George W. Bush Quotes

Tribal sovereignty means that. It's sovereign. You're a... you're a... you've been given sovereignty and you're viewed as a sovereign entity.

This case has had full analyzation and has been looked at a lot. I understand the emotionality of death penalty cases.

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.

This is still a dangerous world. It's a world of madmen and uncertainty and potential mental losses.

My attitude is that when we put a youngster in harm's way, somebody who wears our nation's uniform in harm's way, he or she deserves the absolute best.

In the long term, to defeat this ideology [terrorism] - and they [terrorists] are bound by an ideology - you defeat it with a more hopeful ideology called freedom.

Where we find young democracies, we need to help them. Where we find the enemy, we need to fight them. And that's exactly the Bush policy.

We need common-sense judges who understand our rights were derived from God

People are innocent till proven otherwise. All people are.

We'll succeed unless we quit.

The freedom movement is built around the principle of democracy and universality of freedom.

Just like we did in Japan, in South Korea. Just like is happening in Iraq. Laura [Bush] and I feel very strongly that if the United States were to leave.

You've got to be pretty hopeless to become a suicide bomber.

I had watched Dad climb into the biggest arena and succeed. I wanted to find out if I had what it took to join him.

I know what I believe. I will continue to articulate what I believe and what I believe - I believe what I believe is right.

I equate freedom and peace. And I believe America, given its position in the world, must use our power to promote freedom.

This way of life is worth defending.

I'm excited for my little girls. When they left the nest, I was excited because they were winging their way into life.

After all, this is a guy that tried to kill my dad at one time.

I think the platform ought to be pro-life. It is the basis of the Republican Party. People have got to understand that abortion is not a contraceptive.

I'm sure something will pop into my head here in the midst of this press conference, with all the pressure of trying to come up with an answer, but it hadn't yet.

It's very important for folks to understand that when there's more trade, there's more commerce.

We are not at war with the Afghani people, and we are not at war with Islam, which most Americans respect as a religion of peace.

You never know what your history is going to be like until long after you're gone.

The senator has got to understand if he's going to have - he can't have it both ways. He can't take the high horse and then claim the low road.

A tax cut is really one of the anecdotes to coming out of an economic illness.

Important part of our diplomacy is that people take our words seriously.

There is but one just use of power and it is to serve people.

Some have said we must not act until the threat is imminent. Since when have terrorists and tyrants announced their intentions, politely putting us on notice before they strike?

I believe that a prosperous, democratic Pakistan will be a steadfast partner for America, a peaceful neighbor for India, and a force for freedom and moderation in the Arab world.

I am a person who recognizes the fallacy of humans.

All I can tell you is when the governor calls, I answer his phone.

I've been in the Bible every day since I've been the president.

We don't want Washington Democrats running the House of Representatives.

We're going to have the best educated American people in the world. People that are really very weird can get into sensitive positions and have a tremendous impact on history.

The all-volunteer army works. It works particularly when we pay our troops well.

”Islam, as practiced by the vast majority of people, is a peaceful religion.”

After the bombing, most Iraqis saw what the perpetuators of this attack were trying to do.

My answer is bring them on.

I hope I'm as graceful and gracious as [my parents] are. It's hard for me to project how I'm gonna be if I make it to 86.

I believe that God has planted in every heart the desire to live in freedom.

Those who enter the country illegally violate the law.

Any outlaw regime that has ties to terrorist groups or seeks to possess weapons of mass destruction is a grave danger to the civilised world and will be confronted.

Time is passing...yet for the United States of America, there will be no forgetting September the 11th.

I can't wait to join you in the joy of welcoming neighbors back into neighborhoods, and small businesses up and running, and cutting those ribbons that somebody is creating new jobs.

It is clear our nation is reliant upon big foreign oil. More and more of our imports come from overseas.

The question is who ought to make that decision, the Congress or the commanders? And as you know, my position is clear. I'm a commander guy.

In my judgement, when the United States says there will be serious consequences, and if there isn't serious consequences, it creates adverse consequences.

In the long run, stability cannot be purchased at the expense of liberty.

I sent American troops to Iraq to make its people free, not to make them American. Iraqis will write their own history and find their own way.