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"I can press when there needs to be
pressed; I can hold hands when there needs to be—hold hands."—on how he
can contribute to the Middle East peace process, Washington, D.C., Jan.
4, 2008
"I welcome you all to say a few comments to the TV, if you care to do
so."—Inviting visiting Irish dignitaries to address the media,
Washington, D.C., Dec. 7, 2007
"If you've got somebody in harm's way, you want the president
being—making advice, not—be given advice by the military, and not
making decisions based upon the latest Gallup poll or focus group."—New
Albany, Ind., Nov. 13, 2007
"And I will explain the need to reform a confirmation process that is
making it more difficult to persuade decent and intelligence people to
accept the call to public service."—Washington, D.C., Nov. 15, 2007
"The decisions we make in Washington have a direct impact on the people
in our country, obviously."—New Albany, Ind., Nov. 13, 2007
"In other words, he was given an option: Are you with us or are you not
with us? And he made a clear decision to be with us, and he's acted on
that advice."—on President Pervez Musharraf, Crawford, Texas, Nov. 10,
2007
"I don't particularly like it when people put words in my mouth,
either, by the way, unless I say it."—Crawford, Texas, Nov. 10, 2007
"We're going to—we'll be sending a person on the ground there pretty
soon to help implement the malaria initiative, and that initiative will
mean spreading nets and insecticides throughout the country so that we
can see a reduction in death of young children that—a death that we can
cure."—Washington, D.C., Oct. 18, 2007
"All I can tell you is when the governor calls, I answer his
phone."—San Diego, Calif., Oct. 25, 2007
"My hearts are with the Jeffcoats right now, that's what I'm
thinking."—After meeting with California wildfire victims Kendra and
Jay Jeffcoat, San Diego, Calif., Oct. 25, 2007
"I fully understand those who say you can't win this thing militarily.
That's exactly what the United States military says, that you can't win
this military."—on the need for political progress in Iraq, Washington,
D.C., Oct. 17, 2007
"You know, a trucker, if he's interested in moving through Northwest
Arkansas in expedition fashion, will pay a little extra money to be
able to do so."—explaining how toll roads can generate funds for
highway maintenance while helping motorists move quickly, Rogers, Ark.,
Oct., 15, 2007
"I got a lot of Ph.D.-types and smart people around me who come into
the Oval Office and say, 'Mr. President, here's what's on my mind.' And
I listen carefully to their advice. But having gathered the device, I
decide, you know, I say, 'This is what we're going to do.' "—
Lancaster, Pa., Oct. 3, 2007
"You know, when you give a man more money in his pocket—in this case, a
woman more money in her pocket to expand a business, it—they build new
buildings. And when somebody builds a new building somebody has got to
come and build the building. And when the building expanded it
prevented additional opportunities for people to work."—Lancaster, Pa.,
Oct. 3, 2007
"All of us in America want there to be fairness when it comes to
justice."—Washington, D.C., Sept. 20, 2007
"As yesterday's positive report card shows, childrens do learn when
standards are high and results are measured."—New York, Sept. 26, 2007
"We're also talking to different finance ministers about how we can
send a message to the Iranian government that the free world is not
going to tolerate the development of know-how in how to build a weapon,
or at least gain the ability to make a weapon."—Washington, D.C., Sept.
20, 2007
"I feel strongly that there ought to be fair justice."—Washington,
D.C., Sept. 20, 2007
"There is no question that there is some unsettling times in the
housing market."—Washington, D.C., Sept. 20, 2007
"Thank you for being such a fine host for the OPEC summit. I
appreciate—APEC summit."—addressing the Asia-Pacific Economic
Cooperation, Sydney, Australia, Sept. 7, 2007
"I'm going to try to see if I can remember as much to make it sound
like I'm smart on the subject."—answering a question concerning a
possible flu pandemic, Cleveland, July 10, 2007
"I cannot look a mother and father of a troop in the eye and say, 'I'm
sending your kid into combat, but I don't think we can achieve the
objective.' "—Washington, D.C., July 12, 2007.
"More than two decades later, it is hard to imagine the Revolutionary
War coming out any other way."—Martinsburg, W. Va., July 4, 2007
"I've heard he's been called Bush's poodle. He's bigger than
that."—discussing former British Prime Minister Tony Blair, as quoted
by the Sun newspaper, June 27, 2007
"Amnesty means that you've got to pay a price for having been here
illegally, and this bill does that."—discussing an immigration reform
bill, Washington, D.C., June 26, 2007
"This process has been drug out a long time, which says to me it's
political."—Discussing the controversy surrounding Attorney General
Alberto Gonzalez, Sofia, Bulgaria, June 11, 2007
Click here to see video of Bush's comments. The Bushism is at 23:18.
