George W. Bush

We intend to use this project to foster opportunity for economic growth and prosperity in Afghanistan.

Had Saddam Hussein been appeased instead of stopped, he would have endangered the peace and stability of the world.

May God bless your countries, and may God bring peace to the world.

We gather tonight here in a place—right next to a place of great tragedy and great sorrow.

Our commitment to human dignity is challenged by persistent poverty and raging disease.

Our nations have enjoyed—have employed the powers of law enforcement, of diplomacy, military force, and financial controls to bring justice—not to seek revenge but to bring justice—and to prevent further attacks.

The people of the United States will never forget your leadership in the days following September the 11th.

My country is honored to be the home of the United Nations.

By our determination, by our faith, by cooperation, we can and we will meet these tests.

We invite others to join us in this project.

We can act now to protect these forests, or we can stand by and watch them burn.

I offer a toast to you to continued cooperation between the United States and the United Nations.

The United States is joining with the world to supply aid where it reaches people and lifts up lives.

Liberty for the Iraqi people is a great moral cause and a great strategic goal.

The terrorist threat continues, the national emergency declared on September 14, 2001, and the measures taken must continue in effect beyond September 14, 2002.

The United States is grateful to the U.N. and to every person and every nation that has joined this cause.

The people of Iraq can shake off their captivity.

Both have been set before us. We must choose between a world of fear and a world of progress.

Today we turn to the urgent duty of protecting other lives, without illusion and without fear.

I appreciate so very much all the Presidents who are here and the Prime Ministers who are here and the Foreign Ministers who are here.

Thanks to your leadership, the U.N. is playing a valuable role in meeting these challenges.

The first time we may be completely certain he has a— nuclear weapons is when, God forbids, he uses one.

America stands committed to an independent and democratic Palestine, living side by side with Israel in peace and security.

We meet one year and one day after a terrorist attack brought grief to my country and brought grief to many citizens of our world.

Saddam Hussein has made the case against himself.