Subject: Bushisms (Page 11)

One of the interesting initiatives we’ve taken in Washington, D.C., is we’ve got these vampire-busting devices. A vampire is a – a cell deal you can plug in the wall to charge your cell phone.

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We've got pockets of persistent poverty in our society, which I refuse to declare defeat – I mean, I refuse to allow them to continue on; and so one of the things that we're trying to do is to encourage a faith-based initiative to spread its wings all across America, to be able to capture this great compassionate spirit.

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I think it’s really important for this great state of baseball to reach out to people of all walks of life to make sure that the sport is inclusive; the best way to do it is to convince little kids how to — the beauty of playing baseball.

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I am a person who recognizes the fallacy of humans.

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We don't believe in planners and deciders making the decisions on behalf of Americans.

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So long as I'm the president, my measure of success is victory – and success.

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I would like to thank Nasal Beard for that warm welcome.

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They misunderestimated me.

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I will continue to articulate what I believe and what I believe – I believe what I believe is right.

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And so I’m for medical liability at the federal level.

(1946 – ) 43rd U.S. president
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Nothing he [Saddam Hussein] has done has convinced me – I'm confident the Secretary of Defense – that he is the kind of fellow that is willing to forgo weapons of mass destruction, is willing to be a peaceful neighbor, that is – will honor the people – the Iraqi people of all stripes, will – values human life.

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We can have filters on internets where public money is spent.

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… the person who runs FEMA is the first voice, often times, of someone whose life has been turned upside down hears from.

(1946 – ) 43rd U.S. president
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They didn't think we were a nation that could conceivably sacrifice for something greater than our self; that we were soft, that we were so self-absorbed and so materialistic that we wouldn't defend anything we believed in… my, were they wrong; they just were reading the wrong magazine or watching the wrong Springer show.

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We are making steadfast progress.

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There ought to be limits to freedom.

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And we're by far the most generous nation in the world when it comes to that, and I'm proud to report that. This isn't a contest of who's the most generous. I'm just telling you as an aside. We're generous. We shouldn't be bragging about it. But we are. We're very generous.

(1946 – ) 43rd U.S. president
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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.

(1946 – ) 43rd U.S. president
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I'm the commander – see, I don't need to explain – I do not need to explain why I say things; that's the interesting thing about being president.

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Oftentimes, we live in a processed world, you know, people focus on the process and not results.

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Whether it resonates or not doesn't matter to me, because I stand for doing what's the right thing, and what the right thing is hearing the voices of people who work.

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