George W. Bush on Freedom

"We can't allow the world's worst leaders to blackmail, threaten, hold freedom-loving nations hostage with the world's worst weapons."

"For all who love freedom and peace, the world without Saddam Hussein's regime is a better and safer place."

"The survival of liberty in our land increasingly depends on the success of liberty in other lands. The best hope for peace in our world is the expansion of freedom in all the world."

"Iran aggressively pursues these weapons and exports terror, while an unelected few repress the Iranian people's hope for freedom."

"The men and women of Afghanistan are building a nation that is free, and proud, and fighting terror - and America is honored to be their friend."

"The United States of America will never be intimidated by thugs and assassins. The killers will fail, and the Iraqi people will live in freedom."

"The wisest use of American strength is to advance freedom."

"Freedom itself was attacked this morning by a faceless coward, and freedom will be defended."

"Every nation that wants peace will share the benefits of a freer world. And every nation that seeks peace has an obligation to help build that world."

"The advance of liberty is the path to both a safer and better world, and richer americans."

"The case for trade is not just monetary, but moral. Economic freedom creates habits of liberty. And habits of liberty create expectations of democracy."

"Freedom is a universal human desire... and a force for peace and prosperity in the world."

"No act of the terrorists will change our purpose, or weaken our resolve, or alter their fate. Their cause is lost; free nations will press on to victory."

"When it comes to the desire for liberty and justice, there is no clash of civilizations. People everywhere are capable of freedom, and worthy of freedom."

"America was targeted for attack because we're the brightest beacon for freedom and opportunity in the world. And no one will keep that light from shining."

"The most powerful force in the world is not a weapon or a nation but a truth: that we are spiritual beings, and that freedom is "the soul's right to breathe."

"Because free peoples believe in the future, free peoples will own the future."

"I believe that God has planted in every heart the desire to live in freedom."

"I believe in the transformational power of liberty. I believe that the free Iraq is in this nation's interests. I believe a free Afghanistan is in this nation's interest."

"I've abandoned free market principles to save the free market system."

"We will persistently clarify the choice before every ruler and every nation — the moral choice between oppression, which is always wrong, and freedom, which is eternally right."

"I believe that a prosperous, democratic Pakistan will be a steadfast partner for America, a peaceful neighbor for India and a force for freedom and moderation in the Arab world."

"There ought to be limits to freedom.  We're aware of the site, and this guy is just a garbage man, that's all he is.  Of course I don't appreciate it.  And you wouldn't, either."

"Steadfast in our purpose, we now press on. We have known freedom's price. We have shown freedom's power. And in this great conflict, my fellow Americans, we will see freedom's victory. Thank you all. May God bless."

"My fellow citizens, at this hour, American and coalition forces are in the early stages of military operations to disarm Iraq, to free its people and to defend the world from grave danger."

"You can't put democracy and freedom back into a box."

"Everywhere that freedom stirs, let tyrants fear."

"The United States and Great Britain share a mission in the world beyond the balance of power or the simple pursuit of interest. We seek the advance of freedom and the peace that freedom brings."

"This young century will be liberty's century."

"I believe in the universality of freedom."