Author: George W. Bush Page 15

My answer is bring them on.

(1946 – ) 43rd U.S. president

I said to her, make sure the rug says ‘optimistic person comes to work.’

(1946 – ) 43rd U.S. president

For NASA, space is still a high priority.

(1946 – ) 43rd U.S. president

We've got a lot of relations with countries in our neighborhood.

(1946 – ) 43rd U.S. president

I can look you in the eye and tell you I feel I've tried to solve the problem diplomatically to the max, and would have committed troops both in Afghanistan and Iraq knowing what I know today.

(1946 – ) 43rd U.S. president

The thing that’s wrong with the French is that they don’t have a word for entrepreneur.

(1946 – ) 43rd U.S. president

Our nation must come together to unite.

(1946 – ) 43rd U.S. president

Reading is the basics for all learning.

(1946 – ) 43rd U.S. president

There’s no bigger task than protecting the homeland of our country.

(1946 – ) 43rd U.S. president

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

I firmly believe that the death tax is good for people from all walks of like all throughout our society.

(1946 – ) 43rd U.S. president

One of my concerns is that the health care not be as good as it can possibly be.

(1946 – ) 43rd U.S. president

And finally, Mayor Al is with us, the Mayor of Monroe… Al Cappuccilli is here. Thank you, Mayor, for being with us. You must be filling the potholes… picking up the garbage; that's the way to go.

(1946 – ) 43rd U.S. president

Haven’t we already given money to rich people? Why are we going to do it again?

(1946 – ) 43rd U.S. president

There's only one person who hugs the mothers and the widows, the wives and the kids upon the death of their loved one; others hug but having committed the troops, I've got an additional responsibility to hug and that's me and I know what it's like.

(1946 – ) 43rd U.S. president

I think that the vice president is a person reflecting a half-glass-full mentality.

(1946 – ) 43rd U.S. president

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

(1946 – ) 43rd U.S. president

The question is, who ought to make that decision? … the Congress or the commanders? … and as you know, my position is clear – I'm a commander guy.

(1946 – ) 43rd U.S. president

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

I am here to make an announcement that this Thursday, ticket counters and airplanes will fly out of Ronald Reagan Airport.

(1946 – ) 43rd U.S. president

My plan reduces the national debt, and fast; so fast, in fact, that economists worry that we're going to run out of debt to retire.

(1946 – ) 43rd U.S. president