Subject: Bushisms (Page 12)

One has a stronger hand when there's more people playing your same cards.

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There is some who say that perhaps freedom is not universal; maybe it's only Western people that can self-govern; maybe it's only, you know, white-guy Methodists who are capable of self-government… I reject that notion.

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We are ready for any unforeseen event that may or may not occur.

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Facing clear evidence of peril, we cannot wait for the final proof, the smoking gun that could come in the form of a mushroom cloud.

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I can assure you that, even though I won’t be sitting through every single moment of the seminars, nor will the vice president, we will look at the summaries.

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There may be some tough times here in America, but this country has gone through tough times before, and we're going to do it again.

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Drug therapies are replacing a lot of medicines as we used to know it.

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For every fatal shooting, there were roughly three non-fatal shootings; and, folks, this is unacceptable in America.

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We’ve had a great weekend here in the Land of the Enchanted.

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We cannot let terrorists and rogue nations hold this nation hostile or hold our allies hostile.

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May of the punditry – of course, not you… but other punditry were quick to say, no one is going to follow the United States of America.

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Tommy (Thompson) is a good listener, and he’s a pretty good actor, too.

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I don’t particularly like it when people put words in my mouth, either, by the way, unless I say it.

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All I was doing was appealing for an endorsement, not suggesting you endorse it.

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The people in Louisiana must know that all across our country there's a lot of prayer – prayer for those whose lives have been turned upside down, and I'm one of them.

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Many Americans have got debts; we want those Americans to be able to pay off that debts.

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I know the human being and fish can coexist peacefully.

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It's very interesting when you think about it, the slaves who left here to go to America, because of their steadfast and their religion and their belief in freedom, helped change America.

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Laura and I will thank them from the bottom of my heart.

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I suspect that had my dad not been president, he'd be asking the same questions: how'd your meeting go with so-and-so? … how did you feel when you stood up in front of the people for the State of the Union Address-state of the budget address, whatever you call it.

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I think it was in the Rose Garden where I issued this brilliant statement: If I had a magic wand – but the president doesn't have a magic wand.

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