BUSHISMS - Aethlos
"If the Iranians were to have a nuclear weapon they could
proliferate."—
"No question that the enemy has tried to spread sectarian violence.
They use violence as a tool to do that."—
"And so I'm for medical liability
at the federal level."—Discussing his support of medical liability reform,
"After the bombing, most Iraqis saw what the perpetuators of this
attack were trying to do."—(On the bombing of the
Golden Mosque of Samarra in Iraq)
"I think it's really important for this great state of baseball to
reach out to people of all walks of life to make sure that the sport is
inclusive. The best way to do it is to convince little kids how to—the beauty
of playing baseball."—
"And I want those who are questioning it to step up and explain why all
of a sudden a Middle Eastern company is held to a different standard than a
Great British company."—Defending a plan to allow a company from the
"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."—Nashville, Tenn.,
"He was a state sponsor of terror. In other words, the government had
declared, you are a state sponsor of terror."—On Saddam Hussein,
"I'll be glad to talk about ranching, but I haven't seen the movie.
I've heard about it. I hope you go—you know—I hope you go back to the ranch and
the farm is what I'm about to say."—Explaining that he hasn't
yet seen Brokeback Mountain,
Manhattan, Kan.,
"You took an oath to defend our flag and our freedom, and you kept that
oath underseas and under fire."—Addressing war
veterans,
Click "As you can possibly see, I have an injury myself—not here at the
hospital, but in combat with a cedar. I eventually won. The cedar gave me a
little scratch."—After visiting with wounded veterans from the Amputee
Care Center of Brooke Army Medical Center, San Antonio, Texas,
"If you found somebody that had information about an attack on
"I think we are welcomed. But it was not a peaceful
welcome."—Philadelphia,
"I mean, I read the newspaper. I mean, I can tell you what the
headlines are. I must confess, if I think the story is, like, not a fair
appraisal, I'll move on. But I know what the story's about."
—Philadelphia,
"[I]t's a myth to think I don't know what's going
on. It's a myth to think that I'm not aware that there's
opinions that don't agree with mine, because I'm fully aware of
that."—Philadelphia,
"I mean, there was a serious international effort to say to Saddam
Hussein, you're a threat. And the 9/11 attacks extenuated that threat, as far
as I—concerned."—Philadelphia,
"Those who enter the country illegally violate the law."
—
"We got the best workforce in America—in the world."
—Washington, D.C.,
"As a matter of fact, I know relations between our
governments is good."—On U.S.-South Korean relations, Washington,
D.C.,
"Let me be very clear about this. Steroids ought to be banned from
baseball."—Washington, D.C.,
"Bin Laden says his own role is to tell Muslims, quote, 'what is good
for them and what is not.' "—
"I think it's important to bring somebody from outside the system, the
judicial system, somebody that hasn't been on the bench and, therefore, there's not a lot of opinions for people to look at."
—On the nomination of Harriet Miers to the Supreme
Court, Washington, D.C.,
"We look forward to hearing your vision, so we can more better do our
job. That's what I'm telling you."—Gulfport, Miss.,
"Listen, I want to thank leaders of the—in the faith—faith-based and
community-based community for being here."—
"If it were to rain a lot, there is concern from the Army Corps of
Engineers that the levees might break. And so, therefore, we're cautious about
encouraging people to return at this moment of history."—Washington, D.C.,
"My thoughts are, we're going to get somebody
who knows what they're talking about when it comes to rebuilding
cities."—On how the rebuilding of
"And Brownie, you're doing a heck of a job."—To FEMA director Mike
Brown who resigned 10 days later amid criticism over his job
performance.—Mobile, Ala.,
"Out of the rubbles of Trent Lott's house—he's lost his entire
house—there's going to be a fantastic house. And I'm looking forward to sitting
on the porch." —Mobile, Ala.,
"I can't wait to join you in the joy of welcoming neighbors back into
neighborhoods, and small businesses up and running,
and cutting those ribbons that somebody is creating new jobs."—
"So please give cash money to organizations that are directly involved
in helping save lives—save the life who had been
affected by Hurricane Katrina."—
"The best place for the facts to be done is by somebody who's spending
time investigating it."—Expressing hope that the probe into how
"I'm looking forward to a good night's sleep on the soil of a
friend."—On the prospect of visiting
"I was going to say he's a piece of work, but that might not translate
too well. Is that all right, if I call you a 'piece of work'?"—To
Jean-Claude Juncker, prime minister of
"You see, not only did the attacks help accelerate a recession, the
attacks reminded us that we are at war."—
"We're spending money on clean coal technology. Do you realize we've
got 250 million years of coal?"—
"I think younger workers—first of all, younger workers have been
promised benefits the government—promises that have been promised, benefits
that we can't keep. That's just the way it is."—
"We got people working all their life at hard work, contributing by payroll
taxes into a Social Security system."—
"See, in my line of work you got to keep repeating things over and over
and over again for the truth to sink in, to kind of catapult the
propaganda."—Greece, N.Y.,
"It means your own money would grow better than that which the
government can make it grow. And that's important."—on what private
accounts could do for Social Security funds, Falls Church, Va.,
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"But Iraq has—have got people there that are
willing to kill, and they're hard-nosed killers. And we will work with the
Iraqis to secure their future." —Washington, D.C.,
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"Well, we've made the decision to defeat the terrorists abroad so we
don't have to face them here at home. And when you engage the terrorists abroad,
it causes activity and action."—Washington, D.C.,
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"He understands the need for a timely write of the constitution."
