Subject: Bushisms (Page 21)

I'm going to put people in my place, so when the history of this administration is written at least there's an authoritarian voice saying exactly what happened.

(1946 – ) 43rd U.S. president

Not over my dead body will they raise your taxes.

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It's important for us to explain to our nation that life is important; not only life of babies, but it's life of children living in… you know… the dark dungeons of the Internet.

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I hope we get to the bottom of the answer; it's what I'm interested to know.

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They have miscalculated me as a leader.

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You might want to comment on that, Honorable.

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As you know, we don't have relationships with Iran. I mean, that's – ever since the late '70s, we have no contacts with them, and we've totally sanctioned them. In other words, there's no sanctions – you can't – we're out of sanctions.

(1946 – ) 43rd U.S. president

They misunderestimated me.

(1946 – ) 43rd U.S. president

One of the common denominators I have found is that expectations rise above that which is expected.

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This has been tough weeks in that country.

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The… these terrorist acts and, you know, the responses have got to end in order for us to get the framework… the groundwork… not framework, the groundwork to discuss a framework for peace, to lay the-all right.

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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.

(1946 – ) 43rd U.S. president

All I can tell you is when the governor calls, I answer his phone.

(1946 – ) 43rd U.S. president

I'm the commander – see, I don't need to explain – I do not need to explain why I say things; that's the interesting thing about being president.

(1946 – ) 43rd U.S. president

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

(1946 – ) 43rd U.S. president

I want to thank General John Fryer, the Superintendent of Schools here. I thought it was pretty interesting, when I was reading the background of the schools here, I see that you got you a general running the school system.

(1946 – ) 43rd U.S. president

Just remember it's the birds that's supposed to suffer, not the hunter.

(1946 – ) 43rd U.S. president

All I was doing was appealing for an endorsement, not suggesting you endorse it.

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We are fully committed to working with both sides to bring the level of terror down to an acceptable level for both.

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I hope you leave here and walk out and say, ‘What did he say?’

(1946 – ) 43rd U.S. president

Arbolist… look up the word; I don't know, maybe I made it up… anyway, it's an arbo-tree-ist, somebody who knows about trees.

(1946 – ) 43rd U.S. president