Subject: Bushisms (Page 12)

Forms of government matter, in my opinion. It matters how – the nature of the government in which people live.

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People say I'm indecisive, but I don't know about that.

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I understand that the unrest in the Middle East creates unrest throughout the region.

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I think if you know what you believe, it makes it a lot easier to answer questions; I can't answer your question.

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Amnesty means that you've got to pay a price for having been here illegally, and this bill does that.

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I firmly believe the death tax is good for people from all walks of life all throughout our society.

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Never again in the halls of Washington, D.C., do I want to have to make explanations that I can’t explain.

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The trial lawyers are very politically powerful… but here in Texas we took them on and got some good medical – medical malpractice.

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Oh, no, we're not going to have any casualties.

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Sometimes when I sleep at night I think of (Dr. Seuss's) 'Hop on Pop.’

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This is what I’m good at; I like meeting people, my fellow citizens, I like interfacing with them.

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There's no such thing as legacies…. at least, there is a legacy, but I'll never see it.

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Success is not no violence.

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You see, not only did the attacks help accelerate a recession, the attacks reminded us that we are at war.

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Perhaps one way will be, if we use military force, in the post-Saddam Iraq, the U.N. will definitely need to have a role; and that way it can begin to get its legs, legs of responsibility back.

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A lot of times in the rhetoric, people forget the facts. And the facts are that thousands of small businesses – Hispanically owned or otherwise – pay taxes at the highest marginal rate.

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My job is a job to make decisions. I'm a decision – if the job description were, what do you do—it's decision maker.

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And finally, Mayor Al is with us, the Mayor of Monroe… Al Cappuccilli is here. Thank you, Mayor, for being with us. You must be filling the potholes… picking up the garbage; that's the way to go.

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The students at Yale came from all different backgrounds and all parts of the country. Within months, I knew many of them.

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And I look forward to working with Congress. As you know, appropriators are appropriators. They live up to their name, whether they be Republicans or Democrats. They like to appropriate. And our jobs as chief executives is to make sure they appropriate within reasonable levels.

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I'm honored to shake the hand of a brave Iraqi citizen who had his hand cut off by Saddam Hussein.

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