George W. Bush Quotes About Defeat

• Our enemies have made the mistake that America's enemies always make. They saw liberty and thought they saw weakness. And now, they see defeat.

  George W. Bush

  Mistake, America, September 11

  The World Will Always Remember 9/11, delivered 11 December 2011

• We're still being challenged in Iraq and the reason why is a free Iraq will be a major defeat in the cause of freedom.

  George W. Bush

  Iraq, Causes, Reason Why

• In the long term, to defeat this ideology [terrorism] - and they [terrorists] are bound by an ideology - you defeat it with a more hopeful ideology called freedom.

  George W. Bush

  Long, Hopeful, Defeat

  Source: www.washingtonpost.com

• This is a global war on terror. We're facing extremists that believe something. And they want to achieve objectives. And, therefore, the United States must use all our assets and we must work with others to defeat this enemy. That's the call.

  George W. Bush

  War, Believe, Enemy

  Source: www.washingtonpost.com

• In the long term, we've got to defeat an ideology of hate with an ideology of hope. There' a reason why people like [Al-Qaida leader Osama] bin Laden are able to recruit suiciders, because if you don't have hope, you're attracted to an ideology which says, it's OK to kill people and kill yourself.

  George W. Bush

  Hate, Long, People

  "Marking Fifth Anniversary of Terror Attacks, Bush Tours 9/11 Sites". www.haaretz.com. September 11, 2006.

• We've got to have all those tools. The Patriot Act tearing down those walls between intel and law enforcement are a necessary part of protecting the country. But, in the long term, the only way to defeat this terrorist bunch is through the spread of liberty and freedom. And that's a big challenge. I understand it's a challenge. It requires commitment and patience and persistence.

  George W. Bush

  Country, Wall, Commitment

  Source: www.washingtonpost.com

• As Iraqi forces gain experience and the political process advances, we will be able to decrease our troop level in Iraq without losing our capability to defeat the terrorists. These decisions about troop levels will be driven by the conditions on the ground in Iraq and the good judgment of our commanders, not by artificial timetables set by politicians in Washington.

  George W. Bush

  Iraq, Decision, Political

  Iraq Strategy Address at the U.S. Naval Academy, delivered 30 November 2005, U.S. Naval Academy, Annapolis, Maryland

• We will direct every resource at our command - every means of diplomacy, every tool of intelligence, every instrument of law enforcement, every financial influence, and every necessary weapon of war - to the destruction and to the defeat of the global terror network.

  George W. Bush

  War, Mean, Law

  Address to Joint Session of Congress Following 9/11 Attacks, delivered 20 September 2001

• There is only one course of action against terrorists: to defeat them abroad before they attack us at home.

  George W. Bush

  Home, Action, Defeat

  "Transcript: President Bush‘s Fort Bragg speech". "Hardball with Chris Matthews", www.nbcnews.com. June 30, 2005.

• The best way to defeat the totalitarian of hate is with an ideology of hope - an ideology of hate - excuse me - with an ideology of hope.

  George W. Bush

  Hate, Way, Defeat

  George W. Bush Visits with Military Personnel and Families at Fort Benning, Georgia, georgewbush-whitehouse.archives.gov. January 11, 2007.

• The best way to defeat an ideology is with a better ideology. And I believe democracy is a better ideology.

  George W. Bush

  Believe, Democracy, Defeat

  Source: www.theguardian.com

• The terrorist attacks on September the 11th were a turning point for our nation. We saw the goals of a determined enemy to expand the scale of their murder and force America to retreat from the world. And our nation accepted a mission. We will defeat this enemy. The United States of America is determined to guard our homeland against future attacks. As the September 11th Commission concluded, our country is safer than we were three years ago, but we are not yet safe

  George W. Bush

  Country, Years, America

  "On the Story" with Maria Hinojosa, www.cnn.com. September 11, 2004.

• Foreign fighters are travelling into Iraq to make it a front line in the war on terror. And I would rather defeat them there than face them in our own country.

  George W. Bush

  Country, War, Fighter

  Source: www.theguardian.com

• The challenge in Iraq is to provide a security plan such that a political process can go forward. I'm sure you all are tired of hearing me say 12 million Iraqi voted. But it's an indication about the desire for people to live in a free society. That's what that means. The only way to defeat Al Qaida ideology in the long term is to defeat it through another ideology, a competing ideology, one that - where government responds to the will of the people.

  George W. Bush

  Tired, Mean, Long

  Source: www.washingtonpost.com

• That's really the fundamental question we face here in the beginning of this 21st century is whether or not we believe as a nation and others believe it is possible to defeat this ideology.

  George W. Bush

  Believe, Defeat, Ideology

  "Bush On Iraq Today: 'I Would Guess, I Would Surmise That Some Of The More Spectacular Bombings Are Done By Al Qaeda Suiciders'". www.huffingtonpost.com. March 28, 2008.

• The enemy understands a free Iraq will be a major defeat in their ideology of hatred. That's why they're fighting so vociferously.

  George W. Bush

  Fighting, Iraq, Hatred

  Transcript of the first Bush-Kerry Presidential Debate, www.debates.org. September 30, 2004.

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