George W. Bush Quotes

The United States and rich countries cannot change Africa from within. It has to impose reform on Africa; it has to come from within.

I don't read books, but I have friends who do.

We believe that by removing a crippling debt burden we'll help millions of Africans improve their lives and grow their economies.

I have something else to ask you, to ask every American. I ask you to pray for this great nation.

After all, religion has been around a lot longer than Darwinism.

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

I kind of like to look at the ranch on Google, reminds me of where I want to be sometimes.

I'm going to spend a lot of time on Social Security. I enjoy it. I enjoy taking on the issue. I guess, it's the mother in me.

What our enemies have begun, we will finish.

I'm not the expert on how the Iraqi people think, because I live in America, where it's nice and safe and secure.

Our nation was horrified, but it's not going to be terrorized.

I gave them a fair warning

Iraqis are sick of foreign people coming in their country and trying to destabilize their country.

When I was young and irresponsible, I was young and irresponsible.

Outwit, outlast, outplay. It's the tagline for the television show Survivor and it's damn near what presidenting is like, too.

The survival of liberty in our land increasingly depends on the success of liberty in other lands.

The best defense against terrorism is a strong offensive against terrorists. That work continues.

Freedom of action in space is as important to the United States as air power and sea power.

We favor a strong nonproliferation program that emphasizes diplomacy, reliance on multilateral regimes, controls on nuclear materials, and cooperative nuclear threat reduction.

But I have no desire for fame and power anymore. I crawled out of the swamp and I'm not crawling back in.

Security is the essential roadblock to achieving the road map to peace.

But we cannot allow weapons of mass destruction to fall into the hands of terrorists. I will not allow that to happen.

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

Tommy (Thompson) is a good listener, and he's a pretty good actor, too.

So it is the policy of the United States to seek and support the growth of democratic movements and institutions in every nation and culture, with the ultimate goal of ending tyranny in our world.

This is my maiden voyage. My first speech since I was the president of the United States and I couldn't think of a better place to give it than Calgary, Canada.

One of the very difficult parts of the decision I made on the financial crisis was to use hardworking people's money to help prevent there to be a crisis.

I love my brother, and I respect his service, i haven't been in Washington ... ever. I'm not part of Washington.

We have enough coal to last for 250 years, yet coal also prevents an environmental challenge.

Our aim is a democratic peace.

We must help the reformers of the Middle East as they work for freedom, and strive to build a community of peaceful, democratic nations.

In terms of the economy, look, I inherited a recession, I am ending on a recession.

It is no accident that the rise of so many democracies took place in a time when the world's most influential nation was itself a democracy.

So I analyzed that and decided I didn't want to be the president during a depression greater than the Great Depression, or the beginning of a depression greater than the Great Depression.

I didn't grow up in the ocean -- as a matter of fact -- near the ocean -- I grew up in the desert. Therefore, it was a pleasant contrast to see the ocean. And I particularly like it when I'm fishing.

As the 20th century ended, there were around 120 democracies in the world - and I can assure you more are on the way.

First of all, I don't see America having problems.

I think it was in the Rose Garden where I issued this brilliant statement: If I had a magic wand -- but the president doesn't have a magic wand. You just can't say, 'low gas.'

The economy is growing, productivity is high, trade is up, people are working. It's not as good as we'd like, but -- and to the extent that we find weakness, we'll move.

I... you know, I... look, after 9/11, I vowed to protect this country.

Some call this civil war; others call it emergency -- I call it pure evil.

There are some who feel like - that the conditions are such that they can attack us there. My answer is, bring 'em on! We've got the force necessary.

We have now reached a turning point in the struggle between freedom and terror.

How great the lie right to the top: We don't torture people in America and people who say we do simply know nothing about our country.

Compassionate conservative soft bigotry of low expectations.

The solution to Iraq - an Iraq that can govern itself, sustain itself and defend itself - is more than a military mission. Precisely the reason why I sent more troops into Baghdad.

A good marriage is really good after serving together in Washington, D.C.

Forms of government matter, in my opinion. It matters how -- the nature of the government in which people live.

I don't feel like I've got all that much too important to say on the kind of big national issues.

Thats why we are inconveniencing air traffickers, to make sure nobody is carrying weapons on airplanes.