If you are young child and you've lost mother and dad to AIDS and rich nations sit on the sidelines not caring, you will become a frustrated person and a hopeless person.

By promoting liberty abroad, we will build a safer world. By encouraging liberty at home, we will build a more hopeful America.

This is a very difficult assignment for the United States, to hang in there and help this young democracy survive.

You've just got to do what you think is right, and just make the decisions based upon noble causes. And a noble cause is peace and security and freedom.

We don't need mass armies anymore. We replace it with more effective equipment.

All who live in tyranny and hopelessness can know: The United States will not ignore your oppression, or excuse your oppressors. When you stand for your liberty, we will stand with you.

My point is that she's [Laura Bush] busy and I'm busy, which makes our marriage not only interesting but exciting.