—on Prime Minister Iyad Allawi
of Iraq, Washington, D.C.,
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"We expect the states to show us whether or not we're achieving simple
objectives—like literacy, literacy in math, the ability to read and
write."—on federal education requirements, Washington, D.C.,
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"It's in our country's interests to find those who would do harm to us
and get them out of harm's way."—Washington, D.C.,
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"Part of the facts is understanding we have a
problem, and part of the facts is what you're going to do about
it."—Kirtland, Ohio,
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"We have enough coal to last for 250 years, yet coal
also prevents an environmental challenge." —Washington, D.C.,
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"We look forward to analyzing and working with legislation that will
make—it would hope—put a free press's mind at ease that you're not being denied
information you shouldn't see."
—Washington, D.C.,
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"I understand there's a suspicion that we—we're too
security-conscience."—Washington D.C.,
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"I'm going to spend a lot of time on Social Security. I enjoy it. I
enjoy taking on the issue. I guess, it's the Mother in
me." —Washington D.C.,
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"I want to thank you for the importance that you've shown for education
and literacy."
—Washington, D.C.,
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"If they pre-decease or die early, there's an asset base to be able to
pass on to a loved one."—On Social Security money stored in private
accounts, Cedar Rapids, Iowa,
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"I repeat, personal accounts do not
permanently fix the solution."—Washington, D.C.,
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"In terms of timetables, as quickly as possible—whatever that
means."—On the president's time frame for shoring
up Social Security, Washington D.C.,
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"In this job you've got a lot on your plate on a regular basis; you
don't have much time to sit around and wander, lonely, in the Oval Office, kind
of asking different portraits, 'How do you think my standing will be?'
"—Washington, D.C.,
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"I believe we are called to do the hard work to make our communities
and quality of life a better place."—Collinsville, Ill.,
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"After all, Europe is America's closest ally."—Mainz, Germany,
"This notion that the United States is getting ready to attack Iran is
simply ridiculous. And having said that, all options are on
the table."—Brussels, Belgium,
"If you're a younger person, you ought to be asking members of Congress
and the United States Senate and the president what you intend to do about it.
If you see a train wreck coming, you ought to be saying, what are you going to
do about it, Mr. Congressman, or Madam Congressman?"—Detroit,
"Because the—all which is on the table begins to address the big cost
drivers. For example, how benefits are calculate, for example, is on the table;
whether or not benefits rise based upon wage increases or price increases.
