surmise that some of the more spectacular bombings are done by al Qaeda suiciders.
The Patriot Act has increased the flow of information within our government and it has helped break up terrorist cells in the United States of America. And the United States Congress was right to renew the terrorist act – the Patriot Act.
Trying to stop suiciders – which we’re doing a pretty good job of on occasion – is difficult to do. And what the Iraqis are going to have to eventually do is convince those who are conducting suiciders who are not inspired by Al Qaeda, for example, to realize there’s a peaceful tomorrow.
The United States of America is engaged in a war against an extremist group of folks.
I’ve reminded the prime minister-the American people, Mr. Prime Minister, over the past months that it was not always a given that the United States and America would have a close relationship.
I like to tell people when the final history is written on Iraq, it will look like just a comma because there is – my point is, there’s a strong will for democracy.
I aim to be a competitive nation.
I strongly believe what we’re doing is the right thing. If I didn’t believe it – I’m going to repeat what I said before – I’d pull the troops out, nor if I believed we could win, I would pull the troops out.
One of the common denominators I have found is that expectations rise above that which is expected.
I was not pleased that Hamas has refused to announce its desire to destroy Israel.
I can look you in the eye and tell you I feel I’ve tried to solve the problem diplomatically to the max, and would have committed troops both in Afghanistan and Iraq knowing what I know today.
I like my buddies from west Texas. I liked them when I was young, I liked them then I was middle-age, I liked them before I was president, and I like them during president, and I like them after president.
If people want to get to know me better, they’ve got to know my parents and the values my parents instilled in me, and the fact that I was raised in West Texas, in the middle of the desert, a long way away from anywhere, hardly. There’s a certain set of values you learn in that experience.
After the bombing, most Iraqis saw what the perpetuators of this attack were trying to do.
I believe that a prosperous, democratic Pakistan will be a steadfast partner for America, a peaceful neighbor for India, and a force for freedom and moderation in the Arab world.