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“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.”
— George W. Bush
Government
“The momentum of freedom in our world is unmistakable - and it is not carried forward by our power alone. We can trust in that greater power Who guides the unfolding of the years. And in all that is to come, we can know that His purposes are just and true.”
— George W. Bush
Alone
“I have a different vision of leadership. A leadership is someone who brings people together.”
— George W. Bush
Leadership
“Now, there are some who would like to rewrite history - revisionist historians is what I like to call them.”
— George W. Bush
History
“The financial crisis should not become an excuse to raise taxes, which would only undermine the economic growth required to regain our strength.”
— George W. Bush
Strength
“America is a friend to the people of Iraq. Our demands are directed only at the regime that enslaves them and threatens us. When these demands are met, the first and greatest benefit will come to Iraqi men, women and children.”
— George W. Bush
Women
“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.”
— George W. Bush
Patience
“With those attacks, the terrorists and their supporters declared war on the United States. And war is what they got.”
— George W. Bush
War
“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.”
— George W. Bush
Government
“Our Nation must defend the sanctity of marriage.”
— George W. Bush
Marriage
“I'm hopeful. I know there is a lot of ambition in Washington, obviously. But I hope the ambitious realize that they are more likely to succeed with success as opposed to failure.”
— George W. Bush
Failure
“The California crunch really is the result of not enough power-generating plants and then not enough power to power the power of generating plants.”
— George W. Bush
Power
“I told you I'm not going to criticize my successor. I'll just tell you that there are people at Gitmo that will kill American people at a drop of a hat and I don't believe that persuasion isn't going to work. Therapy isn't going to cause terrorists to change their mind.”
— George W. Bush
Change
“Everywhere that freedom stirs, let tyrants fear.”
— George W. Bush
Fear
“The course of this conflict is not known, yet its outcome is certain. Freedom and fear, justice and cruelty, have always been at war, and we know that God is not neutral between them.”
— George W. Bush
Fear
“I believe that God has planted in every heart the desire to live in freedom.”
— George W. Bush
Freedom
“Use power to help people. For we are given power not to advance our own purposes nor to make a great show in the world, nor a name. There is but one just use of power and it is to serve people.”
— George W. Bush
Power
“We will not waver we will not tire we will not falter, and we will not fail. Peace and Freedom will prevail.”
— George W. Bush
Freedom
“If you're sick and tired of the politics of cynicism and polls and principles, come and join this campaign.”
— George W. Bush
Politics
“Faith crosses every border and touches every heart in every nation.”
— George W. Bush
Faith
“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.”
— George W. Bush
Peace