George H.W. Bush

Osama bin Laden calls this fight the Third World War, and he says that victory for the terrorists in Iraq will mean America's defeat and disgrace forever. If we yield Iraq to men like bin Laden, our enemies will be emboldened.

America is safer than it has been, but it's not yet safe.

But obviously we're still not completely safe. Because there are people that still plot and people who want to harm us for what we believe in.

We can say that if America had these reforms in place in 2001, the terrorists would have found it harder to plan and finance their operations.

Mr. Bush also proposed changes in U.S. law that would let those terror suspect be tried before military tribunals.

In addition to the terrorists held at Guantanamo, a small number of suspected terrorist leaders and operatives captured during the war have been held and questioned outside the United States in a separate program operated by the Central…

I can assure you that when either of us get in a bind, there will be a friend on the other end of the phone.

As soon as Congress acts to authorize the military commissions I have proposed, the man our intelligence officials believe orchestrated the deaths of nearly 3,000 Americans on September the 11th, 2001, can face justice.

This program has helped us to take potential mass murderers off the streets before they were able to kill.

For al Qaeda, Iraq is not a distraction from their war on America, it is the central battlefield where the outcome of this struggle will be decided.

Victory in Iraq will be a crushing defeat to our enemies who have staked so much on the battle there.

I want to be absolutely clear with our people and the world, the United States does not torture. It's against our laws and it's against our values. I have not authorized it and I will not authorize it.

We will find you and we will bring you to justice.

For al Qaeda, Iraq is not a distraction from their war on America; it is the central battlefield where the outcome of this struggle will be decided.

By the way, the unemployment rate is 4.7 percent. That's a good sign if you're somebody looking for a job.

The road ahead is going to be difficult, and it will require more sacrifice.

Most recently they attempted to strike again in the most ambitious plot since the attacks of September the 11th.

Bin laden and his terrorist allies have made their intentions as clear as Lennon and Hitler before them.

Bin Laden and his terrorist allies have made their intentions as clear as Lennon and Hitler before them. The question is, will we listen? Will we pay attention to what these evil men say? We're on the offensive. We will not rest, we will…

He calls it a war of destiny between infidelity and Islam. He says the whole world is watching this war and that it will end in victory and glory or misery and humiliation. For al Qaeda, Iraq is not a distraction. From their war on…

Like al Qaeda and the Sunni extremists, the Iranian regime has clear aims. They want to drive America out of the region, to destroy Israel, and to dominate the broader Middle East.

America is safer than it has been, but it's not yet safe.

But obviously we're still not completely safe. Because there are people that still plot and people who want to harm us for what we believe in.

The Democrats aren't committed to protecting the American people.

We can decide to stop fighting the terrorists in Iraq and other parts of the world, but they will not decide to stop fighting us.