George W. Bush Quotes

Most people in America understand that the rich people hire good accountants and figure out how not to necessarily pay all the taxes.

I served. And now it's time for the new man to serve. I have zero desire to be in the limelight.

There's a lot of people in the world who don't believe that people whose skin color may not be the same as ours can be free and self-govern. I reject that. I reject that strongly. I believe that people who practice the Muslim faith can self-govern. I believe that people whose skins aren't necessarily - are a different color than white can self-govern.

Suiciders are willing to kill innocent life in order to send the projection that this is an impossible mission.

I've coined new words, like, misunderstanding and "Hispanically".

Obviously, nu-que-lar power is, uh, a renewable source of energy, and the less demand there is for non-renewable sources of energy, like fossil fuels, the better it off it is for the American people.

The momentum of freedom in our world is unmistakable - and it is not carried forward by our power alone. We can trust in that greater power Who guides the unfolding of the years. And in all that is to come, we can know that His purposes are just and true.

They call our language the mother tongue because the father seldom gets to speak.

I was popular at some times and not so popular at other times. But what mattered was trying to solve problems and deal with circumstances. Some of which I was able to anticipate. Some of which caught us totally by surprise.

When it comes time to protecting the homeland, the United States of America must be right 100 percent of the time. And the enemy, which desires to strike us again, only has to be right once.

We also know that Iraq is harboring a terrorist network headed by a senior al Qaeda terrorist planner. This network runs a poison and explosive training camp in northeast Iraq, and many of its leaders are known to be in Baghdad.

Islam brings hope and comfort to millions of people in my country, and to more than a billion people worldwide. Ramadan is also an occasion to remember that Islam gave birth to a rich civilization of learning that has benefited mankind.

The Bob Jones policy on interracial dating, I mean I spoke out on interracial dating. I spoke against that. I spoke out against interracial dating. I support the policy of interracial dating.

Thats why we are inconveniencing air traffickers, to make sure nobody is carrying weapons on airplanes.

I have something else to ask you, to ask every American. I ask you to pray for this great nation.

Today at Pearl Harbor, veterans are gathering to pay tribute to the young men they remember who never escaped the sunken ships. And over the years, some Pearl Harbor veterans have made a last request. They ask that their ashes be brought down and placed inside the USS Arizona. After the long lives given them, they wanted to rest besides the best men they ever knew. Such loyalty and love remain the greatest strength of the United States Navy.

In this global war against extremists who use murder as a weapon, Iraq is now the central front.

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

It's important that the United States not forget the lessons of September the 11th, 2001. I assure you, I'm not going to forget them.

If affirmative action means what I just described, what I'm for, then I'm for it.

Well, it's an unimaginable honor to be the president during the Fourth of July of this country. It means what these words say, for starters. The great inalienable rights of our country. We're blessed with such values in America. And I - it's - I'm a proud man to be the nation based upon such wonderful values.

We will allow private and religious groups to compete to provide services in every federal, state and local social program.

The United States of America is engaged in a war against an extremist group of folks.

The same folks that are bombing innocent people in Iraq were the ones who attacked us in America on September the 11th.

I confirmed to the prime minister that we appreciate our friendship.

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

I can look you in the eye and tell you I feel I've tried to solve the problem diplomatically to the max, and would have committed troops both in Afghanistan and Iraq knowing what I know today.

I may be the only person, the only presidential candidate who never carried the state in which he was born.

I want to remind you right quick what this country has been through, and the challenges this economy had faced over the last three years. First, we went through a recession. That means we were going backwards.

You see, we'll never be able to compete in the 21st century unless we have an education system that doesn't quit on children, an education system that raises standards, an education that makes sure there's excellence in every classroom.

The best way to defeat an ideology is with a better ideology. And I believe democracy is a better ideology.

I've got a great sense of where I want to lead and I'm comfortable with why I'm running. And, you know, the call on that speech was, beware. This is going to be a tough campaign.

All of us in America want there to be fairness when it comes to justice.

Our war on terror begins with al-Qaida, but it does not end there. It will not end until every terrorist group of global reach has been found, stopped, and defeated.

About 14 percent of our nation's civilian workforce is foreign-born.

Scripture says: "Blessed are those who mourn for they shall be comforted." I call on every American family and the family of America to observe a National Day of Prayer and Remembrance, honoring the memory of the thousands of victims of these brutal attacks and comforting those who lost loved ones. We will persevere through this national tragedy and personal loss. In time, we will find healing and recovery; and, in the face of all this evil, we remain strong and united, "one Nation under God."

When your economy is kind of ooching along, it's important to let people have more of their own money.

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.

Where we find young democracies, we need to help them. Where we find the enemy, we need to fight them. And that's exactly the Bush policy.

Republican or Democrat candidate for Presidency ought to say: I look forward to working with the president to solve the problem. People expect us to come here to solve problems. And thus far, the attitude has been: Let's just kind of ignore what the president has said and just hope somebody else comes and solves it for us. And that's what I'd be running on. I'd be running on the economy and I'd be running on national security. But since I'm not running, I can only serve as an adviser to those who are.

One of my hardest parts of my job is to console the family members who have lost their life.

I had watched Dad climb into the biggest arena and succeed. I wanted to find out if I had what it took to join him.

We know that dictators are quick to choose aggression, while free nations strive to resolve differences in peace. We know that oppressive governments support terror, while free governments fight the terrorists in their midst. We know that free peoples embrace progress and life, instead of becoming the recruits for murderous ideologies.

Let us never tolerate outrageous conspiracy theories concerning the attacks of September the 11th; malicious lies that attempt to shift the blame away from the terrorists, themselves, away from the guilty.

This is Preservation Month. I appreciate preservation. It's what you do when you run for president. You gotta preserve.

I don't want to interfere with my successor's presidency.

Time is passing...yet for the United States of America, there will be no forgetting September the 11th.

Evil men, obsessed with ambition and unburdened by conscience, must be taken very seriously - and we must stop them before their crimes can multiply.