WASHINGTON, Oct 31 (AFP) - Quotes from George W. Bush's campaign to win a second term as US president:

WAR ON TERROR

"Three days after September 11th, I stood where Americans died, in the ruins of the Twin Towers. Workers in hard hats were shouting to me, 'Whatever it takes.' A fellow grabbed me by the arm and he said, 'Do not let me down'. Since that day, I wake up every morning thinking about how to better protect our country. I will never relent in defending America whatever it takes.
"So we have fought the terrorists across the Earth not for pride, not for power, but because the lives of our citizens are at stake."
Bush accepting the Republican nomination at the party convention in New York on September 2.

"As a matter of fact the 9/11 commission reports that America is safer under the course of action we've taken but not yet safe. Whether or not we can be ever fully safe is up -- you know, is up in the air."
Bush to television commentator Sean Hannity in comments that spark Democratic attacks on his commitment to win the war on terror. October 24, 2004.

IRAQ WAR

"Free nations are peaceful nations. Free nations don't attack each other. Free nations don't develop weapons of mass destruction."
Bush speaking in Milwaukee, Wisconsin on October 3, 2003

"Some in this chamber, and in our country, did not support the liberation of Iraq. Objections to war often come from principled motives. But let us be candid about the consequences of leaving Saddam Hussein in power ... Already the Kay Report identified dozens of weapons of mass destruction-related programme activities and significant amounts of equipment that Iraq concealed from the United Nations. Had we failed to act, the dictator's weapons of mass destruction programs would continue to this day."
Bush in State of the Union speech to Congress on January 20

"The violence we have seen is a power grab by these extreme and ruthless elements. It's not a civil war. It's not a popular uprising. Most of Iraq is relatively stable. Most Iraqis by far reject violence and oppose dictatorship."
Bush at April 13, 2004 press conference in Washington

"Based on all the information we have to date, I believe we were right to take action, and America is safer today with Saddam Hussein in prison. He retained the knowledge, the materials, the means and the intent to produce weapons of mass destruction, and he could have passed that knowledge on to our terrorist enemies."
Bush speaking at White House after arms inspectors report says no weapons programmes found in Iraq. October 7, 2004

BUSH ON KERRY

"The senator's willingness to trade principle for political convenience makes it clear that Senator Kerry is the wrong man, for the wrong job, at the wrong time."
Bush speaking about Kerry at a rally in Westlake, Ohio. Oct 28

"My opponent has no plan, no vision, just a long list of complaints. But a Monday morning quarterback has never led any team to victory."
Bush makes his case in Dubuque, Iowa, October 25

THE ELECTION
"I'm campaigning hard to let people know that I've got an agenda for four more years. Perhaps the most important reason why you ought to put me back into office is so that Laura is the First Lady for four more years."
Bush has told nearly every rally in the closing weeks of the campaign.

BEING PRESIDENT
"My most favourite part about being president is about making decisions that make the world more free and more peaceful. My least favourite part ... is that I can't walk out of the front door where I live and go for a walk by myself."
Bush answers a question from 8-year-old Tom Kelly. New York Post. April 23

10/31/2004 02:28 GMT - AFP