Subject: Bushisms (Page 5)

I would say the best moment of all was when I caught a 7.5 pound largemouth bass in my lake.

(1946 – ) 43rd U.S. president
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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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Nothing he [Saddam Hussein] has done has convinced me – I'm confident the Secretary of Defense – that he is the kind of fellow that is willing to forgo weapons of mass destruction, is willing to be a peaceful neighbor, that is – will honor the people – the Iraqi people of all stripes, will – values human life.

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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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It will take time to restore chaos and order [in Iraq] … order out of chaos… but we will.

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There’s no doubt in my mind that we should allow the world’s worst leaders to hold America hostage, to threaten our peace, to threaten our friends and allies with the world’s worst weapons.

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Mars is essentially in the same orbit… Mars is somewhat the same distance from the Sun, which is very important.

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We're making the right decisions to bring the solution to an end.

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I don’t remember debates. I don’t think we spent a lot of time debating it. Maybe we did, but I don’t remember.

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Listen, I want to thank leaders of the – in the faith – faith – based and community – based community for being here.

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And so, what Gen. Petraeus is saying, some early signs, still dangerous, but give me – give my chance a plan to work.

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There's a huge trust; I see it all the time when people come up to me and say, 'I don't want you to let me down again.’

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I can press when there needs to be pressed; I can hold hands when there needs to be—hold hands.

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First, we would not accept a treaty that would not have been ratified, nor a treaty that I thought made sense for the country.

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Our nation must come together to unite.

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I've been in politics long enough to know that polls just go poof at times.

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The march to war hurt the economy. Laura reminded me a while ago that remember what was on the TV screens –- she calls me, 'George W.' – 'George W.' I call her, 'First Lady.' No, anyway – she said, we said, march to war on our TV screen.

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The vast majority of our imports come from outside the country.

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I want to thank all the Canadians who came out today to wave to me – with all five fingers!

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For every fatal shooting, there were roughly three non-fatal shootings; and, folks, this is unacceptable in America.

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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.

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