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George W. Bush
American
President
About the author
America will never seek a permission slip to defend the security of our people.
George W. Bush,
American
President
#Security
#People
#Will
#America
One of my proudest moments is I didn't sell my soul for the sake of popularity.
George W. Bush,
American
President
#Soul
#Moments
#Popularity
Some have argued that confronting the threat from Iraq could detract from the war against terror. To the contrary, confronting the threat posed by Iraq is crucial to winning the war on terror.
George W. Bush,
American
President
#War
#Winning
#Terror
#Iraq
Some folks look at me and see a certain swagger, which in Texas is called "walking."
George W. Bush,
American
President
So, I'm lying on the couch and Laura walks in and I say, 'Free at last,' and she says 'You're free all right, you're free to do the dishes.' So I say, 'You're talking to the former president, baby,' and she said, 'consider this your new domestic policy agenda.'
George W. Bush,
American
President
#Right
#Policy
#President
#Baby
#Talking
#Lying
So, for example, a country was into recession right after I was sworn in, a dot-com bust had taken place. Then the attacks of September the 11th, and then of course the great financial meltdown in the -the fundamental question facing any presidency is how do you deal with the hand you're dealt?
George W. Bush,
American
President
#Right
#Country
#Question
#Example
#Financial
#Presidency
Senator Kerry has been in Washington long enough to take both sides on just about every issue.
George W. Bush,
American
President
#Washington
Saddam Hussein is a homicidal dictator who is addicted to weapons of mass destruction.
George W. Bush,
American
President
#Weapons
#Destruction
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 say, 'Here, here's your speech, or here's an idea for a speech.' They're changed. Trust me.
George W. Bush,
American
President
#Time
#People
#Idea
#Trust
#Speech
#Example
People forget... that we structured it so that the government, or the people, would be repaid with a really good rate of return. And as it turns out, that aspect of TARP, that's what happened.
George W. Bush,
American
President
#People
#Forget
#Government
Our Nation must defend the sanctity of marriage.
George W. Bush,
American
President
#Nation
#Marriage
On September 11 2001, America felt its vulnerability even to threats that gather on the other side of the Earth. We resolved then, and we are resolved today, to confront every threat from any source that could bring sudden terror and suffering to America.
George W. Bush,
American
President
#Today
#Earth
#America
#Terror
#Suffering
#Vulnerability
Only a liberal senator from Massachusetts would say that a 49 percent increase in funding for education was not enough.
George W. Bush,
American
President
#Education
#Liberal
States should have the right to enact laws... particularly to end the inhumane practice of ending a life that otherwise could live.
George W. Bush,
American
President
#Right
#Life
#End
#Practice
#Ending
#states
#Laws
The terrorists and their supporters declared war on the United States - and war is what they got.
George W. Bush,
American
President
#War
#states
#United
Our nation must come together to unite.
George W. Bush,
American
President
#Nation
The resolve of our great nation is being tested. But make no mistake, we will show the world that we will pass the test.
George W. Bush,
American
President
#Will
#World
#Being
#Nation
#Mistake
The United States prefers that Iraq meet its obligations voluntarily, yet we are prepared for the alternative.
George W. Bush,
American
President
#Iraq
#states
#United
The United States of America will never be intimidated by thugs and assassins. The killers will fail, and the Iraqi people will live in freedom.
George W. Bush,
American
President
#People
#Will
#Freedom
#America
#states
#United
The United States and our allies are determined: we refuse to live in the shadow of this ultimate danger.
George W. Bush,
American
President
#states
#United
#Danger
#Shadow
The tyrant has fallen, and Iraq is free.
George W. Bush,
American
President
#Iraq
The true history of my administration will be written 50 years from now, and you and I will not be around to see it.
George W. Bush,
American
President
#Now
#Will
#Years
#History
The once all-powerful ruler of Iraq was found in a hole, and now sits in a prison cell.
George W. Bush,
American
President
#Now
#Prison
#Iraq
Look, when you're the president, there's all kinds of things said about us. I mean, it's just the nature of the job.
George W. Bush,
American
President
#President
#Job
#Nature
Terrorist attacks can shake the foundations of our biggest buildings, but they cannot touch the foundation of America. These acts shatter steel, but they cannot dent the steel of American resolve.
George W. Bush,
American
President
#American
#America
Now, there are some who would like to rewrite history - revisionist historians is what I like to call them.
