Subject: Bushisms (Page 21)

Actually, I – this may sound a little West Texan to you, but I like it; when I’m talking about – when I’m talking about myself, and when he’s talking about myself, all of us are talking about me.

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There’s an old saying in Tennessee – I know it’s in Texas, probably in Tennessee — that says, fool me once, shame on – shame on you; fool me – you can’t get fooled again.

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As you know, we don't have relationships with Iran. I mean, that's – ever since the late '70s, we have no contacts with them, and we've totally sanctioned them. In other words, there's no sanctions – you can't – we're out of sanctions.

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We had a good Cabinet meeting, talked about a lot of issues; Secretary of State and Defense brought us up to date about our desires to spread freedom and peace around the world.

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My pro-life position is I believe there's life; it's not necessarily based in religion; I think there's a life there, therefore the notion of life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.

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I think we agree, the past is over.

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We stand for things.

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When your economy is kind of ooching along, it's important to let people have more of their own money.

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And I appreciate the fact that you really snatched defeat out of the jaws of those who are trying to defeat us in Iraq.

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

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This process has been drug out a long time, which says to me it's political.

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The people in Louisiana must know that all across our country there's a lot of prayer – prayer for those whose lives have been turned upside down, and I'm one of them.

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There is no such thing necessarily in a dictatorial regime of iron-clad absolutely solid evidence. The evidence I had was the best possible evidence that he had a weapon.

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I'm the commander – see, I don't need to explain – I do not need to explain why I say things; that's the interesting thing about being president.

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The trial lawyers are very politically powerful… but here in Texas we took them on and got some good medical – medical malpractice.

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I knew it might put him in an awkward position that we had a discussion before finality has finally happened in this presidential race.

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One reason I like to highlight reading is, reading is the beginnings of the ability to be a good student. And if you can’t read, it’s going to be hard to realize dreams; it’s going to be hard to go to college.

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It is time to set aside the old partisan bickering and finger-pointing and name-calling that comes from freeing parents to make different choices for their children.

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Iran would be dangerous if they have a nuclear weapon.

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You subscribe to politics to it. I subscribe freedom to it.

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We're going to have the best educated American people in the world.

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