George W. Bush Quotes

Now, there are some who would like to rewrite history - revisionist historians is what I like to call them.

Helping people helps defines a strategy that makes public and private moneys more effective when it comes to helping save lives.

The interesting thing about golf is that the presidency requires focus and discipline, and golf requires focus and discipline. It was a way to make sure that parts of my life were focused and disciplined.

If you say, "Are you going to change your strategic objective?", it means you're leaving before the mission is complete, and we're not going to leave before the mission in Iraq is complete.

It's exciting; I don't know whether I'm going to win or not. I think I am. I do know I'm ready for the job. And, if not, that's just the way it goes.

I think the intelligence I get is darn good intelligence.

I do believe in the sanctity of marriage. ...But I don't see that as conflict with being a tolerant person or an understanding person.

There ought to be limits to freedom. We're aware of the site, and this guy is just a garbage man.

This new enemy seeks to destroy our freedom and impose its views. We value life; the terrorists ruthlessly destroy it. We value education; the terrorists do not believe women should be educated or should have health care, or should leave their homes. We value the right to speak our minds; for the terrorists, free expression can be grounds for execution. We respect people of all faiths and welcome the free practice of religion; our enemy wants to dictate how to think and how to worship even to their fellow Muslims.

In my sentences I go where no man has gone before.

I'm for a stronger death penalty.

Presidents, whether things are good or bad, get the blame. I understand that.

In Africa, you only have an independent media in only eight African countries, so there is very little transparency. The best gift that rich countries can give Africa is Radio Free Africa and Radio Free Africa will do for Africa what Radio Free Europe did for Europe.

It has sustained me in moments of success and in moments of disappointment. Without it, I'd be a different person. And without it, I doubt I'd be here today.

I think you ought to be open-minded as to where life takes you.

America will never run... And we will always be grateful that liberty has found such brave defenders.

And, again, I don't know where he [Osama Bin Laden] is. I — I'll repeat what I said. I truly am not that concerned about him.

If the Iranians were to have a nuclear weapon they could proliferate.

He has certainly earned a reputation as a fantastic mayor, because the results speak for themselves. I mean, New York's a safer place for him to be.

I call upon all nations to do everything they can to stop these terrorist killers. Thank you. Now watch this drive.

I've been trying to tame our press corps ever since I got into politics, and I've failed miserably. They get to express their opinions sometimes in the form of news.

Adoption was such a positive alternative to abortion, a way to save one life and brighten two more: those of the adoptive parents.

Do you realize we've got 250 million years of coal? But coal has got environmental hazards to it, but there's-I'm convinced, and I know that we-technology can be developed so we can have zero-emissions coal-fired electricity plants.

Security is the essential roadblock to achieving the road map to peace.

Bin Laden says his own role is to tell Muslims, quote, 'what is good for them and what is not.'

Let me put it to you this way, I am not a revengeful person.

We can't impose freedom, but we can eliminate roadblocks to freedom, and to allow free societies to develop.

I'm the President and the Commander-in-Chief. Do it my way.

International law? I better call my lawyer; he didn't bring that up to me.

When a child is in crisis, parents should have a role and a voice. They should be the first to help, not the last to know.

I repeat to you-my own view is, is that if a State-if people decide to-what they do in the privacy of their house, consenting adults should be able to do. This is America. It's a free society, but it doesn't mean we have to redefine traditional marriage.

I'm joyful in my religious belief.

Should any Iraqi officer or soldier receive an order from Saddam Hussein.... don't follow that order. Because if you choose to do so, when Iraq is liberated, you will be treated, tried and persecuted as a war criminal.

I don't want to be in the press.

It's your money. You paid for it.

I was also fortunate that I was raised in a part of the world, West Texas, where individualism is strong.

I don't think that witchcraft is a religion. I wish the military would rethink this decision.

I'll be long gone before some smart person ever figures out what happened inside this Oval Office.

We have a strong and vital role to play in Iraq, and we certainly cannot leave a vacuum for the insurgents to take over. We are engaged in a conflict from which America cannot afford to cut and run. We must be steadfast in this endeavor, upon which depends not only our future but that of the entire modern world.

I faced a lot of criticism as president. I didn't like hearing people claim that I lied about Iraq's weapons of mass destruction or cut taxes to benefit the rich. But the suggestion that I was racist because of the response to Katrina represented an all-time low.

The best way to defeat the totalitarian of hate is with an ideology of hope - an ideology of hate - excuse me - with an ideology of hope.

But we cannot allow weapons of mass destruction to fall into the hands of terrorists. I will not allow that to happen.

Anyway, I'm so thankful, and so gracious - I'm gracious that my brother Jeb is concerned about the hemisphere as well.

Well, I think the most realistic ways to keep them [Saddam Hussien & Slobadon Milisevic] isolated in the world of public opinion and to work with our alliance is to keep them isolated. I'm just as frustrated as many Americans are that Saddam Hussein still lives. I think we ought to keep the pressure on him. I will tell you this: If we catch him developing weapons of mass destruction in any way, shape or form, I'll deal with that in a way that he won't like.

I worry about a culture that devalues life and believe as your president I have an important obligation to foster and encourage respect for life in America and throughout the world.

Catholic schools carry out a great mission, to serve God by building knowledge and character... By teaching the word of God, you prepare your students to follow a path of virtue.

On September 11 2001, America felt its vulnerability even to threats that gather on the other side of the Earth. We resolved then, and we are resolved today, to confront every threat from any source that could bring sudden terror and suffering to America.

Tribal sovereignty means that. It's sovereign. You're a... you're a... you've been given sovereignty and you're viewed as a sovereign entity.