Subject: Bushisms (Page 16)

Anyone engaging in illegal financial transactions will be caught and persecuted.

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Quotas are bad for America; it's not the way America is all about.

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It’s terrible how those killers at Columbine had their hearts turned dark as a result of being on the Internet.

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We are fully committed to working with both sides to bring the level of terror down to an acceptable level for both.

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I’m confident we can work with Congress to come up with an economic stimulus package that will send a clear signal to the risk takers and capital formators of our country.

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We've tripled the amount of money – I believe it's from $50 million up to $195 million available.

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The best way to relieve families from time is to let them keep some of their own money.

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After all, it is where children from all over America learn to be responsible citizens, and learn to have the skills necessary to take advantage of our fantastic opportunistic society.

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When I was a kid, I remember that they used to put out there in the Old West a “wanted” sign. It said, Wanted: Dead or Alive.

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We are enjoying sluggish times and not enjoying them very much.

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The best way to find these terrorists who hide in holes is to get people coming forth to describe the location of the hole, is to give clues and data.

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I'm coming as the president of a friend, and I'm coming as a sportsman.

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

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I don’t do nuance.

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I'm honored to shake the hand of a brave Iraqi citizen who had his hand cut off by Saddam Hussein.

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

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Thank you, your Holiness… awesome speech.

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We cannot let terrorists and rogue nations hold this nation hostile or hold our allies hostile.

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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.

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So thank you for reminding me about the importance of being a good mom and a great volunteer as well.

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May of the punditry – of course, not you… but other punditry were quick to say, no one is going to follow the United States of America.

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