George W. Bush Quotes

• Only a liberal senator from Massachusetts would say that a 49 percent increase in funding for education was not enough.

  George W. Bush

  Topics in Education

  Tags in Senator

• One of my proudest moments is I didn’t sell my soul for the sake of popularity.

  George W. Bush

  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in Popularity, Proudest

• On September 11 2001, America felt its vulnerability even to threats that gather on the other side of the Earth. We resolved then, and we are resolved today, to confront every threat from any source that could bring sudden terror and suffering to America.

  George W. Bush

  Topics in America

  Tags in Vulnerability, Earth

• Now, there are some who would like to rewrite history – revisionist historians is what I like to call them.

  George W. Bush

  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in Revisionist, Historians

• No one was more shocked or angry than I was when we didn’t find the weapons. I had a sickening feeling every time I thought about it. I still do.

  George W. Bush

  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in Self, Sickening, Feeling

• Natural gas is hemispheric. I like to call it hemispheric in nature because it is a product that we can find in our neighborhoods.

  George W. Bush

  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in Natural, Gas, Hemispheric

• Look, when you’re the president, there’s all kinds of things said about us. I mean, it’s just the nature of the job.

  George W. Bush

  Topics in Nature

  Tags in President

• 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

• It’s going to be the year of the sharp elbow and the quick tongue.

  George W. Bush

  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in Self

• It’s clearly a budget. It’s got a lot of numbers in it.

  George W. Bush

  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in Budget

• It is clear our nation is reliant upon big foreign oil. More and more of our imports come from overseas.

  George W. Bush

  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in Nation, Import

• Iraq is no diversion. It is a place where civilization is taking a decisive stand against chaos and terror, we must not waver.

  George W. Bush

  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in Iraq, Civilization

• If you’re sick and tired of the politics of cynicism and polls and principles, come and join this campaign.

  George W. Bush

  Topics in Politics

  Tags in Cynicism

• I’m hopeful. I know there is a lot of ambition in Washington, obviously. But I hope the ambitious realize that they are more likely to succeed with success as opposed to failure.

  George W. Bush

  Topics in Ambition

  Tags in Self, Washington

• I would like to be remembered as a guy who had a set of priorities, and was willing to live by those priorities. In terms of accomplishments, my biggest accomplishment is that I kept the country safe amidst a real danger.

  George W. Bush

  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in Self, Priorities, Accomplishment

• I will never relent in defending America – whatever it takes.

  George W. Bush

  Topics in America

• I want to thank you for taking time out of your day to come and witness my hanging.

  George W. Bush

  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in Self, Thankful

• I understand everybody in this country doesn’t agree with the decisions I’ve made. And I made some tough decisions. But people know where I stand.

  George W. Bush

  Topics in Country, Decisions

  Tags in Tough

• I told you I’m not going to criticize my successor. I’ll just tell you that there are people at Gitmo that will kill American people at a drop of a hat and I don’t believe that persuasion isn’t going to work. Therapy isn’t going to cause terrorists to change their mind.

  George W. Bush

  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in Self, Criticize, Successor

• I think you can judge from somebody’s actions a kind of a stability and sense of purpose perhaps created by strong religious roots. I mean, there’s a certain patience, a certain discipline, I think, that religion helps you achieve.

  George W. Bush

  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in President, Stability, Judgement

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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