The United States prefers that Iraq meet its obligations voluntarily, yet we are prepared for the alternative.
The resolve of our great nation is being tested. But make no mistake, we will show the world that we will pass the test.
Our nation must come together to unite.
The terrorists and their supporters declared war on the United States - and war is what they got.
States should have the right to enact laws... particularly to end the inhumane practice of ending a life that otherwise could live.
Only a liberal senator from Massachusetts would say that a 49 percent increase in funding for education was not enough.
On September 11 2001, America felt its vulnerability even to threats that gather on the other side of the Earth. We resolved then, and we are resolved today, to confront every threat from any source that could bring sudden terror and suffering to America.
Our Nation must defend the sanctity of marriage.
People forget... that we structured it so that the government, or the people, would be repaid with a really good rate of return. And as it turns out, that aspect of TARP, that's what happened.
People make suggestions on what to say all the time. I'll give you an example; I don't read what's handed to me. People say, 'Here, here's your speech, or here's an idea for a speech.' They're changed. Trust me.
Saddam Hussein is a homicidal dictator who is addicted to weapons of mass destruction.
Senator Kerry has been in Washington long enough to take both sides on just about every issue.
So, for example, a country was into recession right after I was sworn in, a dot-com bust had taken place. Then the attacks of September the 11th, and then of course the great financial meltdown in the -the fundamental question facing any presidency is how do you deal with the hand you're dealt?
So, I'm lying on the couch and Laura walks in and I say, 'Free at last,' and she says 'You're free all right, you're free to do the dishes.' So I say, 'You're talking to the former president, baby,' and she said, 'consider this your new domestic policy agenda.'
Some have argued that confronting the threat from Iraq could detract from the war against terror. To the contrary, confronting the threat posed by Iraq is crucial to winning the war on terror.