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Political speech13 quotes
States like these, and their terrorist allies, constitute an axis of evil, arming to threaten the peace of the world. — George W. Bush · 2002In the Battle of Iraq, the United States and our allies have prevailed. — George W. Bush · 2003It is the policy of the United States to seek and support the growth of democratic movements and institutions in every nation and culture, with the ultimate goal of ending tyranny in our world. — George W. Bush · 2005We have a place, all of us, in a long story—a story we continue, but whose end we will not see. It is the story of a new world that became a friend and liberator of the old, the story of a slave-holding society that became a servant of freedom, the story of a power that went into the world to protect but not possess, to defend but not to conquer. It is the American story—a story of flawed and fallible people, united across the generations by grand and enduring ideals. — George W. Bush · 2001We will make no distinction between terrorists who committed these acts and those who harbor them. — George W. Bush · 2001We have seen their kind before. They're the heirs of all the murderous ideologies of the 20th century. By sacrificing human life to serve their radical visions, by abandoning every value except the will to power, they follow in the path of fascism, Nazism, and totalitarianism. And they will follow that path all the way to where it ends in history's unmarked grave of discarded lies. — George W. Bush · 2001All 13 quotes →Documentary (film)1 quote
This is an impressive crowd. The haves and the have-mores. Some people call you the elite, I call you my base. — George W. Bush · 2004