"These are big achievements for this country, and the people of
Bulgaria ought to be proud of the achievements that they have
achieved."—Sofia, Bulgaria, June 11, 2007
"What I'm telling you is there's too many junk lawsuits suing too many
doctors."—Washington, D.C., May 10, 2007
"We understand the fright that can come when you're worried about a
rocket landing on top of your home."—Washington, D.C., May 17, 2007
"There's a lot of blowhards in the political process, you know, a lot
of hot-air artists, people who have got something fancy to
say."—Washington, D.C., May 17, 2007
"My relationship with this good man is where I've been focused, and
that's where my concentration is. And I don't regret any other aspect
of it. And so I—we filled a lot of space together."—on British Prime
Minister Tony Blair, Washington, D.C., May 17, 2007 (Thanks to Garry
Trudeau.)
"Forms of government matter, in my opinion. It matters how—the nature
of the government in which people live."—Tipp City, Ohio, April 19, 2007
"Wisdom and strength, and my family, is what I'd like for you to pray
for."—Washington, D.C., May 2, 2007
"The question is, who ought to make that decision? The Congress or the
commanders? And as you know, my position is clear—I'm a commander
guy."—Washington, D.C., May 2, 2007
"Information is moving—you know, nightly news is one way, of course,
but it's also moving through the blogosphere and through the
Internets."—Washington, D.C., May 2, 2007
"If you've got a chicken factory, a chicken-plucking factory, or
whatever you call them, you know what I'm talking about."—discussing
the sorts of jobs many illegal immigrant workers perform, Tipp City,
Ohio, April 19, 2007
"And everybody wants to be loved—not everybody, but—you run for office,
I guess you do. You never heard anybody say, 'I want to be despised,
I'm running for office.' "—Tipp City, Ohio, April 19, 2007
"One of my concerns is that the health care not be as good as it can
possibly be."—On benefits provided to military personnel, Tipp City,
Ohio, April 19, 2007
"And so, what Gen. Petraeus is saying, some early signs, still
dangerous, but give me—give my chance a plan to work."—in an interview
with Charlie Rose, April 24, 2007 (Thanks to Dana Stevens.)
"My job is a job to make decisions. I'm a decision—if the job
description were, what do you do—it's decision maker."—Tipp City, Ohio,
April 19, 2007
"There are some similarities, of course—death is terrible."—on
comparisons between the wars in Vietnam and Iraq, Tipp City, Ohio,
April 19, 2007
"I said to her, make sure the rug says 'optimistic person comes to
work.' "—describing his instructions to the first lady in choosing a
rug for the Oval Office, Tipp City, Ohio, April 19, 2007
"My attitude about the world changed, and I know the attitude about the
world from a lot of folks here in America's attitude
changed."—Discussing the Sept. 11 attacks, Fairfax, Va., April 10, 2007
(Thanks to David Stanford.)
"Iraq is a very important part of securing the homeland, and it's a
very important part of helping change the Middle East into a part of
the world that will not serve as a threat to the civilized world, to
people like—or to the developed world, to people like—in the United
States." —Washington, D.C., April 3, 2007
"That's why we are inconveniencing air traffickers, to make sure nobody
is carrying weapons on airplanes."—Discussing the continuing need for
heightened airline security, Washington, D.C., April 3, 2007
"And my concern, David, is several."—Speaking to David Gregory,
Washington, D.C., April 3, 2007
"Suiciders are willing to kill innocent life in order to send the
projection that this is an impossible mission."—Washington, D.C., April
3, 2007 (Thanks to Garry Trudeau.)
"Some call this civil war; others call it emergency—I call it pure
evil."—Washington, D.C., March 28, 2007
"They're innocent, they were doing nothing, and they were summarily
plucked out of water."—Discussing British sailors detained by Iran
while their ship was on patrol in the Persian Gulf, Camp David, March
31, 2007
"I'm a strong proponent of the restoration of the wetlands, for a lot
of reasons. There's a practical reason, though, when it comes to
hurricanes: The stronger the wetlands, the more likely the damage of
the hurricane."—Discussing post-Katrina wetland improvements, New
Orleans, March 1, 2007
"Trade is an important subject here at Caterpillar, and the reason why
is because a lot of the product you make here, you sell to somebody
else, sell overseas to another country. That's trade. And yet it's—it's
a topic of hot debate."—Speaking to workers at the Caterpillar
equipment company, East Peoria, Ill., Jan. 30, 2007
"And one thing we want during this war on terror is for people to feel
like their life's moving on, that they're able to make a living and
send their kids to college and put more money on the table."—Appearing
on the NewsHour with Jim Lehrer, Jan. 16, 2007
"And there is distrust in Washington. I am surprised, frankly, at the
amount of distrust that exists in this town. And I'm sorry it's the
case, and I'll work hard to try to elevate it."— Speaking on National
Public Radio, Jan. 29, 2007
"I think that the vice president is a person reflecting a
half-glass-full mentality."—Speaking on National Public Radio, Jan. 29,
2007
"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."—Fort
Benning, Ga., Jan. 11, 2007
"Because of your work, children who once wanted to die are now
preparing to live."—speaking at the White House summit on malaria, Dec.
14, 2006
"Today I heard from some opinions that matter a lot to me, and these
are the opinions of those who wear the uniform."—Washington, D.C., Dec.
