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“Après tout, cet homme a tenté de tuer mon père à un moment.”

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After all, this is a guy that tried to kill my dad at one time.
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À propos de Saddam Hussein

“Le Premier ministre Maliki est un type bien (…) à la tâche difficile, et je le soutiens. Et ce n'est pas aux politiciens à Washington de dire qu'il doit rester à son poste. C'est au peuple irakien, qui vit aujourd'hui en démocratie et non en dictature”

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“Il y a un vieux dicton dans le Tennessee - je sais que ça se dit au Texas, probablement dans le Tennessee - qui dit : trompe moi une fois, honte sur… honte sur toi. Trompe moi - tu ne peux pas me tromper à nouveau.”

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There's an old saying in Tennessee — I know it's in Texas, probably in Tennessee — that says, fool me once, shame on — shame on you. Fool me — I can't get fooled again.
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“La dernière année [de mes études à Yale], je suis devenu membre des Skull and Bones, une société secrète, si secrète en vérité que je ne peux en dire davantage. Je m’y suis fait 14 nouveaux amis.”

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“On gère nos différences parce qu'il y a un différent sur le Passage du Nord-Ouest. Nous pensons que ce sont des eaux internationales. Cela dit, les États-Unis ne remettent pas en question la souveraineté du Canada dans son archipel arctique et soutiennent les investissements du Canada pour défendre sa souveraineté.”

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Propos tenus lors du sommets des leaders nord-américains.

George W. Bush: Citations en anglais

“I'm a uniter, not a divider.”

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Interview with http://www.salon.com/news/feature/1999/05/06/bush/print.html David Horowitz for Salon magazine (6 May 1999).
1990s

“In this different kind of war, we may never sit down at a peace table. But make no mistake about it, we are winning, and we will win.”

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Speech at the national convention of the American Legion, in Nashville, Tennessee (August 31, 2004) http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/5865710/
2000s, 2004

“To all the men and women of the United States Armed Forces now in the Middle East, the peace of a troubled world and the hopes of an oppressed people now depend on you. That trust is well placed.”

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2000s, 2003, Invasion of Iraq (March 2003)

“More than two weeks ago, I gave Taliban leaders a series of clear and specific demands: Close terrorist training camps. Hand over leaders of the Al Qaeda network, and return all foreign nationals, including American citizens unjustly detained in our country. None of these demands were met. And now, the Taliban will pay a price.”

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2000s, 2001, Invasion of Afghanistan (October 2001)

“Advancing the vision of freedom serves our highest ideals, as expressed in the U. N.'s Charter's commitment to the dignity and worth of the human person. Advancing this vision also serves our security interests. History shows that when citizens have a voice in choosing their own leaders, they are less likely to search for meaning in radical ideologies. And when governments respect the rights of their people, they're more likely to respect the rights of their neighbors.”

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2000s, 2008, Address to the United Nations General Assembly (September 2008)

“My appointees to the [Texas] board of pardons and paroles reflect my no-nonsense approach to crime and punishment. They believe people who commit crimes against innocent Texans should pay the consequences; they believe sentences imposed by juries should be carried out.”

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George W. Bush livre A Charge to Keep

1990s
Source: "George W. Bush on Crime" http://www.issues2000.org/2004/George_W__Bush_Crime.htm, OnTheIssues, attributed to "A Charge to Keep", p.151-152. Dec 9, 1999.

“America has never been an empire. We may be the only great power in history that had the chance, and refused — preferring greatness to power and justice to glory.”

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1990s, A Distinctly American Internationalism (November 1999)

“These sources of strength are with your loved ones. For many of you, your first instinct was to call home and let your moms and dads know that you were okay. Others took on the terrible duty of calling the relatives of a classmate or a colleague who had been wounded or lost. I know many of you feel awfully far away from people you lean on and people you count on during difficult times. But as a dad, I can assure you, a parent's love is never far from their child's heart. And as you draw closer to your own families in the coming days, I ask you to reach out to those who ache for sons and daughters who will never come home.”

