This crusade, this war on terrorism is going to take a while.
-- George W. Bush, using a loaded term which recalls the Christians' Medieval wars against Muslims in the so-called Holy Land, after stepping off the presidential helicopter on Sunday, September 16, 2001
I appreciate that question because I, in the state of Texas, had heard a lot of discussion about a faith-based initiative eroding the important bridge between church and state.
-- George W. Bush, proving that he has it backwards: it's a "wall" separating religion from government, not a "bridge" joining the two, January 29, 2001
[I encourage] employers to permit their workers time off during the lunch hour to attend the noontime services to pray for our land.
-- George W. Bush, ordering the National Day of Prayer and Remembrance which was held on September 14, 2001
I really appreciate leaders from around the globe who have come to share in prayer with us today. It reminds me that the Almighty God is a God to everybody, every person.
-- George W. Bush, making a welcoming gestu-- er, uh, claim, in which he speaks on behalf of you and I -- on behalf of everybody, every person -- even though the very Supreme law of the land progtects us from such abuse at the hands of our elected leaders, during his speech before the 51st Annual Congressional Prayer Breakfast, quoted from "President Bush Addresses the 51st Annual Prayer Breakfast" (February 6, 2003)
Faith crosses every border and touches every heart in every nation.
-- George W. Bush, with a slap in the fact to the ten percent of Americans who are not religious, at the annual National Prayer Breakfast, for which organizers refused to release a full list of attendees, February 1, 2001, quoted from Conrad Goeringer, "Bush Promotes Faith at Prayer Breakfast: Bipartisan Support for New White House Office," AANEWS 881, February 2, 2001, from American Atheists