13, 2006
''Make no mistake about it, I understand how tough it is, sir. I talk
to
families who die." - speaking with reporters on facing the challenges
of war, Washington, D.C., Dec. 7, 2006
"This business about graceful exit just simply has no realism to it at
all." - responding to speculation that American forces could be called
back from Iraq, Amman, Jordan, Nov. 30, 2006
"No doubt in my mind, with your help, Dave Lamberti will be the next
United States congressman." - speaking at a campaign rally for Jeff
Lamberti, Des Moines, Iowa, Oct. 26, 2006.
"You know, when I campaigned here in 2000, I said, I want to be a war
President. No President wants to be a war President, but I am one." -
Des Moines, Iowa, Oct. 26, 2006
"This morning my administration released the budget numbers for fiscal
2006. These budget numbers are not just estimates; these are the actual
results for the fiscal year that ended February the 30th." - referring
to the fiscal year that ended on Sept. 30, Washington, D.C., Oct. 11,
2006.
"One has a stronger hand when there's more people playing your same
cards." - Washington, D.C., Oct. 11, 2006
"You're one of the outstanding leaders in a very important part of the
world. I want to thank you for strategizing our discussions." - Meeting
with the prime minister of Malaysia, New York, Sept. 18, 2006
"The goals of this country is to enhance prosperity and
peace."—Speaking at the White House Conference on Global Literacy, New
York, Sept. 18, 2006"You know, one of the hardest parts of my job is to
connect Iraq to the war on terror." - Interview with CBS News,
Washington D.C., Sept. 6, 2006
"And I suspect that what you'll see, Toby, is there will be a momentum,
momentum will be gathered. Houses will begat jobs, jobs will begat
houses." - Speaking with reporters along the Gulf Coast, Gulfport,
Miss., Aug. 28, 2006
"And
the question is, are we going to be facile enough to change with—will
we be nimble enough; will we be able to deal with the circumstances on
the ground? And the answer is, yes, we will."—Washington, D.C., July
25, 2006
"One thing is clear, is relations between America and Russia are good,
and they're important that they be good."—Strelna, Russia, July 15, 2006
"We shouldn't fear a world that is more interacted."—Washington, D.C.,
June 27, 2006.
"I've reminded the prime minister—the American people, Mr. Prime
Minister, over the past months that it was not always a given that the
United States and America would have a close relationship."—Washington,
D.C., June 29, 2006
"I tell people, let's don't fear the future, let's shape it."—Omaha,
Neb., June 7, 2006
"I think—tide turning—see, as I remember—I was raised in the desert,
but tides kind of—it's easy to see a tide turn—did I say those
words?"—Washington, D.C., June 14, 2006
"You never know what your history is going to be like until long after
you're gone."—Washington, D.C., May 5, 2006
"The point now is how do we work together to achieve important goals.
And one such goal is a democracy in Germany."—Washington, D.C., May 5,
2006
"Finally, the desk, where we'll have our picture taken in front of—is
nine other Presidents used it. This was given to us by Queen Victoria
in the 1870s, I think it was. President Roosevelt put the door in so
people would not know he was in a wheelchair. John Kennedy put his head
out the door."—Showing German newspaper reporter Kai Diekmann the Oval
Office, Washington, D.C., May 5, 2006
"That's called, 'A Charge To Keep,' based upon a religious hymn. The
hymn talks about serving God. The president's job is never to promote a
religion."—Showing German newspaper reporter Kai Diekmann the Oval
Office, Washington, D.C., May 5, 2006
"That's George Washington, the first president, of course. The
interesting thing about him is that I read three—three or four books
about him last year. Isn't that interesting?"—Showing German newspaper
reporter Kai Diekmann the Oval Office, Washington, D.C., May 5, 2006
"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."—Irvine, Calif.,
April 24, 2006
"I aim to be a competitive nation."—San Jose, Calif., April 21, 2006
"I'm
the decider, and I decide what is best. And what's best is for Don
Rumsfeld to remain as the secretary of defense."—Washington, D.C.,
April 18, 2006
"I strongly believe what we're doing is the right thing. If I didn't
believe it—I'm going to repeat what I said before—I'd pull the troops
out, nor if I believed we could win, I would pull the troops
out."—Charlotte, N.C., April 6, 2006
"If the Iranians were to have a nuclear weapon they could
proliferate."—Washington D.C., March 21, 2006
"No question that the enemy has tried to spread sectarian violence.
They use violence as a tool to do that."—Washington, D.C., March 22,
2006
"And so I'm for medical liability at the federal level."—Discussing his
support of medical liability reform, Washington, D.C., March 10, 2006
"After the bombing, most Iraqis saw what the perpetuators of this
attack were trying to do."—(On the bombing of the Golden Mosque of
Samarra in Iraq) March 13, 2006, Washington, D.C.