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2000s, 2007, Virginia Tech Prayer Vigil (April 2007)

“The Secure Fence Act is part of our efforts to reform our immigration system. We have more to do. Meaningful immigration reforms means that we must enforce our immigration laws in the United States. It is against the law to hire someone who is here illegally. We fully understand that most businesses want to obey that law, but they cannot verify the legal status of their employees because of widespread document fraud. So we're creating a better system for verifying documents and work eligibility, and in the meantime, holding people to account for breaking the law. We must reduce pressure on our border by creating a temporary worker plan. Willing workers ought to be matched with willing employers to do jobs Americans are not doing for a temporary -- on a temporary basis.”

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2000s, 2004, Signing of Secure Fence Act of 2006

“The exercise of rights is ennobled by service and mercy and a heart for the weak. Liberty for all does not mean independence from one another. Our nation relies on men and women who look after a neighbor and surround the lost with love. Americans, at our best, value the life we see in one another and must always remember that even the unwanted have worth. And our country must abandon all the habits of racism because we cannot carry the message of freedom and the baggage of bigotry at the same time.”

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2000s, 2005, Second Inaugural Address (January 2005)

“Returning to the moon is an important step for our space program. Establishing an extended human presence on the moon could vastly reduce the costs of further space exploration, making possible ever more ambitious missions. Lifting heavy spacecraft and fuel out of the Earth's gravity is expensive. Spacecraft assembled and provisioned on the moon could escape its far lower gravity using far less energy, and thus, far less cost. Also, the moon is home to abundant resources. Its soil contains raw materials that might be harvested and processed into rocket fuel or breathable air. We can use our time on the moon to develop and test new approaches and technologies and systems that will allow us to function in other, more challenging environments. The moon is a logical step toward further progress and achievement.”

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Speech on new space exploration initiatives http://georgewbush-whitehouse.archives.gov/news/releases/2004/01/20040114-3.html (January 14, 2004)
2000s, 2004

“It can be tempting to look at the challenges in Iraq and conclude our best option is to pack up and go home. That may be satisfying in the short run, but I believe the consequences for American security would be devastating. If American forces were to step back from Baghdad before it is more secure, a contagion of violence could spill out across the entire country. In time, this violence could engulf the region. The terrorists could emerge from the chaos with a safe haven in Iraq to replace the one they had in Afghanistan, which they used to plan the attacks of September the 11th, 2001. For the safety of the American people, we cannot allow this to happen.”

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President Bush Discusses Fourth Anniversary of Operation Iraqi Freedom http://georgewbush-whitehouse.archives.gov/news/releases/2007/03/20070319.html (March 19, 2007)
2000s, 2007

“More and more of our imports come from overseas.”

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Speech Beaverton, Oregon, (September 25, 2000) discussing U.S. oil imports, most of which come from within the western hemisphere http://www.metacafe.com/watch/174420/george_w_bush_slipups/
2000s, 2000

“We will export death and violence to the four corners of the earth in defense of our great nation.”

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The quote is from Bush at War by Bob Woodward, but it was not said by Bush. Woodward attributes the quote to one among "about 25 men representing three different Special Forces units and three CIA paramilitary teams" during the dedication of a September 11th memorial in the mountains of Afghanistan on February 5, 2002.
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“Reporter: Do you want bin Laden dead?
Bush: I want justice. And there's an old poster out West, I recall, that says, "Wanted: Dead or Alive."”

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America's New War: President Bush Talks with Reporters at Pentagon, CNN.com, 17 September 2001, 2007-01-24 http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0109/17/se.09.html,
2000s, 2001

“My Geordie is probably just about as bad as my English.”

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Asked if he will be able to understand the accent in Tony Blair's constituency in North-East England, 14 November 2003 http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/3269703.stm
2000s, 2003

“We must stand united in our support of other young democracies, from the people of Lebanon struggling to maintain their hard-won independence, to the people of the Palestinian Territories, who deserve a free and peaceful state of their own. We must stand united in our support of the people of Georgia. The United Nations Charter sets forth the equal rights of nations large and small. Russia's invasion of Georgia was a violation of those words. Young democracies around the world are watching to see how we respond to this test. The United States has worked with allies in multilateral institutions like the European Union and NATO to uphold Georgia's territorial integrity and provide humanitarian relief. And our nations will continue to support Georgia's democracy.”

