Subject: Bushisms (Page 19)

And the goals for this country are a compassionate American for every single citizen.

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I want to thank you for taking time out of your day to come and witness my hanging.

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And so the fact that they purchased the machine meant somebody had to make the machine; and when somebody makes a machine, it means there's jobs at the machine-making place.

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The future will be better tomorrow.

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More and more of our imports come from overseas.

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It's going to be the year of the sharp elbow and the quick tongue.

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I’ve reminded the prime minister—the American people, Mr. Prime Minister, over the past months that it was not always a given that the United States and America would have a close relationship.

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But the true strength of America is found in the hearts and souls of people like Travis, people who are willing to love their neighbor, just like they would like to love themselves.

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It's clearly a budget; it's got a lot of numbers in it.

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

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There’s no question that the minute I got elected, the storm clouds on the horizon were getting nearly directly overhead.

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I haven't had a chance to talk, but I'm confident we'll get a bill that I can live with if we don't.

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Whatever it took to help Taiwan defend theirself.

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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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And so, what Gen. Petraeus is saying, some early signs, still dangerous, but give me – give my chance a plan to work.

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The most important job is not to be governor, or first lady in my case.

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

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I'm so pleased to be able to say hello to Bill Scranton; he's one of the great Pennsylvania political families.

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I learned some pretty interesting lessons as the governor; and one lesson is that in order for schools to succeed, you'd better have you a good principal.

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They (enemies) never stop thinking about new ways to harm our country and our people, and neither do we.

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Should the Iranian regime – do they have the sovereign right to have civilian nuclear power? … so, like, if I were you, that's what I'd ask me; and the answer is, yes, they do.

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