George W. Bush Quotes

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George W. Bush

Profession : President

Birth : July 6, 1946

We cannot let terrorists hold this nation hostile or hold our allies hostile.

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I will never relent in defending America - whatever it takes.

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The action we take and the decisions we make in this decade will have consequences far into this century. If America shows weakness and uncertainty, the world will drift toward tragedy. That will not happen on my watch.

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For all who love freedom and peace, the world without Saddam Hussein's regime is a better and safer place.

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I would like to be remembered as a guy who had a set of priorities, and was willing to live by those priorities. In terms of accomplishments, my biggest accomplishment is that I kept the country safe amidst a real danger.

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I believe the most solemn duty of the American president is to protect the American people. If America shows uncertainty and weakness in this decade, the world will drift toward tragedy. This will not happen on my watch.

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If you're sick and tired of the politics of cynicism and polls and principles, come and join this campaign.

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I believe in the transformational power of liberty. I believe that the free Iraq is in this nation's interests. I believe a free Afghanistan is in this nation's interest.

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And the cornerstone of my economic policies, when I first got elected, was cutting taxes on everybody on who paid taxes.

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So, for example, a country was into recession right after I was sworn in, a dot-com bust had taken place. Then the attacks of September the 11th, and then of course the great financial meltdown in the -the fundamental question facing any presidency is how do you deal with the hand you're dealt?

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This young century will be liberty's century.

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Only a liberal senator from Massachusetts would say that a 49 percent increase in funding for education was not enough.

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The course of this conflict is not known, yet its outcome is certain. Freedom and fear, justice and cruelty, have always been at war, and we know that God is not neutral between them.

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America must not ignore the threat gathering against us. 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.

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Any government that supports, protects or harbours terrorists is complicit in the murder of the innocent and equally guilty of terrorist crimes.

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There's no bigger task than protecting the homeland of our country.

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Iraq is no diversion. It is a place where civilization is taking a decisive stand against chaos and terror, we must not waver.

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States should have the right to enact laws... particularly to end the inhumane practice of ending a life that otherwise could live.

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We will stand up for our friends in the world. And one of the most important friends is the State of Israel. My administration will be steadfast in support Israel against terrorism and violence, and in seeking the peace for which all Israelis pray.

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People forget... that we structured it so that the government, or the people, would be repaid with a really good rate of return. And as it turns out, that aspect of TARP, that's what happened.

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