Inaugural Address
01/19/2001
https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu...
The security of the civilized world depends on victory in the war on terror, and that depends on victory in Iraq, so America will not leave ...
If you harbor terrorists, you're as guilty as the terrorists; you're an enemy of the United States, and you will be held to account.
The path to victory will be uphill and uneven, and it will require more patience and sacrifice from our Nation.
Yet this war is more than a military conflict; it is the decisive ideological struggle of the 21st century.