George W. Bush Quotes

798 Sourced Quotes

The nature of the presidency is that sometimes you don't choose which challenges come to your desk. You do decide how to respond.

George W. Bush
I haven't had a chance to talk, but I'm confident we'll get a bill that I can live with if we don't.

George W. Bush
I vowed to our countrymen that I would do everything I could to protect the American people. That's why I said to Afghanistan: If you harbor a terrorist, you're just as guilty as the terrorist.

George W. Bush
The great contest for the presidency is about the future, who can lead, who can get things done.

George W. Bush
I do remain confident in Linda. She'll make a fine labor secretary. From what I've read in the press accounts, she's perfectly qualified.

George W. Bush
I believe that a prosperous, democratic Pakistan will be a steadfast partner for America, a peaceful neighbor for India, and a force for freedom and moderation in the Arab world.

George W. Bush
If a person doesn't have the capacity that we all want that person to have, I suspect hope is in the far distant future, if at all.

George W. Bush
We hope that diplomacy works before you ever use force. The hardest decision a president makes is ever to use force.

George W. Bush
We must have the attitude that every child in America - regardless of where they're raised or how they're born - can learn.

George W. Bush
Whatever party you're in in America, our troops deserve the full support of our government.

George W. Bush
The days of discriminating against religious institutions simply because they are religious must come to an end.

George W. Bush
By heritage and by choice, the United States of America will make that stand.

George W. Bush
And some needs and hurts are so deep they will only respond to a mentor's touch or a pastor's prayer. Church and charity, synagogue and mosque, lend our communities their humanity, and they will have an honored place in our plans and laws.

George W. Bush
And we need a full affront on an energy crisis that is real in California and looms for other parts of our country if we don't move quickly.

George W. Bush
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.

George W. Bush
She's just trying to make sure Anthony gets a good meal - Antonio.

George W. Bush
Americans do not turn away from duties because they are hard.

George W. Bush
Today the Justice Department did issue a blanket alert. It was in recognition of a general threat we received. This is not the first time the Justice Department have acted like this. I hope it is the last. But given the attitude of the evildoers, it may not be.

George W. Bush
There will be no going back to the era before September 11th, 2001, to false comfort in a dangerous world.

George W. Bush
When your economy is kind of ooching along, it's important to let people have more of their own money.

George W. Bush
Even grief recedes with time and grace. But our resolve must not pass. Each of us will remember what happened that day, and to whom it happened. We'll remember the moment the news came -- where we were and what we were doing. Some will remember an image of a fire, or a story of rescue. Some will carry memories of a face and a voice gone forever.

George W. Bush
I believe the best way to help our small businesses is not only through small-business loans, which we have increased since I've been the president of the United States, but to unbundle government contracts so people have a chance to be able to bid and receive a contract to help get their business going.

George W. Bush
Baptists have long upheld the ideal of a free church in a free state. And from the beginning, they believed that forcing a person to worship against his will violated the principles of both Christianity and civility.

George W. Bush
History has an author who fills time and eternity with His purpose.

George W. Bush
The decisions we make in Washington have a direct impact on the people in our country, obviously.

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

George W. Bush
It is one of the great goals of my administration to invigorate the spirit of involvement and citizenship. We will encourage faith-based and community programs without changing their mission.

George W. Bush
Embryonic stem-cell research requires the destruction of life to create a stem cell. That's why I think we've got to be very careful in balancing the ethics and the science.

George W. Bush
I pray daily, and I pray in all kinds of places. I mean, I pray in bed, I pray in the Oval Office. I pray a lot. And just different as the spirit moves me. And faith is an integral part of my life.

George W. Bush
Thirdly, the explorationists are willing to only move equipment during the winter, which means they'll be on ice roads, and remove the equipment as the ice begins to melt, so that the fragile tundra is protected.

George W. Bush