And our security will require all Americans to be forward-looking and resolute, to be ready for pre-emptive action.
Saddam Hussein’s regime is a gray and gathering danger.
There will be no going back to the era before September 11th, 2001, to false comfort in a dangerous world.
Today the Justice Department did issue a blanket alert. It was in recognition of a general threat we received. This is not the first time the Justice Department have acted like this. I hope it is the last. But given the attitude of the evildoers, it may not be.
The proper response to difficulty is not to retreat. It is to prevail.
God told me to strike at Al Qaeda and I struck them, and then he instructed me to strike at Saddam, which I did.
The decisions we make in Washington have a direct impact on the people in our country, obviously.
Listen, I know of nobody – I don’t know of anybody in my administration who leaked classified information. If somebody did leak classified information, I’d like to know it, and we’ll take the appropriate action. And this investigation is a good thing.
If someone committed a crime, they will no longer work in my administration.
If you’ve got somebody in harm’s way, you want the president being – making advice, not – be given advice by the military, and not making decisions based upon the latest Gallup poll or focus group.
You know, I guess I’m like any other political figure: Everybody wants to be loved.
What I’m telling you is there’s too many junk lawsuits suing too many doctors.
This business about graceful exit just simply has no realism to it at all.
The only way we can win is to leave before the job is done.
Wisdom and strength, and my family, is what I’d like for you to pray for.
I’ve got God’s shoulder to cry on. And I cry a lot. I do a lot of crying in this job. I’ll bet I’ve shed more tears than you can count, as president.
All I can tell you is when the governor calls, I answer his phone.
All of us in America want there to be fairness when it comes to justice.
The best thing about my family is my wife. She is a great first lady. I know that sounds not very objective, but that’s how I feel. And she’s also patient. Putting up with me requires a lot of patience.
And one thing we want during this war on terror is for people to feel like their life’s moving on, that they’re able to make a living and send their kids to college and put more money on the table.