It would be helpful if we opened up ANWR. I think it’s a mistake not to. And I would urge you all to travel up there and take a look at it, and you can make the determination as to how beautiful that country is.
And we need a full affront on an energy crisis that is real in California and looms for other parts of our country if we don’t move quickly.
Our democratic faith is more than the creed of our country, it is the inborn hope of our humanity, an ideal we carry but do not own, a trust we bear and pass along. And even after nearly 225 years, we have a long way yet to travel.
The students at Yale came from all different backgrounds and all parts of the country. Within months, I knew many of them.
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.
Democracies don’t war; democracies are peaceful countries.
I know it’s going to be the private sector that leads this country out of the current economic times we’re in. You can spend your money better than the government can spend your money.
I understand everybody in this country doesn’t agree with the decisions I’ve made. And I made some tough decisions. But people know where I stand.
The deliberate and deadly attacks which were carried out yesterday against our country were more than acts of terror. They were acts of war.
There’s no bigger task than protecting the homeland of our country.
I would like to be remembered as a guy who had a set of priorities, and was willing to live by those priorities. In terms of accomplishments, my biggest accomplishment is that I kept the country safe amidst a real danger.
I have zero desire, just so you know, to be in the limelight. I don’t think it’s good for the country to have a former president criticize his successor. You’re not going to see me giving my opinions in the public arena, until I start selling my book. I’m going to emerge then submerge.
We’ll let our friends be the peacekeepers and the great country called America will be the pacemakers.
I think we’re making progress. We understand where the power of this country lay. It lies in the hearts and souls of Americans. It must lay in our pocketbooks. It lies in the willingness for people to work hard.
Iraqis are sick of foreign people coming in their country and trying to destabilize their country.
The people in Louisiana must know that all across our country there’s a lot of prayer – prayer for those whose lives have been turned upside down. And I’m one of them.
We’ve got a lot of relations with countries in our neighborhood.
My fellow citizens, the dangers to our country and the world will be overcome. We will pass through this time of peril and carry on the work of peace. We will defend our freedom. We will bring freedom to others and we will prevail.
There needs to be debates, like we’re going through. There needs to be townhall meetings. There needs to be travel. This is a huge country.
The peaceful transfer of authority is rare in history, yet common in our country. With a simple oath, we affirm old traditions and make new beginnings.