Subject: Bushisms (Page 21)

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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I remember meeting a mother of a child who was abducted by the North Koreans right here in the Oval Office.

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A good marriage is really good after serving together in Washington, D.C.

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Nobody said it was going to be easy, and nobody was right.

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I think we need not only to eliminate the tollbooth to the middle class, I think we should knock down the tollbooth.

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I just want you to know that, when we talk about war, we're really talking about peace.

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My trip to Asia begins here in Japan for an important reason; it begins here because for a century and a half now, America and Japan have formed one of the great and enduring alliances of modern times.

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We want to develop defenses that are capable of defending ourselves and defenses capable of defending others.

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Nothing he [Saddam Hussein] has done has convinced me – I'm confident the Secretary of Defense – that he is the kind of fellow that is willing to forgo weapons of mass destruction, is willing to be a peaceful neighbor, that is – will honor the people – the Iraqi people of all stripes, will – values human life.

(1946 – ) 43rd U.S. president

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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I think there is some methodology in my travels.

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I am surprised, frankly, at the amount of distrust that exists in this town; and I'm sorry it's the case, and I'll work hard to try to elevate it.

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Home is important; it's important to have a home.

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We ought to make the pie higher.

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More than two decades later, it is hard to imagine the Revolutionary War coming out any other way.

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I know there is a lot of ambition in Washington, obviously, but I hope the ambitious realize that they are more likely to succeed with success as opposed to failure.

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One of the things I’ve used on the Google is to pull up maps.

(1946 – ) 43rd U.S. president

Too many OB/GYN’s aren’t able to practice their love with women all across the country.

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There's no cave deep enough for America, or dark enough to hide.

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In terms of the economy, look, I inherited a recession, I am ending on a recession.

(1946 – ) 43rd U.S. president

You know, sometimes when you study history, you get stuck in the past.

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