"I think it's really important for this great state of baseball to
reach out to people of all walks of life to make sure that the sport is
inclusive. The best way to do it is to convince little kids how to—the
beauty of playing baseball."—Washington, D.C., Feb. 13, 2006
"And I want those who are questioning it to step up and explain why all
of a sudden a Middle Eastern company is held to a different standard
than a Great British company."—Defending a plan to allow a company from
the United Arab Emirates to manage ports in the United States, aboard
Air Force One, Feb. 21, 2006
"I like my buddies from west Texas. I liked them when I was young, I
liked them then I was middle-age, I liked them before I was president,
and I like them during president, and I like them after
president."—Nashville, Tenn., Feb. 1, 2006
"He was a state sponsor of terror. In other words, the government had
declared, you are a state sponsor of terror."—On Saddam Hussein,
Manhattan, Kan., Jan. 23, 2006
"I'll be glad to talk about ranching, but I haven't seen the movie.
I've heard about it. I hope you go—you know—I hope you go back to the
ranch and the farm is what I'm about to say."—Explaining that he hasn't
yet seen Brokeback Mountain, Manhattan, Kan., Jan. 23, 2006
"You took an oath to defend our flag and our freedom, and you kept that
oath underseas and under fire."—Addressing war veterans, Washington,
D.C., Jan. 10, 2006
"As you can possibly see, I have an injury myself—not here at the
hospital, but in combat with a cedar. I eventually won. The cedar gave
me a little scratch."—After visiting with wounded veterans from the
Amputee Care Center of Brooke Army Medical Center, San Antonio, Texas,
Jan. 1, 2006
"If you found somebody that had information about an attack on America,
you'd want to know as best as we can to find out what the facts
are."—Philadelphia, Pa., Dec. 12, 2005
"I think we are welcomed. But it was not a peaceful
welcome."—Philadelphia, Dec. 12, 2005, on the reception of American
forces in Iraq
"I mean, I read the newspaper. I mean, I can tell you what the
headlines are. I must confess, if I think the story is, like, not a
fair appraisal, I'll move on. But I know what the story's about."
—Philadelphia, Dec. 12, 2005
"[I]t's a myth to think I don't know what's going on. It's a myth to
think that I'm not aware that there's opinions that don't agree with
mine, because I'm fully aware of that."—Philadelphia, Dec. 12, 2005
"I mean, there was a serious international effort to say to Saddam
Hussein, you're a threat. And the 9/11 attacks extenuated that threat,
as far as I—concerned."—Philadelphia, Dec. 12, 2005
"Those who enter the country illegally violate the law." —Tucson,
Ariz., Nov. 28, 2005
"We got the best workforce in America—in the world." —Washington, D.C.,
Dec. 2, 2005
"As a matter of fact, I know relations between our governments is
good."—On U.S.-South Korean relations, Washington, D.C., Nov. 8, 2005
"Let me be very clear about this. Steroids ought to be banned from
baseball."—Washington, D.C., Oct. 4, 2005
"Bin Laden says his own role is to tell Muslims, quote, 'what is good
for them and what is not.' "—Washington, D.C., Oct. 6, 2005
"I think it's important to bring somebody from outside the system, the
judicial system, somebody that hasn't been on the bench and, therefore,
there's not a lot of opinions for people to look at." —On the
nomination of Harriet Miers to the Supreme Court, Washington, D.C.,
October 4, 2005
"We look forward to hearing your vision, so we can more better do our
job. That's what I'm telling you."—Gulfport, Miss., Sept. 20, 2005.
"Listen, I want to thank leaders of the—in the faith—faith-based and
community-based community for being here."—Washington, D.C., Sept. 6,
2005.
"If it were to rain a lot, there is concern from the Army Corps of
Engineers that the levees might break. And so, therefore, we're
cautious about encouraging people to return at this moment of
history."—Washington, D.C., Sept. 19, 2005
"My thoughts are, we're going to get somebody who knows what they're
talking about when it comes to rebuilding cities."—On how the
rebuilding of New Orleans might commence, Biloxi, Miss., Sept. 2, 2005
"And Brownie, you're doing a heck of a job."—To FEMA director Mike
Brown who resigned 10 days later amid criticism over his job
performance.—Mobile, Ala., Sept. 2, 2005
"Out of the rubbles of Trent Lott's house—he's lost his entire
house—there's going to be a fantastic house. And I'm looking forward to
sitting on the porch." —Mobile, Ala., Sept. 2, 2005
"I can't wait to join you in the joy of welcoming neighbors back into
neighborhoods, and small businesses up and running, and cutting those
ribbons that somebody is creating new jobs."—Poplarville, Miss., Sept.
