George W. Bush Quotes

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George W. Bush

Profession : President

Birth : July 6, 1946

The financial crisis should not become an excuse to raise taxes, which would only undermine the economic growth required to regain our strength.

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No one was more shocked or angry than I was when we didn't find the weapons. I had a sickening feeling every time I thought about it. I still do.

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I can hear you, the rest of the world can hear you and the people who knocked these buildings down will hear all of us soon.

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I have zero desire, just so you know, to be in the limelight. I don't think it's good for the country to have a former president criticize his successor. You're not going to see me giving my opinions in the public arena, until I start selling my book. I'm going to emerge then submerge.

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I know it's going to be the private sector that leads this country out of the current economic times we're in. You can spend your money better than the government can spend your money.

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The legislature's job is to write law. It's the executive branch's job to interpret law.

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After the chaos and carnage of September 11th, it is not enough to serve our enemies with legal papers.

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Senator Kerry has been in Washington long enough to take both sides on just about every issue.

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People make suggestions on what to say all the time. I'll give you an example; I don't read what's handed to me. People say, 'Here, here's your speech, or here's an idea for a speech.' They're changed. Trust me.

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America is a friend to the people of Iraq. Our demands are directed only at the regime that enslaves them and threatens us. When these demands are met, the first and greatest benefit will come to Iraqi men, women and children.

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Some have argued that confronting the threat from Iraq could detract from the war against terror. To the contrary, confronting the threat posed by Iraq is crucial to winning the war on terror.

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Do I think faith will be an important part of being a good president? Yes, I do.

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With those attacks, the terrorists and their supporters declared war on the United States. And war is what they got.

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The United States and our allies are determined: we refuse to live in the shadow of this ultimate danger.

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The United States of America will never be intimidated by thugs and assassins. The killers will fail, and the Iraqi people will live in freedom.

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The momentum of freedom in our world is unmistakable - and it is not carried forward by our power alone. We can trust in that greater power Who guides the unfolding of the years. And in all that is to come, we can know that His purposes are just and true.

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I sent American troops to Iraq to make its people free, not to make them American. Iraqis will write their own history and find their own way.

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The terrorists are fighting freedom with all their cunning and cruelty because freedom is their greatest fear - and they should be afraid, because freedom is on the march.

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The United States prefers that Iraq meet its obligations voluntarily, yet we are prepared for the alternative.

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Every nation in every region now has a decision to make. Either you are with us, or you are with the terrorists.

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