George H. W. Bush Quotes

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[It is] time to turn our attention to pressing challenges like…how to make American families more like the Waltons and a little bit less like the Simpsons.

George H. W. Bush
It's a very good question, very direct, and I'm not going to answer it.

George H. W. Bush
What is at stake here is more than one small country [Kuwait]. It is a big idea — a new world order, where diverse nations are drawn together in a common cause to achieve the universal aspirations of mankind: peace and security, freedom, and the rule of law.

George H. W. Bush
The defense budget is more than a piggy bank for people who want to get busy beating swords into pork barrels.

George H. W. Bush
My vision of a 'new world order' foresees a United Nations with a revitalized peacekeeping function.

George H. W. Bush
I do not mistrust the future; I do not fear what is ahead. For our problems are large, but our heart is larger. Our challenges are great, but our will is greater. And if our flaws are endless, God's love is truly boundless.
Some see leadership as high drama, and the sound of trumpets calling, and sometimes it is that. But I see history as a book with many pages, and each day we fill a page with acts of hopefulness and meaning. The new breeze blows, a page turns, the story unfolds. And so today a chapter begins, a small and stately story of unity, diversity, and generosity — shared, and written, together.

George H. W. Bush
We are a nation of communities, of tens and tens of thousands of ethnic, religious, social, business, labor union, neighborhood, regional and other organizations, all of them varied, voluntary, and unique... a brilliant diversity spread like stars, like a thousand points of light in a broad and peaceful sky.

George H. W. Bush
I'm proud to be his partner. We've had triumphs, we've made mistakes, we've had sex.

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