5, 2005
"So please give cash money to organizations that are directly involved
in helping save lives—save the life who had been affected by Hurricane
Katrina."—Washington D.C., Sept. 6, 2005
"The best place for the facts to be done is by somebody who's spending
time investigating it."—Expressing hope that the probe into how CIA
agent Valerie Plame's identity was leaked will yield answers,
Washington D.C., July 18, 2005
"I'm looking forward to a good night's sleep on the soil of a
friend."—On the prospect of visiting Denmark, Washington D.C., June 29,
2005
"I was going to say he's a piece of work, but that might not translate
too well. Is that all right, if I call you a 'piece of work'?"—To
Jean-Claude Juncker, prime minister of Luxembourg, Washington, D.C.,
June 20, 2005
"You see, not only did the attacks help accelerate a recession, the
attacks reminded us that we are at war."- Washington, D.C., June 8, 2005
"We're spending money on clean coal technology. Do you realize we've
got 250 million years of coal?"-Washington, D.C., June 8, 2005
"It seemed like to me they based some of their decisions on the word
of and the allegationsby people who were held in detention, people who
hate America, people that had been trained in some instances to
disassemble that means not tell the truth." -On a report from Amnesty
International critical of U.S. detention facilities. Washington, D.C.,
May 31, 2005
"See, in my line of work you got to keep repeating things over and over
and over again for the truth to sink in, to kind of catapult the
propaganda."-Greece, N.Y., May 24, 2005
"We got people working all their life at hard work, contributing by
payroll taxes into a Social Security system."-Washington, D.C., May 13,
2005
"It means your own money would grow better than that which the
government can make it grow. And that's important."-on what private
accounts could do for Social Security funds, Falls Church, Va., April
29, 2005
"But Iraq has have got people there that are willing to kill, and
they're hard-nosed killers. And we will work with the Iraqis to secure
their future." -Washington, D.C., April 28, 2005
"Well, we've made the decision to defeat the terrorists abroad so we
don't have to face them here at home. And when you engage the
terrorists abroad, it causes activity and action."-Washington, D.C.,
April 28, 2005
"We expect the states to show us whether or not we're achieving simple
objectives like literacy, literacy in math, the ability to read and
write."-on federal education requirements, Washington, D.C., April 28,
2005
"It's in our country's interests to find those who would do harm to us
and get them out of harm's way."-Washington, D.C., April 28, 2005
"We have enough coal to last for 250 years, yet coal also prevents an
environmental challenge." -Washington, D.C., April 20, 2005
Part of the facts is understanding we have a problem, and part of the
facts is what you're going to do about it."-Kirtland, Ohio, April 15,
2005
"We look forward to analyzing and working with legislation that will
makeit would hope put a free press's mind at ease that you're not
being denied information you shouldn't see." -Washington, D.C., April
14, 2005
"I understand there's a suspicion that we'we're too
security-conscience."-Washington D.C., April 14, 2005
"I'm going to spend a lot of time on Social Security. I enjoy it. I
enjoy taking on the issue. I guess, it's the Mother in me." -Washington
D.C., April 14, 2005
"I want to thank you for the importance that you've shown for education
and literacy."-Washington, D.C., April 13, 2005
"If they pre-decease or die early, there's an asset base to be able to
pass on to a loved one."-On Social Security money stored in private
accounts, Cedar Rapids, Iowa, March 30, 2005
"I repeat, personal accounts do not permanently fix the
solution."-Washington, D.C., March 16, 2005
"In terms of timetables, as quickly as possiblewhatever that
means."-On the president's time frame for shoring up Social Security,
Washington D.C., March 16, 2005
"After all, Europe is America's closest ally."-Mainz, Germany, Feb. 23,
2005
"In this job you've got a lot on your plate on a regular basis; you
don't have much time to sit around and wander, lonely, in the Oval
Office, kind of asking different portraits, 'How do you think my
standing will be?' "-Washington, D.C., March 16, 2005
"This notion that the United States is getting ready to attack Iran is
simply ridiculous. And having said that, all options are on the
table."-Brussels, Belgium, Feb. 22, 2005
"If you're a younger person, you ought to be asking members of Congress
and the United States Senate and the president what you intend to do
about it. If you see a train wreck coming, you ought to be saying, what
are you going to do about it, Mr. Congressman, or Madam
Congressman?"-Detroit, Feb. 8, 2005
"Because the all which is on the table begins to address the big cost
drivers. For example, how benefits are calculate, for example, is on
the table; whether or not benefits rise based upon wage increases or
price increases. There's a series of parts of the formula that are
being considered. And when you couple that, those different cost
drivers, affecting those changing those with personal accounts, the
idea is to get what has been promised more likely to be or closer
delivered to what has been promised. Does that make any sense to you?
It's kind of muddled. Look, there's a series of things that cause
the like, for example, benefits are calculated based upon the increase
of wages, as opposed to the increase of prices. Some have suggested
that we calculate the benefits will rise based upon inflation, as
opposed to wage increases. There is a reform that would help solve the
red if that were put into effect. In other words, how fast benefits
grow, how fast the promised benefits grow, if those if that growth is
affected, it will help on the red."-Explaining his plan to save Social
Security, Tampa, Fla., Feb. 4, 2005
"I'm also mindful that man should never try to put words in God's
mouth. I mean, we should never ascribe natural disasters or anything
else, to God. We are in no way, shape, or form should a human being,
play God."-Appearing on ABC's 20/20, Washington D.C., Jan. 14, 2005
"And that's why I'm here at the community college system
today."-Jacksonville, Fla., Jan. 14, 2005
bushism1"I want to appreciate those of you who wear our nation's
uniform for your sacrifice."-Jacksonville, Fla., Jan. 14, 2005
"We need to apply 21st-century information technology to the health
care field. We need to have our medical records put on the
I.T."-Collinsville, Ill., Jan. 5, 2005
"It's a time of sorrow and sadness when we lose a loss of
life."-Washington, D.C., Dec. 21, 2004
"They can get in line like those who have been here legally and have
been working to become a citizenship in a legal manner."-Referring to
immigrant workers, Washington, D.C., Dec. 20, 2004
"And so during these holiday seasons, we thank our blessings. ...
