George W. Bush Quotes About Ideology

• We are not deceived by their pretenses to piety. We have seen their kind before. They are the heirs of all the murderous ideologies of the 20th century. By sacrificing human life to serve their radical visions - by abandoning every value except the will to power - they follow in the path of fascism, and Nazism, and totalitarianism. And they will follow that path all the way, to where it ends: in history's unmarked grave of discarded lies.

  George W. Bush

  Lying, Sacrifice, Presidential

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

• The 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

  War, Thinking, Evil People

• Murdering the innocent to advance an ideology is wrong every time everywhere

  George W. Bush

  Innocent, Ideology

  Final Radio Address, delivered 17 January 2009

• 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.

• 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

• 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

• 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.

• I fully understand some people don't believe it's possible for freedom and democracy to overcome this ideology of hatred. I understand that. I just happen to believe it is possible. And I believe it will happen.

  George W. Bush

  Believe, People, Hatred

  President Bush, Tony Blair Hold a Joint News Conference, www.washingtonpost.com. July 28, 2006.

• 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 know that dictators are quick to choose aggression, while free nations strive to resolve differences in peace. We know that oppressive governments support terror, while free governments fight the terrorists in their midst. We know that free peoples embrace progress and life, instead of becoming the recruits for murderous ideologies.

  George W. Bush

  Fighting, Differences, Government

  United Nations General Assembly Address, delivered 21 September 2004, New York, NY

• 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.

• We're getting rid of the D [in PTSD]. PTS is an injury; it's not a disorder. The problem is when you call it a disorder, [veterans] don't think they can be treated. An employer says, 'I don't want to hire somebody with a disorder.

  George W. Bush

  Work, Health, Reality

• 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

• I think, not only Al Qaida have an ideology; they have tactics necessary to spread their ideology. And it would be a huge mistake for the United States to leave the region, to concede territory to the terrorists, to not confront them.

  George W. Bush

  Mistake, Thinking, Terrorist

  Source: www.washingtonpost.com

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