George W. Bush
Quotes (53)
"Iraqis are sick of foreign people coming in their country and trying to destabilize their country."
"I am absolutely convinced with time we'll find out that they did have a weapons program."
I've not made up our mind about military action
"After all, we're at war, and for the first time in our nation's history, part of the battlefront is here at home."
"I believe that one of these days we're going to have brand new types of cars that are going to make us less dependent on foreign sources of crude oil, and we'll be more better at cleaning our air."
"There's no such thing as being too closely aligned with the oil industry in West Texas."
"One of my hardest parts of my job is to console the family members who have lost their life."
"We're still being challenged in Iraq and the reason why is a free Iraq will be a major defeat in the cause of freedom."
"He got him 175 employees, which is a good size company."
"I had a cordial meeting at that meeting last night. We greeted each other, cordially."
"No child should be left behind in the state of South Dakota."
"If you find a neighbor in need, you're responsible for serving that neighbor in need, you're responsible for loving a neighbor just like you'd like to love yourself."
"We'll make sure that people have their voice, but aren't able to tie it all up."
"I -- first of all, there's a lot of brains in this room. And you get to decide whether there's a brain drain in Russia. I tell Vladimir all the time -- I mean, Mr. President all the time -- that Russia's most precious resource is the brain power of this country. And you've got a lot of it. It's going to take a lot of brains in Russia to create a drain."
"The best way to fight evil is to do some good. Let me qualify that -- the best way to fight evil at home is to do some good. The best way to fight them abroad is to unleash the military. It is so important for citizens in this country to put a face on America for the world to see, the true face."
"It was vital for our economic future, because when you give people more of their own money to spend, they demand. And when they demand, somebody produces. And when somebody produce, somebody gets to work."
"You're going to hear the statisticians, the number crunchers, the bean counters -- as we call them in Texas -- say this might have been a recession, this might not have been a recession, this, that and the other. Well, when they do that, they get crossways with the Bush boys."
"We expect there to be transparency. People who have something to hide make us nervous."
"Anyway, it was an interesting day."
"I have no ambition whatsoever to use this as a political issue"
REPORTER: Mr. President, some firefighters and families of the 9/11 victims -- of the 9/11 victims want you to pull your campaign ad focusing on the tragedy. Are you prepared to honor their wishes?
Bush: First of all, I will continue to speak about the effects of 9/11 on our country and my presidency. I will continue to mourn the loss of life on that day, but I'll never forget the lessons. The terrorists declared war on us on that day, and I will continue to pursue this war. I have an obligation to those who died. I have an obligation to those who were heroic in their attempts to rescue. And I won't forget that obligation.
"There's no such thing as legacies. At least, there is a legacy, but I'll never see it."
"When you have your own money, it means you've got more money to spend."
"The benefits of helping somebody is beneficial."
"We're in for a long struggle, and I think Texans understand that. And so do Americans."
"I promise you I will listen to what has been said here, even though I wasn't here."
"Border relations between Canada and Mexico have never been better."
"You teach a child to read and he or her will be able to pass a literacy test."
"No, I know all the war rhetoric, but it's all aimed at achieving peace."
"I know what I believe. I will continue to articulate what I believe and what I believe -- I believe what I believe is right."
"In 1994, there were 67 schools in Texas that were rated "exemplorary" according to our own tests."
"Families is where our nation finds hope, where wings take dream."
"I understand small business growth. I was one."
"Africa is a nation that suffers from incredible disease."
"We have overcome a recession. That means things are going backwards."
"Higher productivity means that workers earn more."
"We got a recession because we went to war."
"If you put your mind to it, the first-time home buyer, the low-income home buyer can have just as nice a house as anybody else."
"Sometimes things aren't exactly black and white when it comes to accounting procedures."
"Look, I don't care about the numbers. I know the facts."
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George W. Bush
, Answer to economists who were debating the economic impact of September 11, Mar. 8, 2002
"It's clearly a budget. It's got a lot of numbers in it."
"It's your money. You paid for it."
"They want the federal government controlling Social Security like it's some kind of federal program."
"God loves you, and I love you. And you can count on both of us as a powerful message that people who wonder about their future can hear."
"It's also important for people to know we never seek to impose our culture or our form of government. We just want to live under those universal values, God-given values."
"We love the fact that people can worship an almighty God any way they see fit here in America."
"Government can hand out money, but it cannot put hope into people's hearts. It cannot put faith into people's lives."
"America is a nation that is -- a nation that values our relationship with an Almighty. Declaration of God in the Pledge of Allegiance doesn't violate rights. As a matter of fact, it's a confirmation of the fact that we received our rights from God, as proclaimed in our Declaration of Independence. I -- I believe that it points up the fact that we need common-sense judges who understand that our rights were derived from God. And those are the kind of judges I intend to put on the bench."
Interviewer: Well, you're a secular official...
Bush: I agree. I am a secular official.
Interviewer: And not a missionary.
Bush: Sir, on the air strikes in Iraq, the Pentagon is now saying that most of the bombs used in those strikes missed their targets.
"I did denounce it. I de- I denounced it. I denounced interracial dating. I denounced anti-Catholic bigacy... bigotry."
"I'm sure there is some kind of heavy doctrinal difference, which I'm not sophisticated enough to explain to you."
"This is an historic times."
"I don't think you give timelines to dictators."