Subject: Bushisms (Page 7)

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

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If I become president, we're going to have emergency-room care, we're going to have gag orders.

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I'm thrilled to be here in the bread basket of America because it gives me a chance to remind our fellow citizens that we have an advantage here in America – we can feed ourselves.

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Security is the essential roadblock to achieving the road map to peace.

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And my concern, David, is several.

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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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I don’t want nations feeling like that they can bully ourselves and our allies.

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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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We stand for things.

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I think the American people – I hope the American – I don't think, let me – I hope the American people trust me.

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There's no question about it. Wall Street got drunk—that's one of the reasons I asked you to turn off the TV cameras—it got drunk and now it's got a hangover. The question is how long will it sober up and not try to do all these fancy financial instruments.

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Keep good relations with the Greecians.

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Investment means you're purchasing something, and somebody has to make that which you purchase and sell that which you purchase. And that's how the economy works.

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May of the punditry – of course, not you… but other punditry were quick to say, no one is going to follow the United States of America.

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Quotas are bad for America; it's not the way America is all about.

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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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But I also made it clear to (Vladimir Putin) that it's important to think beyond the old days of when we had the concept that if we blew each other up, the world would be safe.

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I don’t think we need to be subliminable [sic] about the differences between our views on prescription drugs.

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A lot of times in politics you have people look you in the eye and tell you what's not on their mind.

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We are making steadfast progress.

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I believe we are on an irreversible trend toward more freedom and democracy but that could change.

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