George W. Bush

We are safer today because we've acted to address the gaps in security, intelligence, and information sharing that the terrorists exploited in the 9/11 attacks.

The war on terror will be long and difficult, and more tough days lie ahead.

The stakes are high. We will help this Government succeed, and we will achieve victory in Iraq.

The FBI has made protecting America from terrorist attack its top priority.

We must take the threat seriously before they come to the United States and hurt us.

I meant what it said. Saddam Hussein didn't.

We learned on September 11th that there were -- that it was too easy for terrorists to get into our country and to commit acts of terror against innocent American citizens.

We are now in the midst of a decisive battle, and America must ensure that it ends in victory for the cause of freedom.

America is safer five years after 9/11 because we have taken action to protect the homeland.

America will always remember the thousands of innocent lives taken by the enemies of freedom that morning.

To protect the American people, we need to do everything in our power to stop the next attack.

The best way to do so is to stay on the offense, is to defeat the enemy overseas so we do not have to face them here at home.

The war on terror is an ongoing effort and will continue to be, and each and every day we try to be as vigilant as possible in figuring out how we can improve what we do.

I wish I could report that to you, but I can't.

If we were to leave before the job is done, and the job is this: to help this young democracy govern itself, sustain itself, and defend itself; to help this young democracy that has formed because 12 million people went to the polls and…

September the 11th made clear that, in the long run, the only way to secure our Nation is to advance liberty and democracy as the great alternatives to repression and radicalism.

Our officials report that he is now of little or no intelligence value.

We are once again answering history's call with confidence, and we know that freedom will prevail.

Max Burns is the right man to represent the 12th Congressional District for the State of Georgia.

Today, a police officer who stops a driver for a routine traffic violation can access terrorist watchlists.

I do hereby proclaim September 11, 2006, as Patriot Day.

Terrorists are being denied safe haven and instead have seen the governments they targeted become some of our most valuable allies in the War on Terror.

We will have said to our friends, 'You can't count on us.'

Thanks to the efforts of our intelligence, law enforcement and military communities, America has not been struck again since the attacks of 9/11.

I learned another lesson, and that is, in order to protect the country, we must deny the enemy safe haven.