There's a series of parts of the formula that are being considered. And when
you couple that, those different cost drivers, affecting those—changing those
with personal accounts, the idea is to get what has been promised more likely
to be—or closer delivered to what has been promised. Does that make any sense
to you? It's kind of muddled. Look, there's a series of things that cause
the—like, for example, benefits are calculated based upon the increase of
wages, as opposed to the increase of prices. Some have suggested that we
calculate—the benefits will rise based upon inflation, as opposed to wage
increases. There is a reform that would help solve the red if that were put
into effect. In other words, how fast benefits grow, how fast the promised
benefits grow, if those—if that growth is affected, it will help on the red."—Explaining
his plan to save Social Security, Tampa, Fla.,
"I'm also mindful that man should never try to put words in God's
mouth. I mean, we should never ascribe natural disasters or anything else, to
God. We are in no way, shape, or form should a human being, play
God."—Appearing on
"And that's why I'm here at the community college system
today."—Jacksonville, Fla.,
"I want to appreciate those of you who wear our nation's uniform for your
sacrifice."—Jacksonville, Fla.,
"We need to apply 21st-century information technology to the
health care field. We need to have our medical records put on the
I.T."—Collinsville, Ill.,
"It's a time of sorrow and sadness when we lose a loss of
life."—Washington, D.C.,
"They can get in line like those who have been here legally and have
been working to become a citizenship in a legal manner."—Referring to
immigrant workers, Washington, D.C.,
"And so during these holiday seasons, we thank our blessings. ...
"—Fort Belvoir, Va.,
"I always jest to people, the Oval Office is the kind of place where
people stand outside, they're getting ready to come in and tell me what for,
and they walk in and get overwhelmed by the atmosphere. And they say 'man,
you're looking pretty.' "—Washington, D.C.,
"I believe that, as quickly as possible, young cows ought to be allowed
to go across our border."—Ottawa,
"The president and I also reaffirmed our determination to fight terror,
to bring drug trafficking to bear, to bring justice to those who pollute our
youth"—Speaking with Chilean President Ricardo
Lagos, Santiago, Chile,
"We thought we were protected forever from trade policy or terrorist
attacks because oceans protected us."—Speech to business leaders at APEC
Summit, Santiago, Chile,
"After standing on the stage, after the debates, I made it very plain,
we will not have an all-volunteer army. And yet, this week—we will have an
all-volunteer army. Let me restate that."—Daytona Beach, Fla.,
"The
"Free societies are hopeful societies. And free societies will be
allies against these hateful few who have no conscience, who kill at the whim
of a hat."—Washington, D.C.,
"That's why I went to the Congress last September and proposed
fundamental—supplemental funding, which is money for armor and body parts and
ammunition and fuel."—Erie, Pa.,
"Too many good docs are getting out of the business. Too many OB/GYN's aren't able to practice their love with women all across the country."—Sept. 6, 2004, Poplar Bluff, Mo.
"They've seen me make decisions, they've seen me under trying times,
they've seen me weep, they've seen me laugh, they've
seen me hug. And they know who I am, and I believe they're comfortable with the
fact that they know I'm not going to shift principles or shift positions based
upon polls and focus groups." —Interview with USA Today,
"I didn't join the International Criminal Court because I don't want to
put our troops in the hands of prosecutors from other nations. Look, if
somebody has done some wrong in our military, we'll take care of it. We got
plenty of capability of dealing with justice."—Niceville, Fla.,
"So community colleges are accessible, they're available, they're
affordable, and their curriculums don't get stuck. In other words, if there's a
need for a certain kind of worker, I presume your curriculums evolved over
time."—Niceville, Fla.,
"Tribal sovereignty means that, it's sovereign. You're a—you've been
given sovereignty, and you're viewed as a sovereign entity. And, therefore, the
relationship between the federal government and tribes is one between sovereign
entities."—Washington, D.C.,
"Secondly, the tactics of our—as you know, we don't have relationships
with Iran. I mean, that's—ever since the late '70s, we have no contacts with
them, and we've totally sanctioned them. In other words, there's
no sanctions—you can't—we're out of sanctions."—Annandale, Va.,
"I mean, if you've ever been a governor of a state, you understand the
vast potential of broadband technology, you understand how hard it is to make
sure that physics, for example, is taught in every classroom in the state. It's
difficult to do. It's, like, cost-prohibitive."—Washington, D.C.,
"Our enemies are innovative and resourceful, and so are we. They never
stop thinking about new ways to harm our country and our people, and neither do
we."—Washington, D.C.,
"And I am an optimistic person. I guess if you want to try to find
something to be pessimistic about, you can find it, no matter how hard you
look, you know?"—Washington, D.C.,
"[A] free Iraq is essential to our respective
securities."—Washington, D.C.,
"I want to thank my friend, Sen. Bill Frist,
for joining us today. … He married a Texas girl, I want you to know. (Laughter.) Karyn is with us. A
West Texas girl, just like me."—Nashville, Tenn.,
"I'm honored to shake the hand of a brave Iraqi citizen who had his
hand cut off by Saddam Hussein."—Washington, D.C.,
"This has been tough weeks in that country."—Washington, D.C.,
"[B]y the way, we rank 10th amongst the industrialized world
in broadband technology and its availability. That's not good enough for America.
