"There ought to be limits to freedom."
— George W. Bush, May 26, 1999
"If this were a dictatorship, it'd be a heck of a lot easier...
just as long as I'm the dictator."
— George W. Bush, December 18, 2000
"I don't know where Bin Laden is.
I have no idea and really don't care. It's not that important.
It's not our priority... I am truly not that concerned about him."
— George W. Bush, March 13, 2002
"Gosh, I just don't think I ever said I'm not worried about
Osama Bin Laden.
It's kind of one of those exaggerations."
— George W. Bush, October 13, 2004
"The British government has learned that
Saddam Hussein recently sought
significant quantities of uranium from Africa."
— George W. Bush, January 28, 2003
"We're not going to have any casualties."
— George W. Bush to Pat Robertson, March 2003
"It's not a dictatorship in Washington,
but I tried to make it one in that instance."
— George W. Bush, January 15, 2004
"Major combat operations in Iraq have ended...
We have removed an ally of al-Qaida,
and cut off a source of terrorist funding."
— George W. Bush, May 1, 2003
"But for those who say we haven't found
the banned manufacturing devices
or banned weapons, they're wrong, we found them."
— George W. Bush, May 30, 2003
"The larger point is and the fundamental question is:
Did Saddam Hussein have a weapons program?
And the answer is: Absolutely.
And we gave him a chance to allow the inspectors in,
and he wouldn't let them in."
— George W. Bush, July 16, 2003
"I want George W. Bush! We need unwavering leadership."
— Mitt Romney, September 1, 2004