Author: George W. Bush

There is some who say that perhaps freedom is not universal; maybe it's only Western people that can self-govern; maybe it's only, you know, white-guy Methodists who are capable of self-government… I reject that notion.

(1946 – ) 43rd U.S. president
Bushisms

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

(1946 – ) 43rd U.S. president
Bushisms

First of all, I don't see America having problems.

(1946 – ) 43rd U.S. president
America Places Problems

Reading is the basics for all learning.

(1946 – ) 43rd U.S. president
Bushisms

We had a good Cabinet meeting, talked about a lot of issues; Secretary of State and Defense brought us up to date about our desires to spread freedom and peace around the world.

(1946 – ) 43rd U.S. president
Bushisms

This very week in 1989, there were protests in East Berlin and in Leipzig. By the end of that year, every communist dictatorship in Central America had collapsed.

(1946 – ) 43rd U.S. president
Bushisms

And everybody wants to be loved – not everybody… you never heard anybody say, ‘I want to be despised, I’m running for office.’

(1946 – ) 43rd U.S. president
Bushisms

It is white.

(1946 – ) 43rd U.S. president
Bushisms

Public speaking is very easy.

(1946 – ) 43rd U.S. president
Communication Speech

I understand small business growth… I was one.

(1946 – ) 43rd U.S. president
Bushisms

My attitude is, if they're still writing about [number] one, 43 doesn't need to worry about it.

(1946 – ) 43rd U.S. president
Bushisms

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
Bushisms

I fully understand those who say you can't win this thing militarily; that's exactly what the United States military says, that you can't win this military.

(1946 – ) 43rd U.S. president
Bushisms

So on behalf of a well-oiled unit of people who came together to serve something greater than themselves, “Congratulations.”

(1946 – ) 43rd U.S. president
Bushisms

I'll be long gone before some smart person ever figures out what happened inside this Oval Office.

(1946 – ) 43rd U.S. president
Government Intelligence President

It was just inebriating what Midland was all about then.

(1946 – ) 43rd U.S. president
Bushisms

The true threat is whether or not one of these people decide, peak of anger, try to hold us hostage, ourselves; the Israelis, for example, to whom we'll defend, offer our defenses; the South Koreans.

(1946 – ) 43rd U.S. president
Bushisms

Never again in the halls of Washington, D.C., do I want to have to make explanations that I can’t explain.

(1946 – ) 43rd U.S. president
Bushisms

A lot of times in the rhetoric, people forget the facts. And the facts are that thousands of small businesses – Hispanically owned or otherwise – pay taxes at the highest marginal rate.

(1946 – ) 43rd U.S. president
Bushisms

Washington is a town where there's all kinds of allegations… And if people have got solid information, please come forward with it. And that would be people inside the information who are the so-called anonymous sources, or people outside the information – outside the administration.

(1946 – ) 43rd U.S. president
Bushisms

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.

(1946 – ) 43rd U.S. president
Bushisms