Tenth is 10 spots too low as far as I'm
concerned."—Minneapolis, Minn.,
"My job is to, like, think beyond the immediate."—Washington,
D.C.,
"This is historic times."—New York, N.Y.,
"Obviously, I pray every day there's less casualty."—Fort Hood, Texas,
"Recession means that people's incomes, at the employer level, are
going down, basically, relative to costs, people are getting laid off."—Washington,
D.C.,
"God loves you, and I love you. And you can count on both of us as a
powerful message that people who wonder about their future can hear."—Los
Angeles, Calif.,
"The march to war affected the people's confidence. It's hard to make
investment. See, if you're a small business owner or a large business owner and
you're thinking about investing, you've got to be optimistic when you invest.
Except when you're marching to war, it's not a very optimistic thought, is it?
In other words, it's the opposite of optimistic when you're thinking you're
going to war." —Springfield, Mo.,
"See, one of the interesting things in the Oval Office—I love to bring
people into the Oval Office—right around the corner from here—and say, this is
where I office, but I want you to know the office is always bigger than the
person."—
"More Muslims have died at the hands of killers than—I say more
Muslims—a lot of Muslims have died—I don't know the exact count—at
"In an economic recession, I'd rather that in order to get out of this
recession, that the people be spending their money,
not the government trying to figure out how to spend the people's money."—
"King Abdullah of Jordan, the King of Morocco, I mean, there's a series
of places—Qatar, Oman—I mean, places that are developing—Bahrain—they're all
developing the habits of free societies."—
"But the true strength of
"My views are one that speaks to freedom."—
"In my judgment, when the
"There is no such thing necessarily in a dictatorial regime of iron-clad absolutely solid evidence. The evidence I had was the best possible evidence that he had a weapon."
"The recession started upon my arrival. t
could have been—some say February, some say March, some speculate maybe earlier
it started—but nevertheless, it happened as we showed up here. The attacks on
our country affected our economy. Corporate scandals affected the confidence of
people and therefore affected the economy. My decision on
"I was a prisoner too, but for bad reasons."—To Argentine
President Nestor Kirchner, on being told that all but one of the Argentine
delegates to a summit meeting were imprisoned during the military dictatorship,
"[T]he illiteracy level of our children are appalling."—
"Just remember it's the birds that's supposed
to suffer, not the hunter."—Advising quail hunter and New Mexico Sen. Pete
Domenici, Roswell, N.M.,
"One of the most meaningful things that's happened to
me since I've been the governor—the president—governor—president. Oops. Ex-governor. I went to Bethesda Naval Hospital to give a
fellow a Purple Heart, and at the same moment I watched him—get a Purple Heart
for action in Iraq—and at that same—right after I gave him the Purple Heart, he
was sworn in as a citizen of the United States—a Mexican citizen, now a United
States citizen."—
"I want to thank the astronauts who are with us, the courageous spacial entrepreneurs who set such a wonderful example for
the young of our country."—
"And if you're interested in the quality of education and you're paying
attention to what you hear at Laclede, why don't you volunteer? Why don't you
mentor a child how to read?"—
"So thank you for reminding me about the importance of being a good mom
and a great volunteer as well."—
"I want to remind you all that in order to fight and win the war, it
requires an expenditure of money that is commiserate with keeping a promise to
our troops to make sure that they're well-paid, well-trained,
well-equipped."
"See, without the tax relief package, there would have been a deficit, but
there wouldn't have been the commiserate—not
'commiserate'—the kick to our economy that occurred as a result of the tax
relief."
"[T]he best way to find these terrorists who hide in holes is to get people
coming forth to describe the location of the hole, is to give clues and
data."
