Any government that supports, protects or harbours terrorists is complicit in the murder of the innocent and equally guilty of terrorist crimes.
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.
And the cornerstone of my economic policies, when I first got elected, was cutting taxes on everybody on who paid taxes.
For diplomacy to be effective, words must be credible - and no one can now doubt the word of America.
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.
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.
The terrorists are fighting freedom with all their cunning and cruelty because freedom is their greatest fear - and they should be afraid, because freedom is on the march.
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.
The action we take and the decisions we make in this decade will have consequences far into this century. If America shows weakness and uncertainty, the world will drift toward tragedy. That will not happen on my watch.
Iraq is no diversion. It is a place where civilization is taking a decisive stand against chaos and terror, we must not waver.
This way of life is worth defending.
I will never relent in defending America - whatever it takes.
Hundreds of thousands of American servicemen and women are deployed across the world in the war on terror. By bringing hope to the oppressed, and delivering justice to the violent, they are making America more secure.
A dictatorship would be a heck of a lot easier, there's no question about it.
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.
We will make no distinction between the terrorists who committed these acts and those who harbour them.
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.
Leadership to me means duty, honor, country. It means character, and it means listening from time to time.
The financial crisis should not become an excuse to raise taxes, which would only undermine the economic growth required to regain our strength.
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.
