Subject: Bushisms (Page 8)

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

(1946 – ) 43rd U.S. president

Your eminence, you're looking good.

(1946 – ) 43rd U.S. president

And so I’m for medical liability at the federal level.

(1946 – ) 43rd U.S. president

My attitude is, if they're still writing about [number] one, 43 doesn't need to worry about it.

(1946 – ) 43rd U.S. president

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

(1946 – ) 43rd U.S. president

I think the American people – I hope the American – I don't think, let me – I hope the American people trust me.

(1946 – ) 43rd U.S. president

Mr. Vice President, in all due respect, it is – I'm not sure, 80 percent of the people get the death tax; I know this: 100 percent will get it if I'm the president.

(1946 – ) 43rd U.S. president

I'm gonna talk about the ideal world, Chris… I've read – I understand reality; if you're asking me as the president, would I understand reality, I do.

(1946 – ) 43rd U.S. president

I think if you know what you believe, it makes it a lot easier to answer questions; I can't answer your question.

(1946 – ) 43rd U.S. president

I need to be able to move the right people to the right place at the right time to protect you, and I'm not going to accept a lousy bill out of the United Nations Senate.

(1946 – ) 43rd U.S. president

One of the interesting initiatives we’ve taken in Washington, D.C., is we’ve got these vampire-busting devices. A vampire is a – a cell deal you can plug in the wall to charge your cell phone.

(1946 – ) 43rd U.S. president

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

(1946 – ) 43rd U.S. president

I am mindful not only of preserving executive powers for myself, but for predecessors as well.

(1946 – ) 43rd U.S. president

How can you possibly have an international agreement that's effective unless countries like China and India are not full participants?

(1946 – ) 43rd U.S. president

And everybody wants to be loved – not everybody… you never heard anybody say, ‘I want to be despised, I’m running for office.’

(1946 – ) 43rd U.S. president

I think that the vice president is a person reflecting a half-glass-full mentality.

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Just remember it's the birds that's supposed to suffer, not the hunter.

(1946 – ) 43rd U.S. president

I was running against peace, prosperity, and incumbency.

(1946 – ) 43rd U.S. president

My plan reduces the national debt, and fast; so fast, in fact, that economists worry that we're going to run out of debt to retire.

(1946 – ) 43rd U.S. president

One year ago today, the time for excuse making has come to an end.

(1946 – ) 43rd U.S. president

I've not made up our mind about military action.

(1946 – ) 43rd U.S. president