Top 80 George W. Bush Quotes

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I know it's going to be the private sector that leads t

I know it’s going to be the private sector that leads this country out of the current economic times we’re in. You can spend your money better than the government can spend your money.
George W. Bush
We will make no distinction between the terrorists who committed these acts and those who harbour them.
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The terrorists are fighting freedom with all their cunning and cruelty because freedom is their greatest fear – and they should be afraid, because freedom is on the march.
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After the chaos and carnage of September 11th, it is not enough to serve our enemies with legal papers.
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I want to thank you for taking time out of your day to come and witness my hanging.
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Government does not create wealth. The major role for the government is to create an environment where people take risks to expand the job rate in the United States.
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The deliberate and deadly attacks which were carried out yesterday against our country were more than acts of terror. They were acts of war.
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I have written a book. This will come as quite a shock to some. They didn’t think I could read, much less write.
George W. Bush
The terrorists and their supporters declared war on the United States – and war is what they got.
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To those of you who received honours, awards and distinctions, I say well done. And to the C students, I say you, too, can be president of the United States.
George W. Bush
So, for example, a country was into recession right after I was sworn in, a dot-com bust had taken place. Then the attacks of September the 11th, and then of course the great financial meltdown in the -the fundamental question facing any presidency is how do you deal with the hand you’re dealt?
George W. Bush
I understand everybody in this country doesn’t agree with the decisions I’ve made. And I made some tough decisions. But people know where I stand.
George W. Bush
Terrorist attacks can shake the foundations of our biggest buildings, but they cannot touch the foundation of America. These acts shatter steel, but they cannot dent the steel of American resolve.
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I had to abandon free market principles in order to save the free market system.
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With those attacks, the terrorists and their supporters declared war on the United States. And war is what they got.
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For all who love freedom and peace, the world without Saddam Hussein’s regime is a better and safer place.
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America must not ignore the threat gathering against us. Facing clear evidence of peril, we cannot wait for the final proof, the smoking gun that could come in the form of a mushroom cloud.
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I have zero desire, just so you know, to be in the limelight. I don’t think it’s good for the country to have a former president criticize his successor. You’re not going to see me giving my opinions in the public arena, until I start selling my book. I’m going to emerge then submerge.
George W. Bush
It’s clearly a budget. It’s got a lot of numbers in it.
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When you turn your heart and your life over to Christ, when you accept Christ as the savior, it changes your heart.
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The true history of my administration will be written 50 years from now, and you and I will not be around to see it.
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We can’t allow the world’s worst leaders to blackmail, threaten, hold freedom-loving nations hostage with the world’s worst weapons.
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Our Nation must defend the sanctity of marriage.
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No one was more shocked or angry than I was when we didn’t find the weapons. I had a sickening feeling every time I thought about it. I still do.
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Our nation must come together to unite.
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Today we affirm a new commitment to live out our nation’s promise through civility, courage, compassion and character.
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I just want you to know that, when we talk about war, we’re really talking about peace.
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Senator Kerry has been in Washington long enough to take both sides on just about every issue.
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The legislature’s job is to write law. It’s the executive branch’s job to interpret law.
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The tyrant has fallen, and Iraq is free.
George W. Bush
I would like to be remembered as a guy who had a set of priorities, and was willing to live by those priorities. In terms of accomplishments, my biggest accomplishment is that I kept the country safe amidst a real danger.
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We don't believe in planners and deciders making the de

We don’t believe in planners and deciders making the decisions on behalf of Americans.
George W. Bush
If you’re sick and tired of the politics of cynicism and polls and principles, come and join this campaign.
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This was not an act of terrorism, but it was an act of war.
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When I take action, I’m not going to fire a $2 million missile at a $10 empty tent and hit a camel in the butt. It’s going to be decisive.
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I believe that God has planted in every heart the desire to live in freedom.
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Look, when you’re the president, there’s all kinds of things said about us. I mean, it’s just the nature of the job.
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I’m hopeful. I know there is a lot of ambition in Washington, obviously. But I hope the ambitious realize that they are more likely to succeed with success as opposed to failure.
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There’s no bigger task than protecting the homeland of our country.
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The United States prefers that Iraq meet its obligations voluntarily, yet we are prepared for the alternative.
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We will stand up for our friends in the world. And one of the most important friends is the State of Israel. My administration will be steadfast in support Israel against terrorism and violence, and in seeking the peace for which all Israelis pray.
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The United States of America will never be intimidated by thugs and assassins. The killers will fail, and the Iraqi people will live in freedom.
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America will never seek a permission slip to defend the security of our people.
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The course of this conflict is not known, yet its outcome is certain. Freedom and fear, justice and cruelty, have always been at war, and we know that God is not neutral between them.
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I can hear you, the rest of the world can hear you and the people who knocked these buildings down will hear all of us soon.
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The once all-powerful ruler of Iraq was found in a hole, and now sits in a prison cell.
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People make suggestions on what to say all the time. I’ll give you an example; I don’t read what’s handed to me. People say, ‘Here, here’s your speech, or here’s an idea for a speech.’ They’re changed. Trust me.
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We know that dictators are quick to choose aggression, while free nations strive to resolve differences in peace.
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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.
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This young century will be liberty’s century.
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Everywhere that freedom stirs, let tyrants fear.
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This way of life is worth defending.
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I believe a marriage is between a man and a woman.
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Any government that supports, protects or harbours terrorists is complicit in the murder of the innocent and equally guilty of terrorist crimes.
George W. Bush
People forget… that we structured it so that the government, or the people, would be repaid with a really good rate of return. And as it turns out, that aspect of TARP, that’s what happened.
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Natural gas is hemispheric. I like to call it hemispheric in nature because it is a product that we can find in our neighborhoods.
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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.
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One of my proudest moments is I didn’t sell my soul for the sake of popularity.
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I sent American troops to Iraq to make its people free, not to make them American. Iraqis will write their own history and find their own way.
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America is a friend to the people of Iraq. Our demands are directed only at the regime that enslaves them and threatens us. When these demands are met, the first and greatest benefit will come to Iraqi men, women and children.
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Use power to help people. For we are given power not to advance our own purposes nor to make a great show in the world, nor a name. There is but one just use of power and it is to serve people.
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America is the land of the second chance – and when the gates of the prison open, the path ahead should lead to a better life.
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I believe the most solemn duty of the American presiden

I believe the most solemn duty of the American president is to protect the American people. If America shows uncertainty and weakness in this decade, the world will drift toward tragedy. This will not happen on my watch.
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I believe in the transformational power of liberty. I believe that the free Iraq is in this nation’s interests. I believe a free Afghanistan is in this nation’s interest.
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No one was more shocked or angry than I was when we didn’t find the weapons. I had a sickening feeling every time I thought about it. I still do.
George W. Bush
So, I’m lying on the couch and Laura walks in and I say, ‘Free at last,’ and she says ‘You’re free all right, you’re free to do the dishes.’ So I say, ‘You’re talking to the former president, baby,’ and she said, ‘consider this your new domestic policy agenda.’
George W. Bush
The action we take and the decisions we make in this decade will have consequences far into this century. If America shows weakness and uncertainty, the world will drift toward tragedy. That will not happen on my watch.
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