"Justice was being delivered to a man who defied that gift from the
Almighty to the people of
"[A]s you know, these are open forums, you're able to come and listen
to what I have to say."—
"The ambassador and the general were briefing me on the—the vast
majority of Iraqis want to live in a peaceful, free world. And we will find
these people and we will bring them to justice."—
"[W]hether they be Christian, Jew, or Muslim,
or Hindu, people have heard the universal call to love a neighbor just like
they'd like to be called themselves."—
"See, free nations are peaceful nations. Free nations don't attack each
other. Free nations don't develop weapons of mass destruction."—
"[W]e've had leaks out of the administrative
branch, had leaks out of the legislative branch, and out of the executive
branch and the legislative branch, and I've spoken out consistently against
them, and I want to know who the leakers are."—
"
"[T]hat's just the nature of democracy. Sometimes pure politics enters
into the rhetoric."—
"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."—
"I'm so pleased to be able to say hello to Bill Scranton. He's one of
the great
"We had a good Cabinet meeting, talked about a lot of issues. Secretary
of State and Defense brought us up to date about our desires to spread freedom and
peace around the world."—
"Security is the essential roadblock to achieving the road map to
peace."—
"Our country puts $1 billion a year up to help feed the hungry. And
we're by far the most generous nation in the world when it comes to that, and
I'm proud to report that. This isn't a contest of who's the most generous. I'm
just telling you as an aside. We're generous. We shouldn't be bragging about
it. But we are. We're very generous."—
"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."—
"My answer is bring them on."—On Iraqi
militants attacking
"You've also got to measure in order to begin to effect change that's
just more—when there's more than talk, there's just actual—a
paradigm shift."—
"I urge the leaders in
"
"Now, there are some who would like to rewrite history—revisionist historians is what I like to call them."—
"I am determined to keep the process on the road to peace."—
"The true strength of
"We are making steadfast progress."—
"I'm the master of low expectations."—Aboard Air Force One,
"I'm also not very analytical. You know I don't spend a lot of time
thinking about myself, about why I do things."—Aboard Air Force One,
"I recently met with the finance minister of the Palestinian Authority,
was very impressed by his grasp of finances."—
"Oftentimes, we live in a processed world—you know,
people focus on the process and not results."—
"I've got very good relations with President Mubarak
and Crown Prince Abdallah and the King of Jordan,
"All up and down the different aspects of our society, we had
meaningful discussions. Not only in the Cabinet Room, but prior to this and
after this day, our secretaries, respective secretaries, will continue to
interact to create the conditions necessary for prosperity to reign."—
"First, let me make it very clear, poor people aren't necessarily
killers. Just because you happen to be not rich doesn't mean you're willing to
kill."—
"We ended the rule of one of history's worst tyrants, and in so doing,
we not only freed the American people, we made our own people more
secure."—
"We've had a great weekend here in the Land of the Enchanted."—
"We've got hundreds of sites to exploit, looking for the chemical and
biological weapons that we know Saddam Hussein had prior to our entrance into
"I think war is a dangerous place."—
"I don't bring God into my life to—to, you know, kind of be a political
person."—Interview with Tom Brokaw aboard Air Force One,
"You're free. And freedom is beautiful. And, you know, it'll take time
to restore chaos and order—order out of chaos. But we will."—
"Perhaps one way will be, if we use military force, in the post-Saddam
"I know there's a lot of young ladies who are
growing up wondering whether or not they can be champs. And they see the
championship teams from USC and
"Now, we talked to Joan Hanover. She and her husband, George, were
visiting with us. They are near retirement—retiring—in the process of retiring,
meaning they're very smart, active, capable people who are retirement age and
are retiring."—
"
"And, most importantly, Alma Powell, secretary of Colin Powell, is with
us."—
"The war on terror involves Saddam Hussein because of the nature of
Saddam Hussein, the history of Saddam Hussein, and his willingness to terrorize
himself."—
"When
"Many of the punditry—of course, not you (laughter)—but other punditry
were quick to say, no one is going to follow the
"One year ago today, the time for excuse-making has come to an
end."—
"I think the American people—I hope the American–I don't think, let
me—I hope the American people trust me."—
"The goals for this country are peace in the world. And the goals for
this country are a compassionate American for every single citizen. That
compassion is found in the hearts and souls of the American citizens."—
"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."—
"In other words, I don't think people ought to be compelled to make the
decision which they think is best for their family."—
"Sometimes,
"The law I sign today directs new funds and new focus to the task of
collecting vital intelligence on terrorist threats and on weapons of mass
production."—
"These people don't have tanks. They don't have ships. They hide in
caves. They send suiciders out."—Speaking about
terrorists,
"I know something about being a government. And you've got a good
one."—Stumping for Gov. Mike Huckabee,
"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."—
"John Thune has got a common-sense vision for good forest policy. I look forward to working with him in the United Nations Senate to preserve these national heritages."
