Author: George W. Bush Page 5

As Luce reminded me, he said, without data, without facts, without information, the discussions about public education mean that a person is just another opinion.

(1946 – ) 43rd U.S. president

In my judgment, when the United States says there will be serious consequences, and if there isn't serious consequences, it creates adverse consequences.

(1946 – ) 43rd U.S. president

This process has been drug out a long time, which says to me it's political.

(1946 – ) 43rd U.S. president

We stand for things.

(1946 – ) 43rd U.S. president

I'm not really the type to wander off and sit down and go through deep wrestling with my soul.

(1946 – ) 43rd U.S. president

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.

(1946 – ) 43rd U.S. president

The government is not the surplus’s money…

(1946 – ) 43rd U.S. president

Phrases such as ‘bring them on’ or ‘dead of alive’ indicated to people that I was… you know… not a man of peace.

(1946 – ) 43rd U.S. president

But the true strength of America is found in the hearts and souls of people like Travis, people who are willing to love their neighbor, just like they would like to love themselves.

(1946 – ) 43rd U.S. president

When I take action, I'm not going to fire a $2 million missile at a $10 empty tent and hit a camel in the butt.

(1946 – ) 43rd U.S. president

We’ve got hundreds of sites to exploit, looking for the chemical and biological weapons…

(1946 – ) 43rd U.S. president

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

(1946 – ) 43rd U.S. president

And one thing we want during this war on terror is for people to feel like their life's moving on, that they're able to make a living and send their kids to college and put more money on the table.

(1946 – ) 43rd U.S. president

First, let me make it very clear, poor people aren't necessarily killers; just because you happen to be not rich doesn't mean you're willing to kill.

(1946 – ) 43rd U.S. president

Oftentimes what I try to say in Washington gets filtered and sometimes my words in Washington don't exactly translate directly to the people.

(1946 – ) 43rd U.S. president

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.

(1946 – ) 43rd U.S. president

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

(1946 – ) 43rd U.S. president

So I analyzed that and decided I didn't want to be the president during a depression greater than the Great Depression, or the beginning of a depression greater than the Great Depression.

(1946 – ) 43rd U.S. president

Listen, I want to thank leaders of the – in the faith – faith – based and community – based community for being here.

(1946 – ) 43rd U.S. president

It's a time of sorrow and sadness when we lose a loss of life.

(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