Author: George W. Bush

A lot of times in politics you have people look you in the eye and tell you what's not on their mind.

(1946 – ) 43rd U.S. president
Bushisms

Will the highways of the Internet become more few?

(1946 – ) 43rd U.S. president
Bushisms

It's very interesting when you think about it, the slaves who left here to go to America, because of their steadfast and their religion and their belief in freedom, helped change America.

(1946 – ) 43rd U.S. president
Bushisms

Forms of government matter, in my opinion. It matters how – the nature of the government in which people live.

(1946 – ) 43rd U.S. president
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I understand that the unrest in the Middle East creates unrest throughout the region.

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

(1946 – ) 43rd U.S. president
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I cut the taxes on everybody. I didn't cut them. The Congress cut them. I asked them to cut them.

(1946 – ) 43rd U.S. president
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It's going to require numerous IRA agents.

(1946 – ) 43rd U.S. president
Bushisms

I can assure you that, even though I won’t be sitting through every single moment of the seminars, nor will the vice president, we will look at the summaries.

(1946 – ) 43rd U.S. president
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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
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I like my buddies from west Texas; I liked them when I was young; I liked them then I was middle – age; I liked them before I was president; and I like them during president, and I like them after president.

(1946 – ) 43rd U.S. president
Age Friends People Places President

I'm a patient man; and when I say I'm a patient man, I mean I'm a patient man

(1946 – ) 43rd U.S. president
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The German asparagus are fabulous.

(1946 – ) 43rd U.S. president
Communication Food/Drink Places Speech

Laura and I really don’t realize how bright our children is sometimes until we get an objective analysis.

(1946 – ) 43rd U.S. president
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There's only one person who hugs the mothers and the widows, the wives and the kids upon the death of their loved one; others hug but having committed the troops, I've got an additional responsibility to hug and that's me and I know what it's like.

(1946 – ) 43rd U.S. president
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And there's no doubt in my mind, not one doubt in my mind, that we will fail.

(1946 – ) 43rd U.S. president
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And one of the things we’ve got to make sure that we do is anything.

(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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Natural gas is hemispheric; I like to call it hemispheric in nature because it is a product that we can find in our neighborhoods.

(1946 – ) 43rd U.S. president
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I also understand how tender the free enterprise system can be.

(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
Bushisms