"-Fort Belvoir, Va., Dec. 10, 2004
"I always jest to people, the Oval Office is the kind of place where
people stand outside, they're getting ready to come in and tell me what
for, and they walk in and get overwhelmed by the atmosphere. And they
say 'man, you're looking pretty.' "-Washington, D.C., Nov. 4, 2004
"I believe that, as quickly as possible, young cows ought to be allowed
to go across our border."-Ottawa, Nov. 30, 2004
"The president and I also reaffirmed our determination to fight terror,
to bring drug trafficking to bear, to bring justice to those who
pollute our youth"-Speaking with Chilean President Ricardo Lagos,
Santiago, Chile, Nov. 21, 2004
"We thought we were protected forever from trade policy or terrorist
attacks because oceans protected us."-Speech to business leaders at
APEC Summit, Santiago, Chile, Nov. 20, 2004
"After standing on the stage, after the debates, I made it very plain,
we will not have an all-volunteer army. And yet, this week we will have
an all-volunteer army. Let me restate that."-Daytona Beach, Fla., Oct.
16, 2004
"The CIA laid out several scenarios and said life could be lousy, life
could be OK, life could be better, and they were just guessing as to
what the conditions might be like."-New York, Sept. 21, 2004
"Free societies are hopeful societies. And free societies will be
allies against these hateful few who have no conscience, who kill at
the whim of a hat."-Washington, D.C., Sept. 17, 2004
"That's why I went to the Congress last September and proposed
fundamental supplemental funding, which is money for armor and body
parts and ammunition and fuel."-Erie, Pa., Sept. 4, 2004
"Too many good docs are getting out of the business. Too many OB/GYN's
aren't able to practice their love with women all across the
country."-Sept. 6, 2004, Poplar Bluff, Mo.
"They've seen me make decisions, they've seen me under trying times,
they've seen me weep, they've seen me laugh, they've seen me hug. And
they know who I am, and I believe they're comfortable with the fact
that they know I'm not going to shift principles or shift positions
based upon polls and focus groups." -Interview with USA Today, Aug. 27,
2004
"I didn't join the International Criminal Court because I don't want to
put our troops in the hands of prosecutors from other nations. Look, if
somebody has done some wrong in our military, we'll take care of it. We
got plenty of capability of dealing with justice."-Niceville, Fla.,
Aug. 10, 2004
"So community colleges are accessible, they're available, they're
affordable, and their curriculums don't get stuck. In other words, if
there's a need for a certain kind of worker, I presume your curriculums
evolved over time."-Niceville, Fla., Aug. 10, 2004
"Tribal sovereignty means that, it's sovereign. You're a you've been
given sovereignty, and you're viewed as a sovereign entity. And,
therefore, the relationship between the federal government and tribes
is one between sovereign entities."-Washington, D.C., Aug. 6, 2004
"Secondly, the tactics of our as you know, we don't have relationships
with Iran. I mean, that's ever since the late '70s, we have no contacts
with them, and we've totally sanctioned them. In other words, there's
no sanctions you can't we're out of sanctions."-Annandale, Va., Aug. 9,
2004
"I mean, if you've ever been a governor of a state, you understand the
vast potential of broadband technology, you understand how hard it is
to make sure that physics, for example, is taught in every classroom in
the state. It's difficult to do. It's, like,
cost-prohibitive."-Washington, D.C., June 24, 2004
"Our enemies are innovative and resourceful, and so are we. They never
stop thinking about new ways to harm our country and our people, and
neither do we."-Washington, D.C., Aug. 5, 2004
"And I am an optimistic person. I guess if you want to try to find
something to be pessimistic about, you can find it, no matter how hard
you look, you know?"-Washington, D.C., June 15, 2004
"[A] free Iraq is essential to our respective securities."-Washington,
D.C., June 1, 2004
"I want to thank my friend, Sen. Bill Frist, for joining us
today. He
married a Texas girl, I want you to know. (Laughter.) Karyn is with us.
