George W. Bush Quotes

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We're too great a nation to allow the evildoers to affect our soul.

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Ann and I will carry out this equivocal message to the world: Markets must be open.

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If you haven't doubted, you probably haven't thought very hard about what you believe,

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It is incredibly presumptive for somebody who has not yet earned his party's nomination to start speculating about vice presidents.

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I assured the prime minister, my administration will work hard to lay the foundation of peace in the Middle - to work with our nations in the Middle East, give peace a chance. Secondly, I told him that our nation will not try to force peace, that we'll facilitate peace and that we will work with those responsible for a peace.

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The North Korean regime remains one of the world's leading proliferator of missile technology, including transfers to Iran and Syria. The transfer of nuclear weapons or material by North Korea to states or non-state entities would be considered a grave threat to the United States, and we would hold North Korea fully accountable of the consequences of such action.

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The suicide bombings have increased. There's too many of them.

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These acts shattered steel, but they cannot dent the steel of America's resolve.

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

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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.

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It's hard to plan and plot attacks against America if you're on the run, and that's exactly what our brave professionals are doing.

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This is what I'm good at. I like meeting people, my fellow citizens, I like interfacing with them.

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So on behalf of a well-oiled unit of people who came together to serve something greater than themselves, congratulations.

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The Patriot Act closed dangerous gaps in America's law enforcement and intelligence capabilities, gaps that terrorists exploited when they attacked us.

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When our children and grandchildren look back on this period, one question will overwhelm all the rest: Did we do everything in our power to fight and to win the war on terror? That's the fundamental question this generation faces.

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Most of you probably didn't know that I have a new book out. Some guy put together a collection of my wit and wisdom - or, as he calls it, my accidental wit and wisdom. But I'm kind of proud that my words are already in book form.

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Hindsight alone is not wisdom. And second-guessing is not a strategy.

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Science is important, but so is ethics, so is balancing life. To destroy life to save life - it's one of the real ethical dilemmas that we face.

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You'll hear people say it's racist to test. Folks, it's racist not to test. Because guess who gets shuffled through the system oftentimes? Children whose parents don't speak English as a first language, inner-city kids. It's so much easier to quit on somebody than to remediate.

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I am mindful of the difference between the executive branch and the legislative branch. I assured all four of these leaders that I know the difference, and that difference is they pass the laws and I execute them.

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Together, we will reclaim America's schools, before ignorance and apathy claim more young lives.

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I have spoken of a thousand points of light, of all the community organizations that are spread like stars throughout the Nation, doing good.

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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.

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For decades, the public school system failed too many children, so we passed the No Child Left Behind Act and demanded schools show results in return for money.

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The best way to defend America in this world we live in is to stay on the offense.

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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.

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There are some monuments where the land is so widespread, they just encompass as much as possible. And the integral part of the - the precious part, so to speak - I guess all land is precious, but the part that the people uniformly would not want to spoil, will not be despoiled. But there are parts of the monument lands where we can explore without affecting the overall environment.

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You know, I guess I'm like any other political figure: Everybody wants to be loved.

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Tyrants and dictators will accept no other gods before them. They require disobedience to the First Commandment. They seek absolute control and are threatened by faith in God. They fear only the power they cannot possess - the power of truth. So they resent the living example of the devout, especially the devotion of a unique people chosen by God.

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Sometimes in this world you make unpopular decisions because you think they're right.

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