FROM 2SPARE

On Economy
# «By the way, we rank 10th amongst the industrialized world in broadband technology and its availability. That's not good enough for America. Tenth is 10 spots too low as far as I'm concerned.»
Minneapolis, Minnesota, April 26, 2004

# «The march to war affected the people's confidence. It's hard to make investment. See, if you're a small business owner or a large business owner and you're thinking about investing, you've got to be optimistic when you invest. Except when you're marching to war, it's not a very optimistic thought, is it? In other words, it's the opposite of optimistic when you're thinking you're going to war.»
Springfield, Missouri, Feb. 9, 2004

# «Let me tell you my thoughts about tax relief. When your economy is kind of ooching along, it's important to let people have more of their own money.»
Boston, Oct. 4, 2002

# «See, without the tax relief package, there would have been a deficit, but there wouldn't have been the commiserate—not 'commiserate'—the kick to our economy that occurred as a result of the tax relief.»

# «You're working hard to put food on your family.»


On Education
# «We expect the states to show us whether or not we're achieving simple objectives—like literacy, literacy in math, the ability to read and write.»
on federal education requirements, Washington, D.C., April 28, 2005

# «[T]he illiteracy level of our children are appalling.»
Washington, D.C., Jan. 23, 2004

# «Rarely is the question asked, is . . . our children learning?»
2001 Washington TV/Radio Correspondents dinner


On Foreign Policy
# «This notion that the United States is getting ready to attack Iran is simply ridiculous. And having said that, all options are on the table.»
Brussels, Belgium, Feb. 22, 2005

# «Free societies are hopeful societies. And free societies will be allies against these hateful few who have no conscience, who kill at the whim of a hat.»
Washington, D.C., Sept. 17, 2004

# «I didn't join the International Criminal Court because I don't want to put our troops in the hands of prosecutors from other nations. Look, if somebody has done some wrong in our military, we'll take care of it. We got plenty of capability of dealing with justice.»
Niceville, Fla., Aug. 10, 2004

# «Secondly, the tactics of our—as you know, we don't have relationships with Iran. I mean, that's—ever since the late '70s, we have no contacts with them, and we've totally sanctioned them. In other words, there's no sanctions—you can't—we're out of sanctions.»
Annandale, Va., Aug. 9, 2004

# «King Abdullah of Jordan, the King of Morocco, I mean, there's a series of places—Qatar, Oman—I mean, places that are developing—Bahrain—they're all developing the habits of free societies.»
Washington, D.C., Jan. 29, 2004

# «See, free nations are peaceful nations. Free nations don't attack each other. Free nations don't develop weapons of mass destruction.»
Milwaukee, Wis., Oct. 3, 2003

# «I think war is a dangerous place.»
Washington, D.C., May 7, 2003

# «You forgot Poland»

# «In my judgment, when the United States says there will be serious consequences, and if there isn't serious consequences, it creates adverse consequences.»

# «Border relations between Canada and Mexico have never been better» September 24, 2001


On Health Care
# «Too many good docs are getting out of the business. Too many OB/GYN's aren't able to practice their love with women all across the country.»
Sept. 6, 2004, Poplar Bluff, Mo.

# «My pro-life position is I believe there's life. It's not necessarily based in religion. I think there's a life there, therefore the notion of life, liberty, and pursuit of happiness.»
Quoted in the San Francisco Chronicle, Jan. 23, 2001