“I believe the most solemn duty of the American president is to protect...” — George W. Bush Quote

“I believe the most solemn duty of the American president is to protect the American people. If America shows uncertainty and weakness in this decade, the world will drift toward tragedy. This will not happen on my watch.”

“If you're sick and tired of the politics of cynicism and polls and principles, come and join this campaign.”

“I had to abandon free market principles in order to save the free market system.”

“I will make no apologies, ever, for protecting the lives and the safety of the American people. We have to give more tools to our folks to be able to do that, not fewer, and then trust those people and oversee them to do it the right way. As president, that is exactly what I'll do.”

“It seems to me the American people never really forgave the Democrats for being right about Vietnam.”

“The American people think the government in Washington is too big. That it spends too much. And - and that it's totally out of control. They want something done about it.”