George W. Bush Quotes

Look, the key for me is to keep expectations low.

I love free speech.

My administration is committed to a leadership role on the issue of climate change.

Well, you know, I think the American people are sacrificing now. I think they're waiting in airport lines longer than they've ever had before.

I don't know why you're talking about Sweden. They're the neutral one. They don't have an army.

It is a ridiculous notion to assert that because the United States is on the offense, more people want to hurt us. We are on the offense because people do want to hurt us.

For too long our culture has said, "If it feels good, do it." Now America is embracing a new ethic and a new creed: "Let's roll".

We're creating an ownership society in this country, where more Americans than ever will be able to open up their door where they live and say, welcome to my house, welcome to my piece of property.

And as a result of the United States military, Taliban no longer is in existence.

Well, I'm reading about the battle of New Orleans right now. I've got an eclectic reading list.

I'm asking Congress to pass my Zero Down Payment Initiative. We should remove the 3 percent down payment rule for first time home buyers with FHA-insured mortgages.

My Geordie is probably just about as bad as my English.

There's nothing more deep than recognizing Israel's right to exist. That's the most deep thought of all. ... I can't think of anything more deep than that right.

This is a nation that loves our freedom, loves our country.

If most of the breaks go to wealthy people it's because most of the people who pay taxes are wealthy.

We will export death and violence to the four corners of the earth in defense of our great nation.

We all know that men and women can be good without faith. And we also know that faith is an incredibly important source of goodness in our country.

We know that men and women can be good without faith. We know that.

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

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

[Saddam] built up a massive war machine while neglecting the basic needs of his own people.

So I don't worry about, and people shouldn't worry about a draft I think we're in good shape, I really do. And, if not, we'll - I'll address the nation. But I don't see any need to right now.

God told me to smite Osama bin Laden, so I invaded Afghanistan. Then He told me to smite Saddam Hussein, so I invaded Iraq. Now He wants me to work on the Middle East problem.

The advance of liberty is the path to both a safer and better world.

Americans are a free people, who know that freedom is the right of every person and the future of every nation. The liberty we prize is not America's gift to the world; it is God's gift to humanity.

I wish they weren't called the 'Bush tax cuts.' If they're called some other body's tax cuts, they're probably less likely to be raised.

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.

I expect you to work hard on our agenda.

Please don't kill me!

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

You saw the president yesterday. I thought he was very forward-leaning, as they say in diplomatic nuanced circles.

Can't living with the bill means it won't become law.

Anyway, I'm so thankful, and so gracious - I'm gracious that my brother Jeb is concerned about the hemisphere as well.

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

It's important for young men and women who look at the Nebraska champs to understand that quality of life is more than just blocking shots.

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.

Presidents, whether things are good or bad, get the blame. I understand that.

Whatever it took to help Taiwan defend theirself.

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

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

If he's - the inference is that somehow he thinks slavery is a - is a noble institution I would - I would strongly reject that assumption - that John Ashcroft is a openminded, inclusive person.

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

I also have picked a secretary for Housing and Human Development. Mel Martinez from the state of Florida.

I knew it might put him in an awkward position that we had a discussion before finality has finally happened in this presidential race.

As far as the legal hassling and wrangling and posturing in Florida, I would suggest you talk to our team in Florida led by Jim Baker.

Think about that. Two hundred and eighty-five new or expanded programs, $2 trillion more in new spending, and not one new bureaucrat to file out the forms or answer the phones?

If I'm the president, we're going to have emergency-room care, we're going to have gag orders.

It's one thing about insurance, that's a Washington term.

It's going to require numerous IRA agents.

I would have my secretary of treasury be in touch with the financial centers, not only here but at home.