George W. Bush,
American
President
#Now
#History
#Historians
The momentum of freedom in our world is unmistakable - and it is not carried forward by our power alone. We can trust in that greater power Who guides the unfolding of the years. And in all that is to come, we can know that His purposes are just and true.
George W. Bush,
American
President
#Years
#World
#Freedom
#Power
#Trust
The men and women of Afghanistan are building a nation that is free, and proud, and fighting terror - and America is honored to be their friend.
George W. Bush,
American
President
#Building
#Men
#Fighting
#Friend
#America
#Terror
#Nation
#Women
#Afghanistan
The legislature's job is to write law. It's the executive branch's job to interpret law.
George W. Bush,
American
President
#Law
#Job
The California crunch really is the result of not enough power-generating plants and then not enough power to power the power of generating plants.
George W. Bush,
American
President
#Result
#Power
#Plants
The action we take and the decisions we make in this decade will have consequences far into this century. If America shows weakness and uncertainty, the world will drift toward tragedy. That will not happen on my watch.
George W. Bush,
American
President
#Action
#Will
#World
#Tragedy
#America
#Decisions
#Uncertainty
#Consequences
#Weakness
The terrorists are fighting freedom with all their cunning and cruelty because freedom is their greatest fear - and they should be afraid, because freedom is on the march.
George W. Bush,
American
President
#Fear
#Freedom
#Fighting
#March
#Cruelty
#Cunning
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.
George W. Bush,
American
President
#People
#World
#Power
#Help
#Name
When I take action, I'm not going to fire a $2 million missile at a $10 empty tent and hit a camel in the butt. It's going to be decisive.
George W. Bush,
American
President
#Action
#Fire
Americans are rising to the tasks of history, and they expect the same of us.
George W. Bush,
American
President
#History
#Americans
We will stand up for our friends in the world. And one of the most important friends is the State of Israel. My administration will be steadfast in support Israel against terrorism and violence, and in seeking the peace for which all Israelis pray.
George W. Bush,
American
President
#Support
#Will
#World
#State
#Peace
#Israel
#Friends
#Violence
#Terrorism
No one was more shocked or angry than I was when we didn't find the weapons. I had a sickening feeling every time I thought about it. I still do.
George W. Bush,
American
President
#Time
#Weapons
#Feeling
#Thought
We will build new ships to carry man forward into the universe, to gain a new foothold on the moon and to prepare for new journeys to the worlds beyond our own.
George W. Bush,
American
President
#Will
#Man
#Universe
#Gain
#Moon
#Ships
We know that dictators are quick to choose aggression, while free nations strive to resolve differences in peace.
George W. Bush,
American
President
#Peace
#Nations
#Quick
#Aggression
#Dictators
We don't believe in planners and deciders making the decisions on behalf of Americans.
George W. Bush,
American
President
#Americans
#Decisions
When you turn your heart and your life over to Christ, when you accept Christ as the savior, it changes your heart.
George W. Bush,
American
President
#Life
#Christ
#Heart
We can't allow the world's worst leaders to blackmail, threaten, hold freedom-loving nations hostage with the world's worst weapons.
George W. Bush,
American
President
#World
#Weapons
#Freedom
#Leaders
#Nations
We've climbed the mighty mountain. I see the valley below, and it's a valley of peace.
George W. Bush,
American
President
#Peace
Today we affirm a new commitment to live out our nation's promise through civility, courage, compassion and character.
George W. Bush,
American
President
#Character
#Commitment
#Today
#Promise
#Nation
#Courage
#Compassion
To those of you who received honours, awards and distinctions, I say well done. And to the C students, I say you, too, can be president of the United States.
George W. Bush,
American
President
#President
#Students
#states
#United
#Awards
This young century will be liberty's century.
George W. Bush,
American
President
#Will
#Liberty
This way of life is worth defending.
George W. Bush,
American
President
#Life
#Worth
This was not an act of terrorism, but it was an act of war.
George W. Bush,
American
President
#War
#Act
#Terrorism
There's no bigger task than protecting the homeland of our country.
George W. Bush,
American
President
#Country
The wisest use of American strength is to advance freedom.
George W. Bush,
American
President
#Strength
#Freedom
#American
We cannot let terrorists hold this nation hostile or hold our allies hostile.
George W. Bush,
American
President
#Nation
I want to thank you for taking time out of your day to come and witness my hanging.