A West Texas girl, just like me."-Nashville, Tenn., May 27, 2004
"I'm honored to shake the hand of a brave Iraqi citizen who had his
hand cut off by Saddam Hussein."-Washington, D.C., May 25, 2004
"This has been tough weeks in that country."-Washington, D.C., April
13, 2004
"[B]y the way, we rank 10th amongst the industrialized world in
broadband technology and its availability. That's not good enough for
America. Tenth is 10 spots too low as far as I'm
concerned."-Minneapolis, Minn., April 26, 2004
"My job is to, like, think beyond the immediate."-Washington, D.C.,
April 21, 2004
"This is historic times."-New York, N.Y., April 20, 2004
"Obviously, I pray every day there's less casualty."-Fort Hood, Texas,
April 11, 2004
"Recession means that people's incomes, at the employer level, are
going down, basically, relative to costs, people are getting laid
off."-Washington, D.C., Feb. 19, 2004
"God loves you, and I love you. And you can count on both of us as a
powerful message that people who wonder about their future can
hear."-Los Angeles, Calif., March 3, 2004
bushism"The march to war affected the people's confidence. It's hard to
make investment. See, if you're a small business owner or a large
business owner and you're thinking about investing, you've got to be
optimistic when you invest. Except when you're marching to war, it's
not a very optimistic thought, is it? In other words, it's the opposite
of optimistic when you're thinking you're going to war." -Springfield,
Mo., Feb. 9, 2004
"See, one of the interesting things in the Oval Office I love to bring
people into the Oval Office, right around the corner from here, and
say,
this is where I office, but I want you to know the office is always
bigger than the person."-Washington, D.C., Jan. 29, 2004
"More Muslims have died at the hands of killers than I say more
Muslims a lot of Muslims have died I don't know the exact count at
Istanbul. Look at these different places around the world where there's
been tremendous death and destruction because killers
kill."- Washington, D.C., Jan. 29, 2004
"In an economic recession, I'd rather that in order to get out of this
recession, that the people be spending their money, not the government
trying to figure out how to spend the people's money."-Tampa, Fla.,
Feb. 16, 2004
"King Abdullah of Jordan, the King of Morocco, I mean, there's a series
of places, Qatar, Oman I mean, places that are
developing Bahrain they're all developing the habits of free
societies."-Washington, D.C., Jan. 29, 2004
"But the true strength of America is found in the hearts and souls of
people like Travis, people who are willing to love their neighbor, just
like they would like to love themselves."-Springfield, Mo., Feb. 9, 2004
"My views are one that speaks to freedom."-Washington, D.C., Jan. 29,
2004
"In my judgment, when the United States says there will be serious
consequences, and if there isn't serious consequences, it creates
adverse consequences."
"There is no such thing necessarily in a dictatorial regime of
iron-clad absolutely solid evidence. The evidence I had was the best
possible evidence that he had a weapon."
"The recession started upon my arrival. t could have been-some say
February, some say March, some speculate maybe earlier it started but
nevertheless, it happened as we showed up here. The attacks on our
country affected our economy. Corporate scandals affected the
confidence of people and therefore affected the economy. My decision on
Iraq, this kind of march to war, affected the economy."-Meet the Press,
Feb. 8, 2004
"I was a prisoner too, but for bad reasons." -To Argentine President
Nestor Kirchner, on being told that all but one of the Argentine
delegates to a summit meeting were imprisoned during the military
dictatorship, Monterrey, Mexico, Jan. 13, 2004
"[T]he illiteracy level of our children are appalling." -Washington,
D.C., Jan. 23, 2004
"Just remember it's the birds that's supposed to suffer, not the
hunter."Advising quail hunter and New Mexico Sen. Pete Domenici,
Roswell, N.M., Jan. 22, 2004
"One of the most meaningful things that's happened to me since I've
been the governor- the president -governor- president. Oops.
Ex-governor. I went to Bethesda Naval Hospital to give a fellow a
Purple Heart, and at the same moment I watched him get a Purple Heart
for action in Iraq and at that same right after I gave him the Purple
Heart, he was sworn in as a citizen of the United States a Mexican
citizen, now a United States citizen".- Washington, D.C., Jan. 9, 2004
"I want to thank the astronauts who are with us, the courageous spacial
entrepreneurs who set such a wonderful example for the young of our
country."-Washington, D.C., Jan. 14, 2004
"And if you're interested in the quality of education and you're paying
attention to what you hear at Laclede, why don't you volunteer? Why
don't you mentor a child how to read?"-St. Louis, Mo., Jan. 5, 2004
"So thank you for reminding me about the importance of being a good mom
and a great volunteer as well."-St. Louis, Jan. 5, 2004
"I want to remind you all that in order to fight and win the war, it
requires an expenditure of money that is commiserate with keeping a
promise to our troops to make sure that they're well-paid,
well-trained, well-equipped."
"See, without the tax relief package, there would have been a deficit,
but there wouldn't have been the commiserate not 'commiserate' the kick
to our economy that occurred as a result of the tax relief."
"[T]he best way to find these terrorists who hide in holes is to get
people coming forth to describe the location of the hole, is to give
clues and data."
