Subject: Bushisms (Page 7)

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

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The United States and Russia are in the midst of a transformationed relationship that will yield peace and progress.

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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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Tommy (Thompson) is a good listener, and he’s a pretty good actor, too.

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We've had leaks out of the administrative branch, had leaks out of the legislative branch, and out of the executive branch and the legislative branch, and I've spoken out consistently against them, and I want to know who the leakers are.

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The federal government and the state government must not fear programs who change lives, but must welcome those faith-based programs for the embetterment [sic] of mankind.

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One has a stronger hand when there's more people playing your same cards.

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Russia is no longer our enemy and therefore we shouldn't be locked into a Cold War mentality that says we keep the peace by blowing each other up.

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Whether they be Christian, Jew, or Muslim, or Hindu, people have heard the universal call to love a neighbor just like they'd like to be called themselves.

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

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We want them to know how to teach the science of reading… in order to make sure there's not this kind of federal… federal cufflink.

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I heard somebody say, 'Where's (Nelson) Mandela?'… well, Mandela's dead; because Saddam killed all the Mandelas.

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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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Governor Bush will not stand for the subsidation of failure.

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Vulcanize society!

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You might want to comment on that, Honorable.

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There's nothing more deep than recognizing Israel's right to exist; that's the most deep thought of all… I can't think of anything more deep than that right.

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[The Space Shuttle] Columbia carried in its payroll classroom experiments from some of our students in America.

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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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Facing clear evidence of peril, we cannot wait for the final proof, the smoking gun that could come in the form of a mushroom cloud.

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Success is not no violence.

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