We can have confidence in the long-term foundation of our economy ... I think the system basically is sound. I truly do.
George W. BushUse power to help people. For we are given power not to advance our own purposes nor to make a great show in the world, nor a name. There is but one just use of power and it is to serve people.
George W. BushWe can't impose freedom, but we can eliminate roadblocks to freedom, and to allow free societies to develop.
George W. BushThe people who did this act on America, and who may be planning further acts, are evil people. They don't represent an ideology, they don't represent a legitimate political group of people. They're flat evil. That's all they can think about, is evil. And as a nation of good folks, we're going to hunt them down, and we're going to find them, and we will bring them to justice.
George W. Bush