"Justice was being delivered to a man who defied that gift from the
Almighty to the people of Iraq."-Washington, D.C., Dec. 15, 2003
"[A]s you know, these are open forums, you're able to come and listen
to what I have to say."-Washington, D.C., Oct. 28, 2003
"The ambassador and the general were briefing me on the the vast
majority of Iraqis want to live in a peaceful, free world. And we will
find these people and we will bring them to justice."-Washington, D.C.,
Oct. 27, 2003
"[W]hether they be Christian, Jew, or Muslim, or Hindu, people have
heard the universal call to love a neighbor just like they'd like to be
called themselves."-Washington, Oct. 8, 2003
"See, free nations are peaceful nations. Free nations don't attack each
other. Free nations don't develop weapons of mass
destruction."-Milwaukee, Wis., Oct. 3, 2003
"[W]e've had leaks out of the administrative branch, had leaks out of
the legislative branch, and out of the executive branch and the
legislative branch, and I've spoken out consistently against them, and
I want to know who the leakers are."-Chicago, Sept. 30, 2003
"Washington is a town where there's all kinds of allegations. You've
heard much of the allegations. And if people have got solid
information, please come forward with it. And that would be people
inside the information who are the so-called anonymous sources, or
people outside the information outside the administration."-Chicago,
Sept. 30, 2003
"[T]hat's just the nature of democracy. Sometimes pure politics enters
into the rhetoric."-Crawford, Texas, Aug. 8, 2003
"I glance at the headlines just to kind of get a flavor for what's
moving. I rarely read the stories, and get briefed by people who are
probably read the news themselves."-Washington, D.C., Sept. 21, 2003
"I'm so pleased to be able to say hello to Bill Scranton. He's one of
the great Pennsylvania political families."-Drexel Hill, Penn., Sept.
15, 2003
"We had a good Cabinet meeting, talked about a lot of issues. Secretary
of State and Defense brought us up to date about our desires to spread
freedom and peace around the world."-Washington, D.C., Aug. 1, 2003
"Security is the essential roadblock to achieving the road map to
peace."-Washington, D.C., July 25, 2003
"Our country puts $1 billion a year up to help feed the hungry. And
we're by far the most generous nation in the world when it comes to
that, and I'm proud to report that. This isn't a contest of who's the
most generous. I'm just telling you as an aside. We're generous. We
shouldn't be bragging about it. But we are. We're very
generous."-Washington, D.C., July 16, 2003
"It's very interesting when you think about it, the slaves who left
here to go to America, because of their steadfast and their religion
and their belief in freedom, helped change America."-Dakar, Senegal,
July 8, 2003
"My answer is bring them on."-On Iraqi militants attacking U.S. forces,
Washington, D.C., July 3, 2003
"You've also got to measure in order to begin to effect change that's
just more when there's more than talk, there's just actual a paradigm
shift."-Washington, D.C., July 1, 2003
"I urge the leaders in Europe and around the world to take swift,
decisive action against terror groups such as Hamas, to cut off their
funding, and to support cut funding and support, as the United States
has done."-Washington, D.C., June 25, 2003
"Of all states that understands local control of schools, Iowa is such
a state."-Council Bluffs, Iowa, Feb. 28, 2001
"Those of us who spent time in the agricultural sector and in the
heartland, we understand how unfair the death penalty is."-Omaha, Neb.,
Feb. 28, 2001
"My pan plays down an unprecedented amount of our national
debt."-Budget address to Congress, Feb. 27, 2001
"The budget caps were busted, mightily so. And we are reviewing with
people like Judd Gregg from New Hampshire and others some budgetary
reform measures that will reinstate you know, possibly reinstate
budgetary discipline. But the caps no longer the caps, I guess they're
there. But they didn't mean much."- Washington, D.C., Feb. 5, 2001
"I have said that the sanction regime is like Swiss cheese that meant
that they weren't very effective."-White House press conference,
Washington, D.C., Feb. 22, 2001
"You teach a child to read, and he or her will be able to pass a
literacy test.''-Townsend, Tenn., Feb. 21, 2001
"Home is important. It's important to have a home."-Crawford, Texas,
Feb. 18, 2001
"One reason I like to highlight reading is, reading is the beginnings
of the ability to be a good student. And if you can't read, it's going
to be hard to realize dreams; it's going to be hard to go to college.
So when your teachers say, read you ought to listen to her."-Nalle
Elementary School, Washington, D.C., Feb 9, 2001
"It's good to see so many friends here in the Rose Garden. This is our
first event in this beautiful spot, and it's appropriate we talk about
policy that will affect people's lives in a positive way in such a
beautiful, beautiful part of our national really, our national park
system, my guess is you would want to call it."-Washington, D.C., Feb.
8, 2001
"We're concerned about AIDS inside our White House make no mistake
about it."-Washington, D.C., Feb. 7, 2001
"I appreciate that question because I, in the state of Texas, had heard
a lot of discussion about a faith-based initiative eroding the
important bridge between church and state."- Question and answer
session
with the press, Jan. 29, 2001
"I confirmed to the prime minister that we appreciate our
friendship."- After meeting with Prime Minister Jean Chrétien of
Canada,
Feb. 5, 2001
"There's no such thing as legacies. At least, there is a legacy, but
I'll never see it."-To Catholic leaders at the White House, Jan. 31,
2001
"I am mindful not only of preserving executive powers for myself, but
for predecessors as well."-Washington, D.C., Jan. 29, 2001
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