I don't remember debates. I don't think we spent a lot of time debating it. Maybe we did, but I don't remember.
George W. BushI can change, but as we speak now, I really have zero desire to see my name in the press.
George W. BushWe'll let our friends be the peacekeepers and the great country called America will be the pacemakers.
George W. BushSo I analyzed that and decided I didn't want to be the president during a depression greater than the Great Depression, or the beginning of a depression greater than the Great Depression.
George W. BushCivil society people - these are the people - civil society groups are the people who need to monitor the aid to ensure that the aid is directed to what it is supposed to. And in order for them to do so, they need to have the space, they need to have the freedom, and they need to have the right to demonstrate, and to petition their government. They can't do that in Ethiopia; they can't do that in Eritrea; and so this is why I was cautioning that we may be repeating some of our old mistakes.
George W. Bush