I’m not surprised if we begin to uncover the weapons program of Saddam Hussein – because he had a weapons program.
The fingers and toes and beating hearts that we can see on an unborn child’s ultrasound come with something that we cannot see: a soul.
International law? I better call my lawyer; he didn’t bring that up to me.
The liberation of Iraq is a crucial advance in the campaign against terror. We’ve removed an ally of al Qaeda.
We must take the battle to the enemy, disrupt his plans, and confront the worst threats before they emerge.
We will fight with full force and might of the United States military.
I’m a war president. I make decisions here in the Oval Office and foreign policy matters with war on my mind.
We’re too great a nation to allow the evildoers to affect our soul.
Our enemies are a radical network of terrorists – and every government that supports them.
We have every reason to assume the worst.
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.