George H.W. Bush

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No, I don't believe he should resign.

If I didn't think we would succeed, I would pull our troops out. I cannot look mothers and dads in the eye... I can't ask this good Marine to go into harm's way, if I didn't believe, one, we're going to succeed, and two, it's necessary for…

It's time. It's time to get a government in place to start leading this nation and listening to the will of the people.

You know, how come we've got 11,000? So I've asked Chertoff to find out, what are you going to do with them? The taxpayers aren't interested in 11,000 trailers just sitting there. Do something with them.

I'm going to spend a lot of time answering questions and just explaining.

I fully understand there is deep concern among the American people about whether or not we can win, the anxiety that a lot of our citizens feel.

I cannot look mothers and dads in the eye. I can't ask this good Marine to go into harm's way if I didn't believe, one, we were going to succeed and, two, it's necessary for the security of the United States.

It's time to get a government in place that can start leading this nation and listening to the will of the people.

If I didn't think we'd succeed, I'd pull our troops out.

No, I don't believe he should resign. I think he's done a fine job of not only conducting two battles, Afghanistan and Iraq, but also transforming our military.

I didn't want war. To assume I wanted war is just -- is just flat wrong.

I don't believe he should resign.

That, of course, is an objective, and that will be decided by future presidents and future governments of Iraq.

Others look at the violence they see each night on their television screens and they wonder how I can remain so optimistic about the prospects of success in Iraq.

You know, I can only tell you that I will make decisions on force levels based upon what the commanders on the ground say.

That, of course, is an objective. And that will be decided by future presidents and future governments of Iraq.

If I didn't believe we could succeed, I wouldn't be there. I wouldn't put those kids there.

Freedom will prevail in Iraq. Freedom will prevail in the Middle East.

Americans have never retreated in the face of thugs and assassins, and we will not begin now.

The United States will not abandon Iraq. We will not leave that country to the terrorists who attacked America and want to attack us again.

The people of Tal Afar have shown that Iraqis do want peace and freedom. And no one should underestimate them.

Many Iraqi units conducted their own anti-terrorist operations and controlled their own battle space.

The situation on the ground remains tense. And, in the face of continued reports about killings and reprisals, I understand how some Americans have had their confidence shaken.

I don't think we ever said -- at least I know I didn't say that there was a direct connection between September the 11th and Saddam Hussein.