Quotes by George W. Bush
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This may sound a little West Texan to you, but I like it. When I'm talking about.. when I'm talking about myself, and when he's talking about myself, all of us are talking about me.

What Texans can dream, Texans can do.

I feel blessed to have been raised a Texan.

Those were comfortable, carefree years. The word I'd use now is idyllic. On Friday nights, we cheered on the Bulldogs of Midland High. On Sunday mornings, we went to church. Nobody locked their doors. Years later, when I would speak about the American Dream, it was Midland I had in mind.

I was also fortunate that I was raised in a part of the world, West Texas, where individualism is strong.

There's an old saying in Tennessee -- I know it's in Texas, probably in Tennessee -- that says, fool me once, shame on -- shame on you. Fool me -- you can't get fooled again.

Too many good docs are getting out of the business. Too many OB GYNs aren't able to practice their love with women all across the country.

This is still a dangerous world. It's a world of madmen and uncertainty and potential mental losses.

We will not tire, we will not falter, we will not fail.

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.

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.'

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.

It is clear our nation is reliant upon big foreign oil. More and more of our imports come from overseas.

The legislature's job is to write law. It's the executive branch's job to interpret law.

We don't believe in planners and deciders making the decisions on behalf of Americans.

I want to thank you for taking time out of your day to come and witness my hanging.

We cannot let terrorists hold this nation hostile or hold our allies hostile.

I think we ought to raise the age at which juveniles can have a gun.

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.

Senator Kerry has been in Washington long enough to take both sides on just about every issue.

We've climbed the mighty mountain. I see the valley below, and it's a valley of peace.

I will never relent in defending America -- whatever it takes.

This young century will be liberty's century.

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.

This way of life is worth defending.

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.

The terrorists and their supporters declared war on the United States -- and war is what they got.

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.

The once all-powerful ruler of Iraq was found in a hole, and now sits in a prison cell.

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.

The tyrant has fallen, and Iraq is free.

Saddam Hussein is a homicidal dictator who is addicted to weapons of mass destruction.

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.

We will not waver; we will not tire; we will not falter, and we will not fail. Peace and Freedom will prevail.

Today we affirm a new commitment to live out our nation's promise through civility, courage, compassion and character.

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.

You can't put democracy and freedom back into a box.

States should have the right to enact laws... particularly to end the inhumane practice of ending a life that otherwise could live.

Natural gas is hemispheric. I like to call it hemispheric in nature because it is a product that we can find in our neighborhoods.

Our nation must come together to unite.

I just want you to know that, when we talk about war, we're really talking about peace.

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.

Now, there are some who would like to rewrite history -- revisionist historians is what I like to call them.

When you turn your heart and your life over to Christ, when you accept Christ as the savior, it changes your heart.

The deliberate and deadly attacks which were carried out yesterday against our country were more than acts of terror. They were acts of war.

You can fool some of the people all the time, and those are the ones you want to concentrate on.

Leadership to me means duty, honor, country. It means character, and it means listening from time to time.

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.

The wisest use of American strength is to advance freedom.

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.

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.

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.

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.

The financial crisis should not become an excuse to raise taxes, which would only undermine the economic growth required to regain our strength.

This was not an act of terrorism, but it was an act of war.

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.

One of my proudest moments is I didn't sell my soul for the sake of popularity.

I have a different vision of leadership. A leadership is someone who brings people together.

We can't allow the world's worst leaders to blackmail, threaten, hold freedom-loving nations hostage with the world's worst weapons.