George W. Bush Quotes

I don't think you should support the death penalty to seek revenge. I don't think that's right. I think the reason to support the death penalty is because it saves other people's lives.

I believe in the transformational power of liberty. I believe that the free Iraq is in this nation's interests. I believe a free Afghanistan is in this nation's interest.

... for those of us who lived through these events, the only marker we'll ever need is the tick of a clock at the 46th minute of the eighth hour of the 11th day.

It's a time of sorrow and sadness when we lose a loss of life.

I want to thank you for taking time out of your day to come and witness my hanging.

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.

I'm hopeful. I know there is a lot of ambition in Washington, obviously. But I hope the ambitious realize that they are more likely to succeed with success as opposed to failure.

You can't put democracy and freedom back into a box.

There are cameras nowadays that have been developed to tell the difference between a squirrel and a bomb.

We'll let our friends be the peacekeepers and the great country called America will be the pacemakers.

Iraq is no diversion. It is a place where civilization is taking a decisive stand against chaos and terror, we must not waver.

I've coined new words, like, misunderstanding and "Hispanically".

The best way to defeat an ideology is with a better ideology. And I believe democracy is a better ideology.

I'm also not very analytical. You know I don't spend a lot of time thinking about myself, about why I do things.

Theres a lot of blowhards in the political process, you know, a lot of hot-air artists, people who have got something fancy to say.

I would have said yes to abortion if only it was right. I mean, yeah it's right. Well no it's not right that's why I said no to it.

I think anybody who doesn't think I'm smart enough to handle the job is underestimating.

People have access to health care in America. After all, you just go to an emergency room.

America's highest economic need is higher ethical standards -- enforced by strict laws and upheld by responsible business leaders.

Sometimes, words have consequences you don't intend them to mean.

There's no question that the minute I got elected, the storm clouds on the horizon were getting nearly directly overhead.

And I, unfortunately, have been to too many disasters as president.

Out of 135 criminals, including robbers and rapists, 118 admitted that when they were children they burned, hanged and stabbed domestic animals.

I may be the only person, the only presidential candidate who never carried the state in which he was born.

I believe law-abiding citizens ought to be able to own a gun. I believe in background checks at gun shows or anywhere to make sure that guns don't get in the hands of people that shouldn't have them.

The Islam that we know is a faith devoted to the worship of one God, as revealed through The Holy Qu'ran. It teaches the value and importance of charity, mercy, and peace.

Every nation in every region now has a decision to make. Either you are with us, or you are with the terrorists.

May He guide us now. And may God continue to bless the United States of America.

If you believe that the job of the federal government is to secure this country, it's really important for you to understand that success in Iraq is part of securing the country.

Education is how to help the person who's lost a job. Education is how to make sure we've got a workforce that's productive and competitive.

Saddam Hussein was a unique threat. And the world is better off without him in power.

Free societies are hopeful societies. And free societies will be allies against these hateful few who have no conscience, who kill at the whim of a hat.

History is moving, and it will tend toward hope, or tend toward tragedy.

I'm the master of low expectations.

I think we ought to raise the age at which juveniles can have a gun.

Let's make sure that there is certainty during uncertain times in our economy.

Border relations between Canada and Mexico have never been better.

I remember meeting a mother of a child who was abducted by the North Koreans right here in the Oval Office.

And the cornerstone of my economic policies, when I first got elected, was cutting taxes on everybody on who paid taxes.

The legislature's job is to write law. It's the executive branch's job to interpret law.

Saddam Hussein is a homicidal dictator who is addicted to weapons of mass destruction.

The United States prefers that Iraq meet its obligations voluntarily, yet we are prepared for the alternative.

It's amazing I won. I was running against peace, prosperity, and incumbency.

We ought to make the pie higher.

The tyrant has fallen, and Iraq is free.

How can you possibly have an international agreement that's effective unless countries like China and India are not full participants?

Other Republican candidates may retort to personal attacks and negative ads.

The true history of my administration will be written 50 years from now, and you and I will not be around to see it.

Neither in French nor in English nor in Mexican.

There is a huge trust. I see it all the time when people come up to me and say, 'I don't want you to let me down again.' - Boston, Mass., Oct. 3, 2000