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I just want you to know that, when we talk about war, we’re really talking about peace.
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.
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.
Leadership to me means duty, honor, country. It means character, and it means listening from time to time.
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.
The wisest use of American strength is to advance freedom.
The financial crisis should not become an excuse to raise taxes, which would only undermine the economic growth required to regain our strength.
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.
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.
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.