Author: George W. Bush Page 8

And so, what Gen. Petraeus is saying, some early signs, still dangerous, but give me – give my chance a plan to work.

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

This is our first event in this beautiful spot, and it's appropriate we talk about policy that will affect people's lives in a positive way in such a beautiful, beautiful part of our national – really, our national park system, my guess is you would want to call it.

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

I was not pleased that Hamas has refused to announce its desire to destroy Israel.

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

It's very interesting when you think about it, the slaves who left here to go to America, because of their steadfast and their religion and their belief in freedom, helped change America.

(1946 – ) 43rd U.S. president
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See, in my line of work you got to keep repeating things over and over and over again for the truth to sink in, to kind of catapult the propaganda.

(1946 – ) 43rd U.S. president
Communication Language Work

We ended the rule of one of history's worst tyrants, and in so doing, we not only freed the American people, we made our own people more secure.

(1946 – ) 43rd U.S. president
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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
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I've abandoned free market principles to save the free market system.

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

Thirdly the explorationists are willing to only move equipment during the winter, which means they’ll be on ice roads, and remove the equipment as the ice begins to melt, so that the fragile tundra is protected.

(1946 – ) 43rd U.S. president
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Can't living with the bill means it won't become law.

(1946 – ) 43rd U.S. president
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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
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I would say the best moment of all was when I caught a 7.5 pound largemouth bass in my lake.

(1946 – ) 43rd U.S. president
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I've been in politics long enough to know that polls just go poof at times.

(1946 – ) 43rd U.S. president
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I think we need not only to eliminate the tollbooth to the middle class, I think we should knock down the tollbooth.

(1946 – ) 43rd U.S. president
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Many Americans have got debts; we want those Americans to be able to pay off that debts.

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

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
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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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Forms of government matter, in my opinion. It matters how – the nature of the government in which people live.

(1946 – ) 43rd U.S. president
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[The Space Shuttle] Columbia carried in its payroll classroom experiments from some of our students in America.

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

Redefining the role of the United States from enablers to keep the peace to enablers to keep the peace from peacekeepers is going to be an assignment.

(1946 – ) 43rd U.S. president
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We got plenty of money in Washington; what we need is more priority.

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