“The bill Congress sent me would take away one of the most valuable tools in the war on terror...so today I vetoed it”

“One of the hardest parts of my job is to connect Iraq to the war on terror. ”

“You know, one of the hardest parts of my job is to connect Iraq to the war on terror." --George W. Bush, interview with CBS News' Katie Couric, Sept. 6, 2006”

“I am a war president.”

“I think war is a dangerous place.”

“When I was coming up, it was a dangerous world, and you knew exactly who they were. It was us versus them, and it was clear who them was. Today, we are not so sure who the they are, but we know they're there.”

“No, I know all the war rhetoric, but it's all aimed at achieving peace.”