And I'm not a student of religion, but I don't find anything in what the principal teachings of Islam that put us in contradiction at all. In fact, the principles are the same as what-we have a diverse religious culture. But it's kindness, it's be good to your neighbor, it's love, and it's take care of children. It's all these things that-so there's no anti-Islam.
George H. W. BushThe anchor in our world today is freedom, holding us steady in times of change, a symbol of hope to all the world.
George H. W. BushExtending the ground war into an occupation of Iraq, would have incurred incalculable human and political costs. Had we gone the invasion route, the U.S. could conceivably still be an occupying power in a bitterly hostile land. It would have been a dramatically different - and perhaps barren - outcome.
George H. W. BushYou know I vowed when I became President not to talk about the loneliest toughest job in the world and I didn't.
George H. W. Bush