Author: George W. Bush Page 18

I'm a patient man; and when I say I'm a patient man, I mean I'm a patient man

(1946 – ) 43rd U.S. president
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We'll be a great country where the fabrics are made up of groups and loving centers.

(1946 – ) 43rd U.S. president
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And we're by far the most generous nation in the world when it comes to that, and I'm proud to report that. This isn't a contest of who's the most generous. I'm just telling you as an aside. We're generous. We shouldn't be bragging about it. But we are. We're very generous.

(1946 – ) 43rd U.S. president
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We hold dear what our Declaration of Independence says, that all have got uninalienable rights, endowed by a Creator.

(1946 – ) 43rd U.S. president
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Removing Saddam Hussein was the right decision early in my presidency, it is the right decision now, and it will be the right decision ever.

(1946 – ) 43rd U.S. president
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It’s important for young men and women who look at the Nebraska champs to understand that quality of life is more than just blocking shots.

(1946 – ) 43rd U.S. president
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It’s terrible how those killers at Columbine had their hearts turned dark as a result of being on the Internet.

(1946 – ) 43rd U.S. president
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How can you possibly have an international agreement that's effective unless countries like China and India are not full participants?

(1946 – ) 43rd U.S. president
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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.

(1946 – ) 43rd U.S. president
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… the person who runs FEMA is the first voice, often times, of someone whose life has been turned upside down hears from.

(1946 – ) 43rd U.S. president
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They didn't think we were a nation that could conceivably sacrifice for something greater than our self; that we were soft, that we were so self-absorbed and so materialistic that we wouldn't defend anything we believed in… my, were they wrong; they just were reading the wrong magazine or watching the wrong Springer show.

(1946 – ) 43rd U.S. president
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To paraphrase President Kennedy, there's America, and then there's Texas. We have great relations with France. We work closely with the French government on a lot of issues.

(1946 – ) 43rd U.S. president
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I couldn't imagine somebody like Osama bin Laden understanding the joy of Hanukkah.

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

There's a lot of blowhards in the political process, you know, a lot of hot-air artists, people who have got something fancy to say.

(1946 – ) 43rd U.S. president
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I glance at the headlines just to kind of get a flavor for what's moving. I rarely read the stories, and get briefed by people who are probably read the news themselves.

(1946 – ) 43rd U.S. president
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The solution to Iraq — an Iraq that can govern itself, sustain itself and defend itself – is more than a military mission… precisely the reason why I sent more troops into Baghdad.

(1946 – ) 43rd U.S. president
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And Brownie, you’re doing a heck of a job.

(1946 – ) 43rd U.S. president
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And I, unfortunately, have been to too many disasters as president.

(1946 – ) 43rd U.S. president
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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.

(1946 – ) 43rd U.S. president
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What I'm suggesting to you is, if you can't name the foreign minister of Mexico, therefore, you know, you're not capable of what you do.

(1946 – ) 43rd U.S. president
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My trip to Asia begins here in Japan for an important reason; it begins here because for a century and a half now, America and Japan have formed one of the great and enduring alliances of modern times.

(1946 – ) 43rd U.S. president
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