Famous George Bush Quotations

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"Every nation in every region now has a decision to make. Either you are with us, or you are with the terrorists."
by George W. Bush
"Maybe sometime, but not now. George Bush is not ready to be president of the United States."
by Joe Lieberman
"It's been fascinating to watch the Republican response to Al Gore's selection of me, ... Because, honestly, the areas where I agree with George Bush are so much the exception and not the rule."
by Joseph Lieberman
"Gov. Bush has some explaining of his own to do. Such as how did $2.5 million in negative advertising paid for by a special interest very close to him suddenly appear in the waning days of Super Tuesday? How did the governor allow contributors, the Pioneers, to sleep over in his mansion in Texas? Why did he solicit contributions from a three-year-old? The difference between Al Gore and George Bush is that Al Gore wants to reform the system."
by Chris Lehane
"[If the foregoing was simply insensitive, George W. Bush's comparison of the first U.S. war against Iraq, when his dad was commander in chief, and the current U.S. war against Iraq is damning. In] Misunderestimated: The President Battles Terrorism, John Kerry and the Bush Haters ... I think freedom will prevail, so long as the U.S. and its allies don't ... do what many Iraqis still suspect might happen, and that is cut and run early, like what happened in '91."
by Bill Sammon
"Use power to help people. For we are given power not to advance our own purposes nor to make a great show in the world, nor a name. There is but one just use of power and it is to serve people."
by George Herbert Walker Bush
"I take as my guide the hope of a saint: in crucial things, unity... in important things, diversity... in all things, generosity."
by George W. Bush
"....it is better to succeed with success than failure."
by George W. Bush Jan. 21
"... if you find a person that you've never seen before getting in a crop duster that doesn't belong to you -- report it."
by George W. Bush
"[Schmid is certain his candidate is] a Republican with a new vision. ... We are all God's children."
by George W. Bush
"[I asked Barbour who would win in November, and here is what he said:] Mark, if this election is about John Kerry, then George W. Bush will be re-elected. ... In that case, Mark, George W. Bush will carry Mississippi."
by George W. Bush
"[George Bush] has raised taxes on the people driving pickup trucks and lowered taxes on the people riding in limousines. We can do better."
by Bill Clinton
"[Crowley said Clinton was] determined ... if the parties can see their way forward."
by George W. Bush
"[Bush recalled Mexican President Vicente Fox's visit to Washington just before September 11, saying he told Fox at that time,] the United States has no more important relationship in the world than with Mexico. ... I meant it then, and I mean it now."
by George W. Bush
"[After failing to find any evidence of that, Wilson wrote a newspaper article, in which he accused the Bush administration of] exaggerating the Iraqi threat ... Saddam Hussein recently sought significant quantities of uranium from Africa."
by George W. Bush
"A dictatorship would be a heck of a lot easier, there's no question about it."
by George W. Bush
"A tax cut is really one of the anecdotes to coming out of an economic illness."
by George W. Bush
"a very frank and open discussion."
by George W. Bush
"After the chaos and carnage of September 11th, it is not enough to serve our enemies with legal papers."
by George W. Bush
"America is a friend to the people of Iraq. Our demands are directed only at the regime that enslaves them and threatens us. When these demands are met, the first and greatest benefit will come to Iraqi men, women and children."
by George W. Bush
"America has never been united by blood or birth or soil. We are bound by ideals that move us beyond our backgrounds, lift us above our interests and teach us what it means to be citizens."
by George W. Bush
"America has never been an empire. We may be the only great power in history that had the chance, and refused – preferring greatness to power and justice to glory."
by George W. Bush
"Americans are rising to the tasks of history, and they expect the same of us."
by George W. Bush
"Americans are a free people, who know that freedom is the right of every person and the future of every nation. The liberty we prize is not America's gift to the world it is God's gift to humanity."
by George W. Bush
"American foreign policy must be more than the management of crisis. It must have a great and guiding goal: to turn this time of American influence into generations of democratic peace."
by George W. Bush
"America will never seek a permission slip to defend the security of our country."
by George W. Bush
"America will never run... And we will always be grateful that liberty has found such brave defenders."
by George W. Bush
"America must not ignore the threat gathering against us. Facing clear evidence of peril, we cannot wait for the final proof, the smoking gun that could come in the form of a mushroom cloud."
