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All Quotes Collection

"Natural gas is hemispheric. I like to call it hemispheric in nature because it is a product that we can find in our neighborhoods."
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"You can't put democracy and freedom back into a box."
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"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."
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"Everywhere that freedom stirs, let tyrants fear."
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"America is a Nation with a mission - and that mission comes from our most basic beliefs. We have no desire to dominate, no ambitions of empire. Our aim is a democratic peace - a peace founded upon the dignity and rights of every man and woman."
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"I think you can judge from somebody's actions a kind of a stability and sense of purpose perhaps created by strong religious roots. I mean, there's a certain patience, a certain discipline, I think, that religion helps you achieve."
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"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."
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"Americans are rising to the tasks of history, and they expect the same of us."
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"And what's interesting, and I don't think a lot of Americans understand this fact, is that, one, most new jobs are created by small businesses; two, most small businesses pay tax at the individual income tax, or many small businesses pay tax there."
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"A dictatorship would be a heck of a lot easier, there's no question about it."
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"I believe in the transformational power of liberty. I believe that the free Iraq is in this nation's interests. I believe a free Afghanistan is in this nation's interest."
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"Free nations are peaceful nations. Free nations don't attack each other. Free nations don't develop weapons of mass destruction."
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"Freedom itself was attacked this morning by a faceless coward, and freedom will be defended."
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"Government does not create wealth. The major role for the government is to create an environment where people take risks to expand the job rate in the United States."
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"I had to abandon free market principles in order to save the free market system."
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"I have a different vision of leadership. A leadership is someone who brings people together."
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"I have written a book. This will come as quite a shock to some. They didn't think I could read, much less write."
Will,
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"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."
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"We awoke one morning in September, and the world lurched on its axis."
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"But without a caring society, without each citizen voluntarily accepting the weight of responsibility, government is destined to grow even larger, taking more of your money, burrowing deeper into your lives."
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"Teachers make a difference, and we would serve our students better by focusing on attracting and retaining the quality teachers by raising teacher pay."
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"We are stronger because we recognize that government isn't the sole answer to the most important questions, and we welcome community and faith based organizations as partners to serve the needs of Florida families."
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"People with deep faith and big hearts are concerned, as I am about the circumstance that Ms. Schiavo is in. I want them to know I will do what I can, but there are limits to what any particular person - irrespective of the title they currently hold - can do."
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"If more people were actively engaged in advocating their positions I think we'd have a better society."
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"I think President Obama has used the bully pulpit as a way to attack capitalism."
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"I reject the notion that a high turnout helps Senator Kerry. I think in Florida at least, it's going to help President Bush because we have gotten more registered voters than the Democrats, and our base is just fired up - thanks to your help and a lot of others."
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"Florida is a place of unparalleled diversity of backgrounds, experiences and vision. It makes our culture unique, but it can also make it difficult to define a common identity and create a sense of community that reaches beyond our neighborhoods to all corners of our state."
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