George Bush Quotes (265 Quotes)

start throwing some of them in jail.

I'll ask two questions, ... Innocence or guilt, and whether this person has had full access to the courts of law.

Because of Ronald Reagan's leadership, America prevailed in the 20th century's great struggle of wills (communism). And now in this new century, our freedom is once again being tested by determined enemies,

The terrorists are testing our will and resolve in Iraq. If we fail that test the consequences for the safety and security of the American people would be enormous,

The world can therefore seize the opportunity to fulfill the long-held promise of a New World Order where diverse nations are drawn together in common cause to achieve the universal aspirations of mankind

The days ahead in Iraq are going to be difficult and exhausting. This is a moment of choosing for the Iraq people.

diversity is one of the strengths of the country.

He writes in a book that he thinks we ought to have higher fuel prices, and now that he's running for president and there's higher fuel prices, he seems to be changing his tune.

We are now learning that before September 11, the suspicions and insights of some of our front-line agents did not get enough attention,

You don't need to interpret. That's a U.S. question.

The problem with golf is I have to deal with a humiliation factor.

going to cost whatever it costs.

believes decisions about tobacco regulation should be made by Congress and state legislatures.

We cannot blame the schools alone for the dismal decline in SAT verbal scores. When our kids come home from school do they pick up a book or do they sit glued to the tube, watching music videos Parents, don't make the mistake of thinking your kid only learns between 900 a.m. and 300 p.m.

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 children living in, you know, the dark dungeons of the Internet.

In this century, when evil men plot chemical, biological and nuclear terror, a policy of appeasement could bring destruction of a kind never before seen on this earth. Terrorists and terrorist states do not reveal these threats with fair notice in formal declarations. And responding to such enemies only after they have struck first is not self defense. It is suicide. The security of the world requires disarming Saddam Hussein now.

I hereby authorize the Washington Redskins to use any means necessary to wiretap and eavesdrop on any Giants' conversations, meetings, andor game planning sessions. And if they feel compelled to torture an equipment manager or secretary to obtain the necessary information, then they have my blessing.

I believe in the peaceful rise of China...the rise is inevitable,

The illiteracy level of our children are appalling.

He is most widely remembered in foreign-policy circles for being the United States' representative at the multiparty negotiation over the future of divided Germany. He persuaded the Bush administration to embrace German unity despite the qualms of allies and alarm in the former Soviet Union.

One of the most meaningful things that's happened to me since I've been the governor - the president - governor - president. Oops. Ex-governor. I went to Bethesda Naval Hospital to give a fellow a Purple Heart, and at the same moment I watched him - get a Purple Heart for action in Iraq - and at that same - right after I gave him the Purple Heart, he was sworn in as a citizen of the United States - a Mexican citizen, now a United States citizen.

The danger posed by Saddam Hussein and his weapons cannot be ignored or wished away. The danger must be confronted,

We must have the attitude that every child in Americaregardless of where they're raised or how they're borncan learn.

Two-bit terrorists aren't going to prevent me from doing what we need to do and that is to promote our friendship in the hemisphere, ... Our neighborhood is important to us. Peru is an important country. You bet I'm going.

I've known her husband for a while.

The U.S. has no intention of determining the precise form of Iraq's new government. That choice belongs to the Iraqi people.

the out-of-control dictator of Venezuela.

I've often thought that the process of aging could be slowed down if it had to go through Congress.

I'll tell you what PAYGO means, when you're a senator from Massachusetts, when you're a colleague of Ted Kennedy, pay go means You pay, and he goes ahead and spends.

The defense budget is more than a piggy bank for people who want to get busy beating swords into pork barrels.

It is important that we succeed in Iraq ... and we're going to, ... The only way that we won't succeed is if we lose our nerve and the terrorists are able to drive us out of Iraq by killing innocent lives.

We might have an idea, ... They have been around before.

Bin Laden determined to attack inside the U. S.

The current administration inherited a military ready for the dangers and challenges facing our nation. The next president will inherit a military in decline.

I'll wait to see all the facts before I reach any conclusions about blame, but right now, we mourn for the loss of the life, two lives.

... Whatever the road that lies ahead, that road will take me home.

The path we have chosen is consistent with the great tradition of American foreign policy. Our approach is idealistic about our national goals and realistic about the means to achieve them.

I think the best accountability for people who break the law is jail, certain jail.

Fortunately, the Constitution vests authority to make foreign policy with the president of the United States, not with this week's sad story. But liberals think that since they have been able to produce a grieving mother, the commander in chief should step aside and let Cindy Sheehan make foreign policy for the nation. As Maureen Dowd said, it's inhumane ... to understand that the moral authority of parents who bury children killed in Iraq is absolute.

Scooter has worked tirelessly on behalf of the American people and sacrificed much in the service to this country. He served the Vice President and me through extraordinary times in our nation's history.

He can't have it both ways. He can't take the high horse and then claim the low road.

This administration is doing everything we can to end the stalemate in an efficient way. We're making the right decisions to bring the solution to an end.

The administration I'll bring is a group of men and women who are focused on what's best for America, honest men and women, decent men and women, women who will see service to our country as a great privilege and who will not stain the house.

The only things that I can tell you is that every case I have reviewed I have been comfortable with the innocence or guilt of the person that I've looked at. I do not believe we've put a guilty... I mean innocent person to death in the state of Texas.

On behalf of the American people, I'd like to congratulate the people of Iraq for successful completion of a vote on a draft constitution,

President Taylor needs to step down ... so that his country can be spared further bloodshed. All the parties in Liberia must pursue a comprehensive peace agreement,

We will not allow bureaucracy get in the way of saving lives,

Secondly, the tactics of our - as you know, we don't have relationships with Iran. I mean, that's - ever since the late '70s, we have no contacts with them, and we've totally sanctioned them. In other words, there's no sanctions - you can't - we're out of sanctions.

I know what I believe. I will continue to articulate what I believe and what I believe - I believe what I believe is right.

This is a major step forward in achieving our objective, which is having a democratic Iraq, a country able to sustain itself and defend itself.