Subject: Bushisms (Page 5)

Home is important; it's important to have a home.

(1946 – ) 43rd U.S. president
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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.

(1946 – ) 43rd U.S. president
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I fully understand those who say you can't win this thing militarily; that's exactly what the United States military says, that you can't win this military.

(1946 – ) 43rd U.S. president
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This is my maiden voyage… my first speech since I was the president of the United States and I couldn't think of a better place to give it than Calgary, Canada.

(1946 – ) 43rd U.S. president
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Never again in the halls of Washington, D.C., do I want to have to make explanations that I can’t explain.

(1946 – ) 43rd U.S. president
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You teach a child to read and he or her will be able to pass a literacy test.

(1946 – ) 43rd U.S. president
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They [our enemies] never stop thinking about new ways to harm our country and our people, and neither do we.

(1946 – ) 43rd U.S. president
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Anyone engaging in illegal financial transactions will be caught and persecuted.

(1946 – ) 43rd U.S. president
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Sometimes, Washington is one of these towns where the person – people who think they've got the sharp elbow is the most effective person.

(1946 – ) 43rd U.S. president
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We've tripled the amount of money – I believe it's from $50 million up to $195 million available.

(1946 – ) 43rd U.S. president
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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
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The problem with the French is that they don't have a word for entrepreneur.

(1946 – ) 43rd U.S. president
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There's a lot of neighborliness taking place in the state of Virginia and North Carolina and Maryland, where if somebody hurts and somebody's lonely, somebody needs help is finding refuge and solace because a fellow citizen has taken it upon him or herself to help somebody in need.

(1946 – ) 43rd U.S. president
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And one thing we want during this war on terror is for people to feel like their life's moving on, that they're able to make a living and send their kids to college and put more money on the table.

(1946 – ) 43rd U.S. president
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The… these terrorist acts and, you know, the responses have got to end in order for us to get the framework… the groundwork… not framework, the groundwork to discuss a framework for peace, to lay the-all right.

(1946 – ) 43rd U.S. president
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There are jobs Americans aren’t doing… if you’ve got a chicken factory, a chicken-plucking factory, or whatever you call them, you know what I’m talking about.

(1946 – ) 43rd U.S. president
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Investment means you're purchasing something, and somebody has to make that which you purchase and sell that which you purchase. And that's how the economy works.

(1946 – ) 43rd U.S. president
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Haven’t we already given money to rich people? Why are we going to do it again?

(1946 – ) 43rd U.S. president
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And I reminded the President that I am reminded of the great talent of the – of our Philippine-Americans when I eat dinner at the White House.

(1946 – ) 43rd U.S. president
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I'm telling you there's an enemy that would like to attack America, Americans, again; there just is… that's the reality of the world… and I wish him all the very best.

(1946 – ) 43rd U.S. president
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Facing clear evidence of peril, we cannot wait for the final proof, the smoking gun that could come in the form of a mushroom cloud.

(1946 – ) 43rd U.S. president
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