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43rd U.S. President

George W. Bush served as the 43rd President of the United States, born on July 6, 1946. His presidency was marked by significant events such as the September 11 attacks and the Iraq War. Bush's political career and governance philosophy have been widely discussed and debated.

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Famous George W. Bush Quotes

“I suspect that had my dad not been president, he'd be asking the same questions: How'd your meeting go with so-and-so? . How did you feel when you stood up in front of the people for the State of the Union Address-state of the budget address, whatever you call it.”

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“I think there is some methodology in my travels.”

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“But the true threats to stability and peace are these nations that are not very transparent, that hide behind the-that don't let people in to take a look and see what they're up to. They're very kind of authoritarian regimes. The true threat is whether or not one of these people decide, peak of anger, try to hold us hostage, ourselves; the Israelis, for example, to whom we'll defend, offer our defenses; the South Koreans.”

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“I do think we need for a troop to be able to house his family. That's an important part of building morale in the military.”

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“Those of us who spent time in the agricultural sector and in the heartland, we understand how unfair the death penalty is.”

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“Of all states that understands local control of schools, Iowa is such a state.”

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“My pan plays down an unprecedented amount of our national debt.”

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“Home is important. Its important to have a home.”

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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. So when your teachers say, read - you ought to listen to her.”

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“Unfairly but truthfully, our party has been tagged as being against things. Anti-immigrant, for example. And were not a party of anti-immigrants. Quite the opposite. Were a party that welcomes people.”

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“I was raised in the West. The west of Texas. It's pretty close to California. In more ways than Washington, D.C., is close to California.”

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“I dont want to win? If that were the case why the heck am I on the bus 16 hours a day, shaking thousands of hands, giving hundreds of speeches, getting pillared in the press and cartoons and still staying on message to win?”

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“I thought how proud I am to be standing up beside my dad. Never did it occur to me that he would become the gist for cartoonists.”

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“I do not agree with this notion that somehow if I go to try to attract votes and to lead people toward a better tomorrow somehow I get subscribed to some-some doctrine gets subscribed to me.”

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“I think we need not only to eliminate the tollbooth to the middle class, I think we should knock down the tollbooth.”

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“The administration Ill bring is a group of men and women who are focused on whats best for America, honest men and women, decent men and women, women who will see service to our country as a great privilege and who will not stain the house.”

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“We must all hear the universal call to like your neighbor just like you like to be liked yourself.”

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“If the East Timorians decide to revolt, Im sure Ill have a statement.”

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“Keep good relations with the Grecians.”

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“The person who runs FEMA is someone who must have the trust of the president because the person who runs FEMA is the first voice oftentimes of someone whose life has been turned upside down here's from.”

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“I think anybody who doesn't think I'm smart enough to handle the job is underestimating.”

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“It is not Reaganesque to support a tax plan that is Clinton in nature.”

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“There needs to be debates, like we're going through. There needs to be townhall meetings. There needs to be travel. This is a huge country.”

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“The fundamental question is, 'Will I be a successful president when it comes to foreign policy?' I will be, but until I'm the president, it's going to be hard for me to verify that I think I'll be more effective.”

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“That's a chapter - the last chapter - of the 20th ... 20th ... the 21st century that most of us would rather forget. The last chapter of the 20th century. This is the first chapter of the 21st century.”

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“A tax cut is really one of the anecdotes to coming out of an economic illness.”

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“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.”

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“Quotas are bad for America. It's not the way America is all about.”

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“The only things that I can tell you is that every case I have reviewed I have been comfortable with the innocence or guilt of the person that I've looked at. I do not believe we've put a guilty ... I mean innocent person to death in the state of Texas.”

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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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“I am committed to the First Amendment principles of religious freedom, tolerance, and diversity. Whether Mormon, Methodist, Jewish, or Muslim, Americans should be able to participate in their constitutional free exercise of religion. I do not think witchcraft is a religion, and I do not think it is in any way appropriate for the U.S. military to promote it.”

“There's no question that the minute I got elected, the storm clouds on the horizon were getting nearly directly overhead.”

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“But I also made it clear to him [Vladimir Putin] that it's important to think beyond the old days of when we had the concept that if we blew each other up, the world would be safe.”

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“We're concerned about AIDS inside our White House, make no mistake about it.”

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“I have said that the sanction regime is like Swiss cheese - that meant that they weren't very effective.”

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“There's no such thing as legacies. At least, there is a legacy, but I'll never see it.”

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“I want it to be said that the Bush administration was a results-oriented administration, because I believe the results of focusing our attention and energy on teaching children to read and having an education system that's responsive to the child and to the parents, as opposed to mired in a system that refuses to change, will make America what we want it to be - a more literate country and a hopefuller country.”

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“Americans to bow our heads in humility before our Heavenly Father, a God who calls us not to judge our neighbors, but to love them, to ask His guidance upon our nation and its leaders in every level of government.”

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“I don't think that witchcraft is a religion. I wish the military would rethink this decision.”

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“There ought to be limits to freedom.”

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“Drug therapies are replacing a lot of medicine as we used to know it.”

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“We ought to make the pie higher.”

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“One of the common denominators I have found is that expectations rise above that which is expected.”

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“I am mindful of the difference between the executive branch and the legislative branch. I assured all four of these leaders that I know the difference, and that difference is they pass the laws and I execute them.”

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“It's exciting; I don't know whether I'm going to win or not. I think I am. I do know I'm ready for the job. And, if not, that's just the way it goes.”

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About the Author

Born: July 6, 1946
Known for: 43rd U.S. President
Quotes: 1655

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Public paper of the presidents of the United StatesRelated source material

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