by George W. Bush
"America is the land of the second chance - and when the gates of the prison open, the path ahead should lead to a better life."
by George W. Bush
"America is never wholly herself unless she is engaged in high moral principle. We as a people have such a purpose today. It is to make kinder the face of the nation and gentler the face of the world."
by George Herbert Walker Bush
"America is addicted to oil, which is often imported from unstable parts of the world."
by George W. Bush
"America is a Nation with a mission - and that mission comes from our most basic beliefs. We have no desire to dominate, no ambitions of empire. Our aim is a democratic peace - a peace founded upon the dignity and rights of every man and woman."
by George W. Bush
"America will never seek a permission slip to defend the security of our people."
by George W. Bush
"and everybody will be able to make the decision that they're comfortable with."
by George W. Bush
"Any government that supports, protects or harbours terrorists is complicit in the murder of the innocent and equally guilty of terrorist crimes."
by George W. Bush
"As governor of Texas, I have set high standards for our public schools, and I have met those standards."
by George W. Bush
"As all of us saw on television, there is also some deep, persistent poverty in this region, as well, ... That poverty has roots in a history of racial discrimination, which cut off generations from the opportunity of America. We have a duty to confront this poverty with bold action. So, let us restore all that we have cherished from yesterday, and let us rise above the legacy of inequality."
by George W. Bush
"As long as I sit in this chair, all future catastrophes will be planned by me."
by George W. Bush
"At every step of the way, George W. Bush has put the narrow interests of the few ahead of the interests of most Americans."
by John Kerry
"At this moment there is no pandemic influenza in the United States or the world, but if history is our guide there's reason to be concerned, ... In the last century, our country and the world have been hit by three influenza pandemics, and viruses from birds contributed to all of them."
by George W. Bush
"Bring them on."
by George W. Bush
"By our efforts, we have lit a fire as well--a fire in the minds of men. It warms those who feel its power, it burns those who fight its progress, and one day this untamed fire of freedom will reach the darkest corners of our world"
by George W. Bush
"By heritage and by choice, the United States of America will make that stand."
by George W. Bush
"Chew before you swallow."
by George W. Bush
"China is a great emerging nation. I strongly support trade with China."
by George W. Bush
"despite this positive news, Kerry continues his misery tour and furthers his efforts to talk down the growing economy."
by George W. Bush
"Democracy works. Against us."
by Jon Stewart
"designed to sustain our nation's prosperity and to reflect our nation's decency."
by George W. Bush
"Do I think faith will be an important part of being a good president? Yes, I do."
by George W. Bush
"Don't confuse being 'soft' with seeing the other guy's point of view."
by George Bush
"Drug therapies are replacing a lot of medicine as we used to know it."
by George W. Bush
"Everywhere that freedom stirs, let tyrants fear."
by George W. Bush
"Faith crosses every border and touches every heart in every nation."
by George W. Bush
"For diplomacy to be effective, words must be credible - and no one can now doubt the word of America."
by George W. Bush
"For all who love freedom and peace, the world without Saddam Hussein's regime is a better and safer place."
by George W. Bush
"For seven and a half years I've worked alongside President Reagan. We've had triumphs. Made some mistakes. We've had some sex ...uh...setbacks."
by George Bush
"For too long, many nations, including my own, tolerated, even excused, oppression in the Middle East in the name of stability. Oppression became common, but stability never arrived. We must take a different approach. We must help the reformers of the Middle East as they work for freedom, and strive to build a community of peaceful, democratic nations."
by George W. Bush
"Freedom is not America's gift to the world, it is the Almighty God's gift to every man and woman in this world"
by George W. Bush
"Freedom and fear, justice and cruelty, have always been at war, and we know that God is not neutral between them"
by George W. Bush
"Freedom itself was attacked this morning by a faceless coward, and freedom will be defended."
by George W. Bush
"Free nations are peaceful nations. Free nations don't attack each other. Free nations don't develop weapons of mass destruction."
by George W. Bush
"Get this (economic plan) passed. Later on, we can all debate it."
by President George Bush
"George Bush taking credit for the Berlin Wall coming down is like the rooster taking credit for the sunrise."
by Al Gore - during 1992 Vice Presidential debate
"God is not on the side of any nation, yet we know He is on the side of justice. Our finest moments [as a nation] have come when we faithfully served the cause of justice for our own citizens, and for the people of other lands."
