Subject: Bushisms (Page 20)

We need an energy bill that encourages consumption.

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John Thune has got a common-sense vision for good forest policy. I look forward to working with him in the United Nations Senate to preserve these national heritages.

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This is our first event in this beautiful spot, and it's appropriate we talk about policy that will affect people's lives in a positive way in such a beautiful, beautiful part of our national – really, our national park system, my guess is you would want to call it.

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The question is, who ought to make that decision? … the Congress or the commanders? … and as you know, my position is clear – I'm a commander guy.

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I'm a patient man; and when I say I'm a patient man, I mean I'm a patient man

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That's why we are inconveniencing air traffickers, to make sure nobody is carrying weapons on airplanes.

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And so, in my State of the State of the Union or state my speech – whatever you want to call it, I asked Americans to give 4,000 years – 4,000 years over the next – the rest of your life – of service to America.

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And my concern, David, is several.

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Americans are rising to the tasks of history, and they expect the same of us.

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Laura and I really don’t realize how bright our children is sometimes until we get an objective analysis.

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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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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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You can fool some of the people all the time… and those are the ones you want to concentrate on.

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First, let me make it very clear, poor people aren't necessarily killers; just because you happen to be not rich doesn't mean you're willing to kill.

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I call upon all nations to do everything they can to stop these terrorist killers. Thank you. Now watch this drive.

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It's your money; you paid for it.

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Success is not no violence.

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I have said that the sanction regime is like Swiss cheese – that meant that they weren't very effective.

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I will have a foreign-handed foreign policy.

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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 mean, there needs to be a wholesale effort against racial profiling, which is illiterate children.

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