George H.W. Bush

Oh, there's pessimists, you know, and politicians who try to score points. But our strategy is one that is -- will lead to us victory.

These decisions about troop levels will be driven by the conditions on the ground in Iraq and the good judgment of our commanders, not by artificial timetables set by politicians in Washington.

America will not run in the face of car bombers and assassins so long as I am your commander in chief.

Iraqi forces have made real progress. Now there are over 120 Iraqi army and police combat battalions in the fight against the terrorists.

I want our troops to come home, but I don't want them to come home without having achieved victory. And we've got a strategy for victory.

As Iraqis stand up, we will stand down.

Our strategy can be summed up this way: As the Iraqis stand up, we will stand down.

I disagree with his position.

Setting a deadline for our withdrawal from Iraq would be -- quote -- 'a recipe for disaster.'

It's patriotic as heck to disagree with the president. It doesn't bother me. What bothers me is when people are irresponsibly using their positions and playing politics.

And members of the United States Congress from both political parties looked at the same intelligence on Iraq, and reached the same conclusion: Saddam Hussein was a threat.

This is serious business making -- winning this war. But it's irresponsible to do what they've done.

I see a peninsula one day that is united in peace.

North Korea should not get a nuclear reactor until it proves its given up its nuclear weapons programs.

I expect there to be criticism, but when Democrats say that I deliberately mislead the Congress and the people, that is irresponsible.

It accomplishes goals in a fiscally responsible way.

The president's calling for China to allow more freedom in the country and give the people the right to worship without state control.

They're rewriting the past and sending mixed signals to U.S. troops and the enemy.

With poll members showing suspicion of the selling and conduct of the war in Iraq the president lashed out at critics. Addressing troops in Pennsylvania the president called it quote 'deeply irresponsible to rewrite how the war began.'

We're on the hunt. We're keeping pressure on the enemy.

We will never back down. We will never give in. We will never accept anything less than complete victory.

Deeply irresponsible to rewrite the history of how that war began.

That is our vision for the future. And this city and beyond, we will not just rebuild. We will build higher and better.

Democrats, of course, celebrating those races tonight, one year after the Republican, President George W. Bush, won reelection.

He's got to be convinced, just like the people of America must be convinced.