Author: George W. Bush

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

That's why we are inconveniencing air traffickers, to make sure nobody is carrying weapons on airplanes.

(1946 – ) 43rd U.S. president

A good marriage is really good after serving together in Washington, D.C.

(1946 – ) 43rd U.S. president

There are some similarities, of course [between Iraq and Vietnam] – death is terrible.

(1946 – ) 43rd U.S. president

It is white.

(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

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

(1946 – ) 43rd U.S. president

He married, like me, above his head.

(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

I'm oftentimes asked, “What difference does it make to America if people are dying of malaria in a place like Ghana?” … it means a lot… it means a lot morally, it means a lot from a – it's in our national interest.

(1946 – ) 43rd U.S. president

John Thune has got a common-sense vision for good forest policy, I look forward to working with him in the United Nations Senate to preserve these national heritages.

(1946 – ) 43rd U.S. president

A leadership is someone who brings people together.

(1946 – ) 43rd U.S. president

The true threat is whether or not one of these people decide, peak of anger, try to hold us hostage, ourselves; the Israelis, for example, to whom we'll defend, offer our defenses; the South Koreans.

(1946 – ) 43rd U.S. president

We're concerned about AIDS inside our White House – make no mistake about it.

(1946 – ) 43rd U.S. president

I was running against peace, prosperity, and incumbency.

(1946 – ) 43rd U.S. president

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

I don’t bring God into my life to… to… you know, kind of be a political person.

(1946 – ) 43rd U.S. president

We’ve had a great weekend here in the Land of the Enchanted.

(1946 – ) 43rd U.S. president

I will have a foreign-handed foreign policy.

(1946 – ) 43rd U.S. president

I appreciate that question because I, in the state of Texas, had heard a lot of discussion about a faith-based initiative eroding the important bridge between church and state.

(1946 – ) 43rd U.S. president

These people don't have tanks… they don't have ships… they hide in caves… they send suiciders out.

(1946 – ) 43rd U.S. president