by George W. Bush
"Government does not create wealth. The major role for the government is to create an environment where people take risks to expand the job rate in the United States."
by George W. Bush
"Grief and tragedy and hatred are only for a time. Goodness, remembrance and love have no end."
by George W. Bush
"Great tragedy has come to us, and we are meeting it with the best that is in our country, with courage and concern for others because this is America. This is who we are."
by George W. Bush
"He didn’t say that. He read what was given to him in a speech."
by Richard Darman on George Bush
"History is moving, and it will tend toward hope, or tend toward tragedy."
by George W. Bush
"however long it takes to win."
by George W. Bush
"Hundreds of thousands of American servicemen and women are deployed across the world in the war on terror. By bringing hope to the oppressed, and delivering justice to the violent, they are making America more secure."
by George W. Bush
"I am mindful not only of preserving executive powers for myself, but for predecessors as well."
by George W. Bush
"I believe that God has planted in every human heart the desire to live in freedom. And even when that desire is crushed by tyranny for decades, it will rise again."
by George W. Bush
"I believe that God has planted in every heart the desire to live in freedom."
by George W. Bush
"I believe that freedom is the deepest need of every human soul."
by George W. Bush
"I believe in unions and I believe in non-unions."
by George Bush
"I believe in the transformational power of liberty.Ã?Å I believe that the free Iraq is in this nation's interests.Ã?Å I believe a free Afghanistan is in this nation's interest.Ã?Å "
by George W. Bush
"I believe in the transformational power of liberty. I believe that the free Iraq is in this nation's interests. I believe a free Afghanistan is in this nation's interest."
by George W. Bush
"I believe a marriage is between a man and a woman."
by George W. Bush
"I can hear you, the rest of the world can hear you and the people who knocked these buildings down will hear all of us soon."
by George W. Bush
"I believe the most solemn duty of the American president is to protect the American people. If America shows uncertainty and weakness in this decade, the world will drift toward tragedy. This will not happen on my watch."
by George W. Bush
"I can think of no faster way to unite the American people behind George W. Bush than a terrorist attack on an American target overseas. And I believe George W. Bush will quickly unite the American people through his foreign policy."
by Henry A. Kissinger
"I don't know whether or not the press corps realizes it, but his is a challenging assignment, dealing with you all on a regular basis, and I thought he handled his assignment with class and integrity ... It's going to be hard to replace Scott."
by George W. Bush
"I expect there to be criticism, but when Democrats say that I deliberately misled the Congress and the people, that's irresponsible,"
by George W. Bush
"I have a different vision of leadership. A leadership is someone who brings people together."
by George W. Bush
"I have opinions of my own -- strong opinions --but I don't always agree with them."
by George Bush US President
"I have opinions of my own -- strong opinions -- but I don't always agree with them."
by George Bush
"I just want you to know that, when we talk about war, we're really talking about peace."
by George W. Bush
"I hope I stand for anti-bigotry, anti-Semitism, anti-racism. This is what drives me."
by George Bush
"I know it's going to be the private sector that leads this country out of the current economic times we're in. You can spend your money better than the government can spend your money."
by George W. Bush
"I love to bring people into the oval office...and say, this is where I office."
by George W. Bush
"I sent American troops to Iraq to make its people free, not to make them American. Iraqis will write their own history and find their own way."
by George W. Bush
"I saw a poll that said the right track/wrong track in Iraq was better than here in America. It was pretty darn strong. I mean, the people see a better future,"
by George W. Bush
"I respect every soldier, from every country, who serves beside us in the hard work of history. America is grateful, and America will not forget."
by George W. Bush
"I think it is important for Europe to understand that even though I am president and George Bush is not president, Al Qaeda is still a threat."
by Barack Obama
"I think he recognizes that he cannot achieve peace by allowing violence to escalate or causing violence to escalate,"
by George W. Bush
"I take as my guide the hope of a saint in crucial things, unity - in important things, diversity - in all things, generosity."
by George Herbert Walker Bush
"I think we ought to raise the age at which juveniles can have a gun."
by George W. Bush
"I think we agree, the past is over."
by George W. Bush
"I think the most important thing government can do is provide flexibility for federal monies."
by George W. Bush


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