"For all who love freedom and peace, the world without Saddam Hussein's regime is a better and safer place"
"Faith crosses every border and touches every heart in every nation"
"Everywhere that freedom stirs, let tyrants fear"
"Every nation in every region now has a decision to make. Either you are with us, or you are with the terrorists"
"Do I think faith will be an important part of being a good president? Yes, I do"
"Bring them on"
"Any government that supports, protects or harbours terrorists is complicit in the murder of the innocent and equally guilty of terrorist crimes"
"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"
"And the cornerstone of my economic policies, when I first got elected, was cutting taxes on everybody on who paid taxes"
"Americans are rising to the tasks of history, and they expect the same of us"
"America will never seek a permission slip to defend the security of our people"
"America must not ignore the threat gathering against us. Facing clear evidence of peril, we cannot wait for the final proof, the smoking gun that could come in the form of a mushroom cloud"
"America is the land of the second chance - and when the gates of the prison open, the path ahead should lead to a better life"
"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"
"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"
"One of my proudest moments is I didn't sell my soul for the sake of popularity"
"The financial crisis should not become an excuse to raise taxes, which would only undermine the economic growth required to regain our strength"
"The men and women of Afghanistan are building a nation that is free, and proud, and fighting terror - and America is honored to be their friend"
"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"
"I sent American troops to Iraq to make its people free, not to make them American. Iraqis will write their own history and find their own way"
"This young century will be liberty's century"
"Our nation must come together to unite"
"Freedom itself was attacked this morning by a faceless coward, and freedom will be defended"
"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"
"We can't allow the world's worst leaders to blackmail, threaten, hold freedom-loving nations hostage with the world's worst weapons"
"The deliberate and deadly attacks which were carried out yesterday against our country were more than acts of terror. They were acts of war"
"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"
"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"
"I think we ought to raise the age at which juveniles can have a gun"
"Leadership to me means duty, honor, country. It means character, and it means listening from time to time"
"Today we affirm a new commitment to live out our nation's promise through civility, courage, compassion and character"
"To those of you who received honours, awards and distinctions, I say well done. And to the C students, I say you, too, can be president of the United States"
"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"
"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"
"It's going to be the year of the sharp elbow and the quick tongue"
"After the chaos and carnage of September 11th, it is not enough to serve our enemies with legal papers"
"A dictatorship would be a heck of a lot easier, there's no question about it"
"You teach a child to read, and he or her will be able to pass a literacy test"
"You can't put democracy and freedom back into a box"
