The American people have got a touchstone: Which party voted for the tools necessary to protect America and which party didn’t? And that’s what I’m trying to get people to focus on.
The Islam that we know is a faith devoted to the worship of one God, as revealed through The Holy Qur’an. It teaches the value and the importance of charity, mercy, and peace.
I don’t mind people trying to pick apart my policies, and that’s fine and that’s fair game. But, you know, I don’t think we’re serving our nation well by allowing the discourse to become so uncivil that people use words that they shouldn’t be using.
Today the Iraqi and Afghan people are on the path to democracy and freedom. The governments that are rising will pose no threat to others. Instead of harboring terrorists, they’re fighting terrorist groups. And this progress is good for the long-term security of all of us.
We will stay the course until the job is done, Steve. And the temptation is to try to get the President or somebody to put a timetable on the definition of getting the job done. We’re just going to stay the course.
I have a duty to protect the executive branch from legislative encroachment.
So many people commute in this country by car long enough distances to really cut into their income, their real income, that they would change their vote based on gas prices.
King Fahd was a man of wisdom and a leader who commanded respect throughout the entire world. He was a friend and strong ally of the United States for decades.
I call my philosophy and approach compassionate conservatism. It is compassionate to actively help our fellow citizens in need. It is conservative to insist on responsibility and results. And with this hopeful approach, we will make a real difference in people’s lives.
We will build our defenses beyond challenge, lest weakness invite challenge. We will confront weapons of mass destruction, so that a new century is spared new horrors.
Over my tenure as governor, I have come not only to respect the political muscle of the Federation; I’ve come to respect the brains. All of us depend on your efforts and energies.
Nobody really likes to be lectured a lot. And, therefore, if you want to be an effective person, what you don’t do is scold the person publicly all the time.
I understand politics and I know there’s gonna be a lot of verbage.
I’ve watched politics for years. Republicans rarely get credit for the good things that happen in the economy during their watch. Democrats always get more credit than they deserve. They are just better at political discourse that we are.
Russia’s most precious resource is the brain power of this country. And you’ve got a lot of it. It’s gonna take a lot of brains in Russia to create a drain.
We’re supposed to have guns. It says so in the Bible; and the second greatest book ever written, the Texas State Constitution.
What’s all this whining about the environment? They’re always talking about ‘stop the clearcuts.’ I mean do the math people. If we were out of trees then we wouldn’t have any clearcuts to be complaining about now would we?
The terrorists know that the outcome will leave them emboldened or defeated. So they are waging a campaign of murder and destruction. And there is no limit to the innocent lives they are willing to take.
The great tradition of America is one where people can worship the way they want to worship. And if they choose not to worship, they’re just as patriotic as your neighbor. That is an essential part of why we are a great nation. If you’re a Jew or a Christian or a Muslim, you’re equally American.
It should make people nervous when non-transparent regimes, that have announced that they’ve got nuclear warheads, fire missiles. This is not the way you conduct business in the world. This is not the way that peaceful nations conduct their affairs.