George W. Bush,
American
President
#Want
#Time
#Day
We will make no distinction between the terrorists who committed these acts and those who harbour them.
George W. Bush,
American
President
#Will
It's clearly a budget. It's got a lot of numbers in it.
George W. Bush,
American
President
#Numbers
With those attacks, the terrorists and their supporters declared war on the United States. And war is what they got.
George W. Bush,
American
President
#War
#states
#United
If you're sick and tired of the politics of cynicism and polls and principles, come and join this campaign.
George W. Bush,
American
President
#Principles
#Politics
#Cynicism
I'm hopeful. I know there is a lot of ambition in Washington, obviously. But I hope the ambitious realize that they are more likely to succeed with success as opposed to failure.
George W. Bush,
American
President
#Hope
#Success
#Failure
#Washington
#Succeed
#Ambition
It is clear our nation is reliant upon big foreign oil. More and more of our imports come from overseas.
George W. Bush,
American
President
#Nation
#Oil
I will never relent in defending America - whatever it takes.
George W. Bush,
American
President
#Will
#America
Iraq is no diversion. It is a place where civilization is taking a decisive stand against chaos and terror, we must not waver.
George W. Bush,
American
President
#Civilization
#Terror
#Iraq
#Chaos
It's going to be the year of the sharp elbow and the quick tongue.
George W. Bush,
American
President
#Quick
#Tongue
Leadership to me means duty, honor, country. It means character, and it means listening from time to time.
George W. Bush,
American
President
#Character
#Time
#Honor
#Country
#Duty
#Leadership
#Listening
You teach a child to read, and he or her will be able to pass a literacy test.
George W. Bush,
American
President
#Will
Natural gas is hemispheric. I like to call it hemispheric in nature because it is a product that we can find in our neighborhoods.
George W. Bush,
American
President
#Nature
You can't put democracy and freedom back into a box.
George W. Bush,
American
President
#Freedom
#Democracy
You can fool some of the people all the time, and those are the ones you want to concentrate on.
George W. Bush,
American
President
#Want
#Time
#People
#Fool
I would like to be remembered as a guy who had a set of priorities, and was willing to live by those priorities. In terms of accomplishments, my biggest accomplishment is that I kept the country safe amidst a real danger.
George W. Bush,
American
President
#Country
#Accomplishment
#Danger
#Priorities
#Accomplishments
Every nation in every region now has a decision to make. Either you are with us, or you are with the terrorists.
George W. Bush,
American
President
#Now
#Nation
#Decision
Everywhere that freedom stirs, let tyrants fear.
George W. Bush,
American
President
#Fear
#Freedom
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.
George W. Bush,
American
President
#Dignity
#Peace
#Man
#Woman
#America
#Desire
#Nation
#Rights
#Beliefs
#Mission
Bring them on.
George W. Bush,
American
President
I think we ought to raise the age at which juveniles can have a gun.
George W. Bush,
American
President
#Age
I think you can judge from somebody's actions a kind of a stability and sense of purpose perhaps created by strong religious roots. I mean, there's a certain patience, a certain discipline, I think, that religion helps you achieve.
George W. Bush,
American
President
#Patience
#Purpose
#Sense
#Religion
#Actions
#Discipline
#Religious
#Stability
I told you I'm not going to criticize my successor. I'll just tell you that there are people at Gitmo that will kill American people at a drop of a hat and I don't believe that persuasion isn't going to work. Therapy isn't going to cause terrorists to change their mind.
George W. Bush,
American
President
#People
#Work
#Will
#American
#Persuasion
#Cause
#Mind
#Change
#Therapy
I understand everybody in this country doesn't agree with the decisions I've made. And I made some tough decisions. But people know where I stand.
George W. Bush,
American
President
#People
#Country
#Decisions
The course of this conflict is not known, yet its outcome is certain. Freedom and fear, justice and cruelty, have always been at war, and we know that God is not neutral between them.
George W. Bush,
American
President
#God
#Fear
#War
#Freedom
#Justice
#Cruelty
#Conflict
The deliberate and deadly attacks which were carried out yesterday against our country were more than acts of terror. They were acts of war.
George W. Bush,
American
President
#War
#Country
#Terror
#Yesterday
The financial crisis should not become an excuse to raise taxes, which would only undermine the economic growth required to regain our strength.
George W. Bush,
American
President
#Strength
#Growth
#Taxes
#Crisis
#Financial
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.
