George W. Bush Quotes, Army Quotes, Volunteer Quotes

The all-volunteer army works. It works particularly when we pay our troops well.

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I have written a book. This will come as quite a shock to some. They didn't think I could read, much less write.

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People who plan their life when they're 18 years old and say, "This is my life plan," would generally be surprised and maybe disappointed.

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From the beginning, I said that Israel, one, has a right to defend herself, but Israel ought to be cautious about how she defends herself. Israel's a democratically elected government. They make decisions on their own sovereignty. It's their decision-making that is what leads to the tactics they chose.

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I regret that we weren't able to reform Social Security. The fact that we weren't able to when we had majorities in the House and the Senate I think reflected poorly on our political party.

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Wars are fought on objectives, not on timetable, and that's why I've been so insistent upon not allowing ourselves to have policy driven by time table, but by objective.

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I think it's important to bring somebody from outside the system, the judicial system, somebody that hasn't been on the bench and, therefore, there's not a lot of opinions for people to look at.

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I didn't grow up in the ocean -- as a matter of fact -- near the ocean -- I grew up in the desert. Therefore, it was a pleasant contrast to see the ocean. And I particularly like it when I'm fishing.

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People say, well, do you ever hear any other voices other than, like, a few people? Of course I do.

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I also have picked a secretary for Housing and Human Development. Mel Martinez from the state of Florida.

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If you are young child and you've lost mother and dad to AIDS and rich nations sit on the sidelines not caring, you will become a frustrated person and a hopeless person.

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Oftentimes people ask me, 'Why is it that you're so focused on helping the hungry and diseased in strange parts of the world?'

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We ought to be using nuclear power. It's a renewable source of energy.

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There is but one just use of power and it is to serve people.

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One of my concerns is that the health care not be as good as it can possibly be.

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You know, I could run for governor but I'm basically a media creation. I've never done anything. I've worked for my dad. I worked in the oil business. But that's not the kind of profile you have to have to get elected to public office.

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[Saddam] built up a massive war machine while neglecting the basic needs of his own people.

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From a philosophical perspective, I want to fight off isolationism and protectionism, be it part of another voice out there that says, wait a minute, what matters to women in Afghanistan matters to America. An isolationist point of view says it doesn't matter. The articulation of "all life matters" helps frame the case that it does matter what happens to a woman in Afghanistan.

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I do not think witchcraft is a religion, and I do not think it is in any way appropriate for the US military to promote it.

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How do you know if you don't measure if you have a system that simply suckles kids through?

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