George W. Bush Quotes

• Leadership to me means duty, honor, country. It means character, and it means listening from time to time.

  George W. Bush

  Topics in Country, Leadership

• The terrorists are fighting freedom with all their cunning and cruelty because freedom is their greatest fear – and they should be afraid, because freedom is on the march.

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  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in Fighting, Freedom, Terrorists

• The United States and our allies are determined: we refuse to live in the shadow of this ultimate danger.

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  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in United States, Determination

• To those of you who received honours, awards and distinctions, I say well done. And to the C students, I say you, too, can be president of the United States.

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  Tags in President, United States

• Use power to help people. For we are given power not to advance our own purposes nor to make a great show in the world, nor a name. There is but one just use of power and it is to serve people.

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  Tags in People, Purposes, Shows

• We cannot let terrorists hold this nation hostile or hold our allies hostile.

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  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in Terrorists

• We can’t allow the world’s worst leaders to blackmail, threaten, hold freedom-loving nations hostage with the world’s worst weapons.

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  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in World, Hostage, Weapons

• You can’t put democracy and freedom back into a box.

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  Topics in Democracy

  Tags in Freedom

• We don’t believe in planners and deciders making the decisions on behalf of Americans.

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  Topics in Decisions

  Tags in American

• You teach a child to read, and he or her will be able to pass a literacy test.

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  Topics in Children

  Tags in Literacy, Test

• With those attacks, the terrorists and their supporters declared war on the United States. And war is what they got.

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  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in Terrorists, Attack

• We will stand up for our friends in the world. And one of the most important friends is the State of Israel. My administration will be steadfast in support Israel against terrorism and violence, and in seeking the peace for which all Israelis pray.

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  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in World, Bush Administration, Terrorism

• 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. It’s going to be decisive.

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  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in Self, Decisive, Action

• You can fool some of the people all the time, and those are the ones you want to concentrate on.

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  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in People, Concentration

• We know that dictators are quick to choose aggression, while free nations strive to resolve differences in peace.

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  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in Dictators, Aggression

• We will make no distinction between the terrorists who committed these acts and those who harbour them.

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  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in Terrorists, Act

• We will build new ships to carry man forward into the universe, to gain a new foothold on the moon and to prepare for new journeys to the worlds beyond our own.

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  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in World, Universe, Journey

• When you turn your heart and your life over to Christ, when you accept Christ as the savior, it changes your heart.

  George W. Bush

  Topics in Life

  Tags in Christ, Heart

• We’ve climbed the mighty mountain. I see the valley below, and it’s a valley of peace.

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  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in Mighty, Mountain

• 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.

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  Tags in Bushisms, News

George W. Bush (146)

Birth:	6th July, 1946
Nationality:	American
Profession:	President

About

George Walker Bush was born in New Haven, Connecticut, USA. He is an American politician who served as the 43rd President of the United States from 2001 to 2009 and 46th Governor of Texas from 1995 to 2000. After graduating from Yale University in 1968 and Harvard Business School in 1975, he worked in oil businesses. He is the second president to have been the son of a former president, the first having been John Quincy Adams. He is currently a public speaker, and has written a memoir, Decision Points. His presidential library was opened in 2013.

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