George W. Bush,
American
President
#Country
#Government
#Money
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.
George W. Bush,
American
President
#People
#Will
#Children
#First
#Friend
#America
#Iraq
#Women
I just want you to know that, when we talk about war, we're really talking about peace.
George W. Bush,
American
President
#Want
#Talk
#War
#Peace
#Talking
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.
George W. Bush,
American
President
#Life
#Chance
#Open
#Prison
#America
#Land
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.
George W. Bush,
American
President
#America
#Proof
#Smoking
And the cornerstone of my economic policies, when I first got elected, was cutting taxes on everybody on who paid taxes.
George W. Bush,
American
President
#First
#Taxes
And what's interesting, and I don't think a lot of Americans understand this fact, is that, one, most new jobs are created by small businesses; two, most small businesses pay tax at the individual income tax, or many small businesses pay tax there.
George W. Bush,
American
President
#Tax
#Jobs
#Americans
#Fact
#Income
Any government that supports, protects or harbours terrorists is complicit in the murder of the innocent and equally guilty of terrorist crimes.
George W. Bush,
American
President
#Government
#Murder
A dictatorship would be a heck of a lot easier, there's no question about it.
George W. Bush,
American
President
#Question
#Dictatorship
After the chaos and carnage of September 11th, it is not enough to serve our enemies with legal papers.
George W. Bush,
American
President
#Enemies
#Legal
#Chaos
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.
George W. Bush,
American
President
#Liberty
#Power
#Interest
#Iraq
#Nation
#Afghanistan
Faith crosses every border and touches every heart in every nation.
George W. Bush,
American
President
#Heart
#Faith
#Nation
For all who love freedom and peace, the world without Saddam Hussein's regime is a better and safer place.
George W. Bush,
American
President
#Love
#World
#Freedom
#Peace
For diplomacy to be effective, words must be credible - and no one can now doubt the word of America.
George W. Bush,
American
President
#Now
#Words
#Diplomacy
#Word
#America
#Doubt
Free nations are peaceful nations. Free nations don't attack each other. Free nations don't develop weapons of mass destruction.
George W. Bush,
American
President
#Weapons
#Destruction
#Nations
Freedom itself was attacked this morning by a faceless coward, and freedom will be defended.
George W. Bush,
American
President
#Will
#Freedom
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.
George W. Bush,
American
President
#People
#Government
#Job
#states
#United
#Environment
#Wealth
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.
George W. Bush,
American
President
#Country
#Tragedy
#America
#Meeting
#Courage
#Concern
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.
George W. Bush,
American
President
#Hope
#World
#War
#American
#Justice
#America
#Terror
#Women
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.
George W. Bush,
American
President
#People
#Will
#American
#History
#Iraq
#Troops
I believe a marriage is between a man and a woman.
George W. Bush,
American
President
#Man
#Woman
#Marriage
Do I think faith will be an important part of being a good president? Yes, I do.
George W. Bush,
American
President
#Will
#Being
#President
#Faith
I believe that God has planted in every heart the desire to live in freedom.
George W. Bush,
American
President
#God
#Heart
#Freedom
#Desire
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.
George W. Bush,
American
President
#People
#Will
#World
#President
#American
#Tragedy
#America
#Duty
#Uncertainty
#Weakness
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.
George W. Bush,
American
President
#People
#Will
#World
#Rest
I had to abandon free market principles in order to save the free market system.
George W. Bush,
American
President
#Principles
#Order
I have a different vision of leadership. A leadership is someone who brings people together.
George W. Bush,
American
President
#People
#Vision
#Leadership
I have written a book. This will come as quite a shock to some. They didn't think I could read, much less write.
George W. Bush,
American
President
#Will
I have zero desire, just so you know, to be in the limelight. I don't think it's good for the country to have a former president criticize his successor. You're not going to see me giving my opinions in the public arena, until I start selling my book. I'm going to emerge then submerge.
George W. Bush,
American
President
#Public
#President
#Country
#Desire
#Opinions
#Giving
#Selling
I just didn't want to get out there anymore; I didn't want to get back into what I call 'the swamp.' And the other reason why is I don't think it's good for the presidency for a former president to be opining about his successor. President Obama's got plenty of critics - and I'm just not gonna be one.
George W. Bush,
American
President
#Want
#Reason
#President
#Presidency
I am mindful not only of preserving executive powers for myself, but for predecessors as well.
George W. Bush,
American
President