George W. Bush

Quotes

• “Those were comfortable, carefree years. The word I’d use now is idyllic. On Friday nights, we cheered on the Bulldogs of...”
• “The momentum of freedom in our world is unmistakable - and it is not carried forward by our power alone. We can trust in...”
• “We will stand up for our friends in the world. And one of the most important friends is the State of Israel. My administ...”
• “My parents never projected their dreams onto me. If they hoped I would be a great pitcher, or political figure, or artis...”
• “America is a Nation with a mission - and that mission comes from our most basic beliefs. We have no desire to dominate, ...”
• “When the Holy Father passed away in 2005, Laura, Dad, Bill Clinton, and I flew together to his funeral in Rome. It was t...”
• “I think you can judge from somebody's actions a kind of a stability and sense of purpose perhaps created by strong relig...”
• “I frankly felt like the reception we received on the way in from the airport was very warm and hospitable. And I want to...”
• “Hundreds of thousands of American servicemen and women are deployed across the world in the war on terror. By bringing h...”
• “My problem was not only drinking; it was selfishness. The booze was leading me to put myself ahead of others, especially...”
• “People make suggestions on what to say all the time. I'll give you an example; I don't read what's handed to me. People ...”
• “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, ...”
• “It's important for us to explain to our nation that life is important. It's not only life of babies, but it's life of ch...”
• “The terrorists are fighting freedom with all their cunning and cruelty because freedom is their greatest fear - and they...”
• “Great tragedy has come to us, and we are meeting it with the best that is in our country, with courage and concern for o...”
• “Government does not create wealth. The major role for the government is to create an environment where people take risks...”
• “We will build new ships to carry man forward into the universe, to gain a new foothold on the moon and to prepare for ne...”
• “There is a huge trust. I see it all the time when people come up to me and say, 'I don't want you to let me down again.'...”
• “The financial crisis should not become an excuse to raise taxes, which would only undermine the economic growth required...”
• “The men and women of Afghanistan are building a nation that is free, and proud, and fighting terror - and America is hon...”
• “We spent time on Burma and the need for the military regime there to understand that they shouldn't fear the voices of p...”
• “The deliberate and deadly attacks which were carried out yesterday against our country were more than acts of terror. Th...”
• “Natural gas is hemispheric. I like to call it hemispheric in nature because it is a product that we can find in our neig...”
• “I'll be long gone before some smart person ever figures out what happened inside this Oval Office."(Washington DC, 12 Ma...”
• “America is the land of the second chance - and when the gates of the prison open, the path ahead should lead to a better...”
• “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 s...”
• “A great nation does not hide its history. It faces its flaws and corrects them.”
• “I support same-sex civil unions and I believe no should be denied their rights”
• “Murdering the innocent to advance an ideology is wrong every time everywhere”
• “One of the hardest parts of my job is to connect Iraq to the war on terror.”
• “Faith crosses every border and touches every heart in every nation.”
• “This was not an act of terrorism, but it was an act of war.”
• “The wisest use of American strength is to advance freedom.”
• “I know the human being and fish can co-exist peacefully.”
• “It’s clearly a budget. It’s got lots of numbers in it.”
• “Government should do a few things, and do them right”
• “You can't put democracy and freedom back into a box.”
• “I believe a marriage is between a man and a woman.”
• “Everywhere that freedom stirs, let tyrants fear.”
• “Our Nation must defend the sanctity of marriage.”
• “It will take time to restore chaos”
• “I think war is a dangerous place.”
• “I am a war president.”