George W. Bush Quotes

I'm a patient man. And when I say I'm a patient man, I mean I'm a patient man.

If Iraq fails to fully comply, the United States and other nations will disarm Saddam Hussein.

If the Iraqi regime is able to produce, buy or steal an amount of highly enriched uranium a little larger than a single softball, [it] could have a nuclear weapon in less than a year.

People shouldn't read into venue locations someone's heart.

The resolution approved today presents the Iraqi regime with a test - a final test.

It is written that adversity introduces us to ourselves.

I encourage all Americans to express admiration and appreciation to fathers.

I don't understand how poor people think.

It used to be, people were afraid to talk about Social Security. Now, I think people should be afraid not to talk about Social Security and start coming up with some solutions.

[T]he people of Iraq have spoken to the world, and the world is hearing the voice of freedom from the center of the Middle East.

When we make a pledge, we mean it. We keep our word, and what we begin, we will finish.

I worry about a culture that devalues life and believe as your president I have an important obligation to foster and encourage respect for life in America and throughout the world.

My God, the man is a fascist - a fascist, I tell you.

Whether or not it needed to happen, I'm still convinced it needed to happen.

The law I sign today directs new funds and new focus to the task of collecting vital intelligence on terrorist threats and on weapons of mass production.

We look forward to analyzing and working with legislation that will make - it would hope - put a free press's mind at ease that you're not being denied information you shouldn't see.

If you find a neighbor in need, you're responsible for serving that neighbor in need, you're responsible for loving a neighbor just like you'd like to love yourself.

I want to thank the President and the CEO of Constellation Energy, Mayo Shattuck. That's a pretty cool first name, isn't it, Mayo. Pass the Mayo.

I simply said that I would do everything to help Taiwan to defend itself.

Through much of the last century, America's faith in freedom and democracy was a rock in a raging sea. Now it is a seed upon the wind, taking root in many nations.

The Universal Declaration of Human Rights... stands as a landmark achievement in the history of human liberty.

The resolve of our great nation is being tested. But make no mistake, we will show the world that we will pass the test.

Americans are rising to the tasks of history, and they expect the same of us.

People forget... that we structured it so that the government, or the people, would be repaid with a really good rate of return. And as it turns out, that aspect of TARP, that's what happened.

I reads every chance I can gets.

I think if you know what you believe, it makes it a lot easier to answer questions. I can't answer your question.

I talked to my little brother, Jeb - I haven't told this to many people. But he's the governor of - I shouldn't call him my little brother - my brother, Jeb, the great Governor of Texas.

I don't care what the polls say. I don't.

The bill Congress sent me would take away one of the most valuable tools in the war on terror... so today I vetoed it.

The thing that's important for me is to remember what's the most important thing.

This storm is dangerous

Amigo! Amigo!" (Calling out to the ITALLIAN Prime minister....)

We can't impose freedom, but we can eliminate roadblocks to freedom, and to allow free societies to develop.

Some of you in this room support higher taxes. I welcome your enthusiasm and am glad to report that the IRS takes both money orders and checks.

We reflect on what has been lost and comfort those enduring a profound grief. And somehow we know that a brighter morning will come.

Our security is assured by our perseverance and by our sure belief in the success of liberty.

....it is better to succeed with success than failure.

Victory means exit strategy. And it's important for the president to explain to us what the exit strategy is.

...the role of the military is to fight and win war and, therefore, prevent war from happening in the first place.

Evil men, obsessed with ambition and unburdened by conscience, must be taken very seriously - and we must stop them before their crimes can multiply.

These people are trying to shake the will of the Iraqi citizens, and they want us to leave...I think the world would be better off if we did leave.

I'm for a stronger death penalty.

It is white. - when asked what the White house was like by a student in East London

I think it's very important for the American president to mean what he says. That's why I understand that the enemy could misread what I say. That's why I try to be as clearly as I can.

Put the 'off' button on.

There's a way to accomplish the separation of church and state and at the same time accomplish the social objective of having America become a hopeful place and loving place.

We're not going to spend taxpayers' money on abortion. This is an issue that divides America. But certainly reasonable people can agree on how to reduce abortions in America.

I think it is a worthy goal in America to have every child protected by law and welcomed in life. I also think we ought to continue to have good adoption law as an alternative to abortion.

I will always stand firm to protect the sanctity of marriage. I believe it is important to work with people to find common ground on difficult issues.

I'm telling America we need to not discriminate against faith-based programs. We need to welcome them so our society is more wholesome, more welcoming, and more hopeful for every single citizen.