"Any time we've got any kind of inkling that somebody is thinking about
doing something to an American and something to our homeland, you've just got to
know we're moving on it, to protect the United Nations Constitution, and at the
same time, we're protecting you."—
"Let me tell you my thoughts about tax relief. When your economy is
kind of ooching along, it's important to let people
have more of their own money."—
"I was proud the other day when both Republicans and Democrats stood
with me in the Rose Garden to announce their support for a clear statement of
purpose: you disarm, or we will."—Speaking about Saddam Hussein,
"You see, the Senate wants to take away some of the powers of the
administrative branch."—
"We need an energy bill that encourages consumption."—
"People say, how can I help on this war
against terror? How can I fight evil? You can do so by mentoring a child; by
going into a shut-in's house and say I love you."—
"I'm plowed of the leadership of Chuck Grassley and Greg Ganske and Jim
Leach."—
"There's an old saying in Tennessee—I know it's in Texas, probably in
Tennessee—that says, fool me once, shame on—shame on you. Fool me—you can't get
fooled again."—
"There's no doubt in my mind that we should allow the world worst
leaders to hold
"If you don't have any ambitions, the minimum-wage job isn't going to
get you to where you want to get, for example. In other words, what is your ambitions? And oh, by the way, if that is your
ambition, here's what it's going to take to achieve it."—Speech to
students in
"See, we love—we love freedom. That's what they didn't understand. They
hate things; we love things. They act out of hatred; we don't seek revenge, we
seek justice out of love."—
"There's no cave deep enough for
"President Musharraf, he's still tight with
us on the war against terror, and that's what I appreciate. He's a—he
understands that we've got to keep al-Qaida on the
run, and that by keeping him on the run, it's more likely we will bring him to
justice."—
"I'm a patient man. And when I say I'm a patient man, I mean I'm a patient man."
"Nothing he [Saddam Hussein] has done has convinced me—I'm confident
the Secretary of Defense—that he is the kind of fellow that is willing to forgo
weapons of mass destruction, is willing to be a peaceful neighbor, that is—will
honor the people—the Iraqi people of all stripes, will—values human life. He
hasn't convinced me, nor has he convinced my administration."—
"I'm thrilled to be here in the bread basket of
"There's no bigger task than protecting the homeland of our country."
"The federal government and the state government must not fear programs
who change lives, but must welcome those faith-based
programs for the embetterment of mankind."—
"I love the idea of a school in which people come to get educated and stay in the state in which they're educated."
"There may be some tough times here in
"I promise you I will listen to what has been said here, even though I wasn't here."
"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."
"Tommy [Thompson, Health and Human Services secretary,] is a good listener, and he's a pretty good actor, too."
"The trial lawyers are very politically powerful. … But here in
—
"There was no malfeance involved. This was an
honest disagreement about accounting procedures. ... There was no malfeance, no attempt to hide anything."—White House
press conference,
"I also understand how tender the free enterprise system can
be."—White House press conference,
"Over 75 percent of white Americans own their home, and less than 50
percent of Hispanos and African Americans don't own
their home. And that's a gap, that's a homeownership gap. And we've got to do
something about it."—
"Whether you're here by birth, or whether you're in
"I'd rather have them sacrificing on behalf of our nation than, you
know, endless hours of testimony on congressional hill."—National Security
Agency,
"We're working with Chancellor Schröder on
what's called 10-plus-10-over-10: $10 billion from the U.S.,$10
billion from other members of the G7 over a 10-year period, to help
"Do you have blacks, too?"—To Brazilian President Fernando Cardoso,
"This is a nation that loves our freedom, loves our country."—
"The public education system in
"After all, a week ago, there were—Yasser
Arafat was boarded up in his building in Ramallah, a
building full of, evidently, German peace protestors and all kinds of people.
