George W. Bush Quotes

Only a liberal senator from Massachusetts would say that a 49 percent increase in funding for education was not enough.
George W. Bush

Our nation is somewhat sad, but we're angry. There's a certain level of blood lust, but we won't let it drive our reaction. We're steady, clear-eyed and patient, but pretty soon we'll have to start displaying scalps.
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Our Nation must defend the sanctity of marriage.
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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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Redefining the role of the United States from enablers to keep the peace to enablers to keep the peace from peacekeepers is going to be an assignment.
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Saddam Hussein is a homicidal dictator who is addicted to weapons of mass destruction.
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Senator Kerry assures us that he's the one to win a war he calls a mistake, an error, and a diversion. But you can't win a war if you don't believe in fighting.
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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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Some folks look at me and see a certain swagger, which in Texas is called "walking."
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Some have argued that confronting the threat from Iraq could detract from the war against terror. To the contrary, confronting the threat posed by Iraq is crucial to winning the war on terror.
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Some have argued we should wait, and that's an option. In my view, it's the riskiest of all options, because the longer we wait, the stronger and bolder Saddam Hussein will become.
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States should have the right to enact... laws... particularly to end the inhumane practice of ending a life that otherwise could live.
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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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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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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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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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The men and women of Afghanistan are building a nation that is free, and proud, and fighting terror - and America is honored to be their friend.
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The momentum of freedom in our world is unmistakable - and it is not carried forward by our power alone. We can trust in that greater power Who guides the unfolding of the years. And in all that is to come, we can know that His purposes are just and true.
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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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The resolution approved today presents the Iraqi regime with a test - a final test.
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The resolve of our great nation is being tested. But make no mistake, we will show the world that we will pass the test.
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The story of America is the story of expanding liberty: an ever-widening circle, constantly growing to reach further and include more. Our nation's founding commitment is still our deepest commitment: In our world, and here at home, we will extend the frontiers of freedom.
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The terrorists and their supporters declared war on the United States - and war is what they got.
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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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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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The tyrant has fallen, and Iraq is free.
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The United States and our allies are determined: we refuse to live in the shadow of this ultimate danger.
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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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The United States prefers that Iraq meet its obligations voluntarily, yet we are prepared for the alternative.
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The wisest use of American strength is to advance freedom.
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There can be no peace if our security depends on the will and whims of a ruthless and aggressive dictator. I'm not willing to stake one American life on trusting Saddam Hussein.
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There's no bigger task than protecting the homeland of our country.
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There's no such thing as legacies. At least, there is a legacy, but I'll never see it.
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This was not an act of terrorism, but it was an act of war.
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This way of life is worth defending.
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This young century will be liberty's century.
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