10/31/2003
https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu...
"The only thing modern about the militants' vision is the weapons they want to use against us."
"The stakes in the global war on terror are too high and the national interest is too important for politicians to throw out false charges."
"The terrorists are as brutal an enemy as we've ever faced, unconstrained by any notion of our common humanity or by the rules of warfare."
"We will never back down; we will never give in; we will never accept anything less than complete victory."