Subject: Bushisms (Page 15)

To those of you who received honors, awards and distinctions, I say well done; and to the C students, I say, you too can be the President of the United States.

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I’m thrilled to be here in the breadbasket of America because it gives me a chance to remind our fellow citizens that we have an advantage here in America – we can feed ourselves.

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Anyone engaging in illegal financial transactions will be caught and persecuted.

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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'm going to try to see if I can remember as much to make it sound like I'm smart on the subject.

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

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Haven’t we already given money to rich people? Why are we going to do it again?

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My plan reduces the national debt, and fast; so fast, in fact, that economists worry that we're going to run out of debt to retire.

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These immigrants have helped transform 13 small colonies into a great and growing nation of more than 300 people.

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I appreciate that question because I, in the state of Texas, had heard a lot of discussion about a faith-based initiative eroding the important bridge between church and state.

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I hear there's rumors on the Internets that we're going to have a draft.

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I glance at the headlines just to kind of get a flavor for what's moving. I rarely read the stories, and get briefed by people who are probably read the news themselves.

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I’m plowed [sic] of the leadership of Chuck Grassley and Greg Ganske and Jim Leach.

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Some folks look at me and see a certain swagger, which in Texas is called "walking.”

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

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In other words, I don't think people ought to be compelled to make the decision which they think is best for their family.

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

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We're also talking to different finance ministers about how we can send a message to the Iranian government that the free world is not going to tolerate the development of know-how in how to build a weapon, or at least gain the ability to make a weapon.

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Then you wake up at the high school level and find out that the illiteracy level of our children are appalling.

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Not over my dead body will they raise your taxes.

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After all, it is where children from all over America learn to be responsible citizens, and learn to have the skills necessary to take advantage of our fantastic opportunistic society.

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