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2000s, 2008, Address to the United Nations General Assembly (September 2008)

“My trip to Asia begins here in Japan for an important reason. It begins here because for a century and a half now, America and Japan have formed one of the great and enduring alliances of modern times. From that alliance has come an era of peace in the Pacific.”

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Remarks by the President to the Diet, Tokyo, Japan. (February 18, 2002) http://www.usembassy-china.org.cn/press/release/2002/0902-gwbjapan1.html
2000s, 2002

“Power can be very addictive. And it can be corrosive. And it's important for the media to call to account people who abuse their power.”

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2010s, 2017, Interview with Matt Lauer (2017)

“The establishment of a free Iraq at the heart of the Middle East will be a watershed event in the global democratic revolution.”

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2000s, 2003, Address to the National Endowment for Democracy (November 2003)

“One of the principles that I've tried to live my life on, sometimes successfully, sometimes not as successfully, is 'to whom much is given much is required.”

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2010s, 2011, Speech at the Gerald R. Ford Foundation (2011)

“May God bless our country and all who defend her.”

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2000s, 2003, Invasion of Iraq (March 2003)

“Good afternoon. Yesterday, December the 13th, at around 8:30 p. m. Baghdad time, United States military forces captured Saddam Hussein alive. He was found near a farmhouse outside the city of Tikrit, in a swift raid conducted without casualties. And now the former dictator of Iraq will face the justice he denied to millions.”

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2000s, 2003, Remarks on the Capture of Saddam Hussein (December 2003)

“I believe in the universality of freedom.”

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2010s, 2011, Speech at the Gerald R. Ford Foundation (2011)

“I know the American people understand the stakes in Iraq. They want to win. They will support the war as long as they see a path to victory. Americans can have confidence that we will prevail because thousands of smart, dedicated military and civilian personnel are risking their lives and are working around the clock to ensure our success.”

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Press Conference http://georgewbush-whitehouse.archives.gov/news/releases/2006/10/20061025.html (October 25, 2006)
2000s, 2006

“The survival of liberty in our land increasingly depends on the success of liberty in other lands. The best hope for peace in our world is the expansion of freedom in all the world.”

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2000s, 2005, Second Inaugural Address (January 2005)

“No device of man can remove the tragedy from war, yet it is a great advance when the guilty have far more to fear from war than the innocent.”

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2000s, 2003, Mission Accomplished (May 2003)

“The advance of liberty is the path to both a safer and better world.”

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2000s, 2004, Speech to United Nations General Assembly (September 2004)

“As every generation of Americans has believed, the future belongs to the free. In a time of war, we reassert the essential values and beliefs of our country. In the Civil War, Abraham Lincoln pointed toward a new birth of freedom. Leading America into global war, Franklin D. Roosevelt defined the four freedoms: freedom of speech and religion, freedom from fear and want. Whenever America fights for the security of our country, we also fight for the values of our country. In our time, we will defend the land we love and we will act on the ideals that gave it birth.”

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2000s, 2002, Compassionate Conservatism (April 2002)

“I want to reassure the American people that the full resources of the federal government are working to assist local authorities to save lives and to help the victims of these attacks. Make no mistake: The United States will hunt down and punish those responsible for these cowardly acts.
I've been in regular contact with the Vice President, the Secretary of Defense, the national security team and my Cabinet. We have taken all appropriate security precautions to protect the American people. Our military at home and around the world is on high alert status, and we have taken the necessary security precautions to continue the functions of your government.
We have been in touch with the leaders of Congress and with world leaders to assure them that we will do whatever is necessary to protect America and Americans.
I ask the American people to join me in saying a thanks for all the folks who have been fighting hard to rescue our fellow citizens and to join me in saying a prayer for the victims and their families.”

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Remarks Upon Arrival at Barksdale Air Force Base https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Remarks_Upon_Arrival_at_Barksdale_Air_Force_Base (11 September, 2001)
2000s, 2001