Karen Hughes Quotes (137 Quotes)

obviously we have a public relations challenge here in Turkey as we do in different places throughout the world.

America feels an obligation to stand up for our founding values,

He talks about three great goals, and I think we can accomplish all three of them. That's what this speech is about.

The vote count on Tuesday night showed Governor Bush won Florida's election and a recount has now confirmed his victory. We hope Vice President Gore and his campaign will reconsider their threats of lawsuits or still more recounts which could undermine the constitutional process of selecting a president and have no foreseeable end.

I think many people around the world do not realize the important role that faith plays in Americans' lives.

We have to worry about protecting the Constitution.

Would any of you like to guess what was driving the commentary and all the chatter in all the talk shows in Western Europe that weekend You know what it was It was the death penalty case in California

No one likes war. But sometimes you have to engage in combat in order to confront terrorists that want to kill you sometimes to preserve the peace my country decides war is necessary.

Now, I am completely independent - I earn my living by speaking and writing.

We are taking all precautions and are working to identify those responsible for these despicable attacks on the American people. The federal government continues to function effectively.

It's wonderful to see and to meet with the people and see hope in their eyes and to see them taking part in the process of rebuilding.

I'm hoping that Senator Daschle went home over the holidays, listened to the people and decided that President Bush may be right about the need for an economic security package,

And when I started college, I think I was good at two things: arguing and asking questions.

We are celebrating freedom and their freedom to speak out, even if they disagree, unlike the citizens of North Korea, who do not have that right.

The facts are on our side.

The President is opposed to amnesty because he thinks it would encourage further illegal immigration and reward those who broke the law.

I'm asked all the time why it is that liberal Democrats so dislike the president, and the only thing I can think of is because he's effective.

The vice president does a pretty good job of doing that himself.

that broke my heart.

The travel and tourism industry, it's just a huge part of our economy.

It's not something that's affecting, I don't think, the daily business of the White House,

I know what those campaigns are like that nationally don't listen to what is happening in the home states,

As a young girl I think I wanted to be a horse woman. I loved horses.

I would venture to guess that 99.9 percent of most Americans and probably most candidates could not answer who is the president of Chechnya,

For the year after I left government service, I worked as a consultant to the Republican National Committee because the lawyers advised that was the proper way for me to comply with ethics regulations and continue to advise the President.

For some of you all who travel regularly, some of the things that the governor says that are important news to people in local markets are things you hear every day, ... And so you tend to think they are not as newsworthy as do local reporters who are hearing them for the first time.

Our music and film industries, our artists and entertainers create very powerful impressions, sometimes good, sometimes bad, but they're always, always powerful.

The person I work for, President Bush, is the first president in the history of America to say we believe the Palestinians should have a state, living side by side in peace with Israel,

The timing of an announcement like this, four or five days away from the election about an incident 24 years ago, which the governor's daughters don't even know about, is certainly questionable,

a very important moment in the campaign.

The vice president has consistently and repeatedly made up things, exaggerated, embellished facts,

Many of the differences and many of the concerns are deep-seated, and I'm probably not going to change many minds, ... But if I make a connection with a person or two who I can keep following up with after I leave here on my trip, I would consider it a success.

Some months your light bill is higher than other months and that is what happened with our Medicaid and prison expenses over the last two years, ... But as long as you have enough money to pay the bills, you still have a surplus. And that is the shape we are in.

The president tonight will make the case that we now face a choice. We can continue that progress or we can turn back.

As a mom, I also have to say I really appreciated his leadership on helping teach our kids to make the right choices, because it really takes all of us. And it's wonderful to know government is going to be a partner with parents in helping our children to make the right choices on critical issues that could threaten their whole lives.

It will take probably 10 or 15 or even 20 years for the kind of campaign we are talking about to have an effect,

I never dreamed I would one day work at it White House.

We don't want to give Democrats free rein in Los Angeles.

The court reviewed all the facts, listened to all the arguments, considered all the evidence, and concluded that Florida's votes were cast and counted fairly and properly,

I know the Muslim world disagreed with America's decision to go into Iraq,

He clearly memorizes and scripts his statements. That is a test of memorization, not the free-flowing exchange that a debate is intended to be,

I feel the pain that you are feeling, ... It is impossible to say that the plight of women was better under Saddam Hussein . Women were tortured, they had their children tortured in front of them.

We think the timing is wrong it is simply not appropriate for this type of news to come out on Al Gore's big day. This election is not about President Clinton, it's about the future.

The Bush campaign fought for the format that is being used tonight and I think was used successfully last week in the vice presidential debate. People seem to like it. It allows for a very thoughtful exchange of ideas and substance, and that's exactly what Gov. Bush intends to engage in tonight.

Senator Kerry had one bar to meet coming into this debate and that is he had to establish some type of credibility on the issue of Iraq. Not only did he fail to do that, but he further undermined his own credibility.

The fatwa says that there is no justification in Islam for terrorism. Those are words the entire world needs to hear. And in delivering that message, I know that the most credible voices are of Muslims themselves. My job is to help amplify and magnify these voices.

He sees this as a time of great opportunity -- not only in America to preserve the good that has emerged out in the aftermath of the evil of September 11, but also a time of great opportunity throughout the world,

.. As we seek to engage the wider Muslim world, I thought it was first of all very important to listen and try to understand and work with the voices of our own American Muslim community.

Americans can be comforted to learn that the Florida judge found no credible evidence to suggest that the results from any additional recounts would be any different from the results of the counts and recounts already conducted, all of which showed Gov. Bush and Dick Cheney won Florida's electoral votes,

That just defies all logic and all common sense. When Gov. Bush unveiled his plan to end social promotions in public schools, it was heralded by the national press as a sweeping reform, the most sweeping ever attempted in the country.