They're now out. He's now free to show leadership, to lead the world."—
"This foreign policy stuff is a little frustrating."—as quoted by
the New York Daily News,
"I want to thank the dozens of welfare to work stories, the actual
examples of people who made the firm and solemn commitment to work hard to embetter themselves."—
"And so, in my State of the—my State of the Union—or state—my speech to
the nation, whatever you want to call it, speech to the nation—I asked
Americans to give 4,000 years—4,000 hours over the next—the rest of your
life—of service to America. That's what I asked—4,000 hours." —
"It would be a mistake for the United States Senate to allow any kind
of human cloning to come out of that chamber."—
"For a century and a half now,
"We've tripled the amount of money—I believe it's from $50 million up
to $195 million available."—
"We've got pockets of persistent poverty in our society, which I refuse
to declare defeat—I mean, I refuse to allow them to
continue on. And so one of the things that we're trying to do
is to encourage a faith-based initiative to spread its wings all across
"There's nothing more deep than recognizing
"I understand that the unrest in the
"The suicide bombings have increased. There's too many of them."—
"Brie and cheese."—Taunting a reporter
who recently spent time on the West Coast,
"You'll hear people say it's racist to test. Folks, it's racist not to
test. Because guess who gets shuffled through the system oftentimes? Children
whose parents don't speak English as a first language, inner-city kids. It's so
much easier to quit on somebody than to remediate."—Referring
to his education bill,
"One of the interesting initiatives we've taken in
"There's a lot of people in the
"My administration has been calling upon all the leaders in the—in the
"You saw the president yesterday. I thought he was very
forward-leaning, as they say in diplomatic nuanced circles."—Referring to
his meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin,
''I know what I believe. I will continue to articulate what I believe and
what I believe—I believe what I believe is right."—
"I can't tell you what it's like to be in
"Well, it's an unimaginable honor to be the president during the Fourth
of July of this country. It means what these words say, for starters. The great inalienable rights of our country. We're blessed
with such values in
"I want to thank you for coming to the White House to give me an
opportunity to urge you to work with these five senators and three congressmen,
to work hard to get this trade promotion authority moving. The power that be,
well most of the power that be, sits right here."—
"We spent a lot of time talking about
"I haven't had a chance to talk, but I'm confident we'll get a bill
that I can live with if we don't."—Referring to the McCain-Kennedy
patients' bill of rights,
"Can't living with the bill means it won't become law."—Referring
to the McCain-Kennedy patients' bill of rights,
"
"Anyway, I'm so thankful, and so gracious—I'm
gracious that my brother Jeb is concerned about the
hemisphere as well."—
"It's important for young men and women who look at the
"Our nation must come together to unite."—
"So on behalf of a well-oiled unit of people who came
together to serve something greater than themselves, congratulations."—Remarks
to the
"If a person doesn't have the capacity that
we all want that person to have, I suspect hope is in the far distant future,
if at all."—Remarks to the Hispanic Scholarship Fund Institute,
"Thirdly, the explorationists are willing to
only move equipment during the winter, which means they'll be on ice roads, and
remove the equipment as the ice begins to melt, so that the fragile tundra is
protected."—
"Presidents, whether things are good or bad, get the blame. I
understand that."—
"For every fatal shooting, there were roughly three non-fatal
shootings. And, folks, this is unacceptable in
"There's no question that the minute I got elected, the storm clouds on
the horizon were getting nearly directly overhead."—Washington, D.C.,
"But I also made it clear to [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."—Washington, D.C.,
"Whatever it took to help Taiwan defend theirself."—On how far we'd be willing to go to
defend Taiwan, Good Morning America,
"First, we would not accept a treaty that would not have been ratified,
nor a treaty that I thought made sense for the country."—On the Kyoto accord
in an interview with the Washington Post,
"It's very important for folks to understand that when there's more
trade, there's more commerce."—Quebec City, Canada,
"Neither in French nor in English nor in
Mexican."—Declining to answer reporters' questions at the Summit of
the Americas, Quebec City, Canada,
"We must have the attitude that every child in America—regardless of
where they're raised or how they're born—can learn."—New Britain, Conn.,
"It is time to set aside the old partisan bickering and finger-pointing
and name-calling that comes from freeing parents to
make different choices for their children."—Remarks on "parental
empowerment in education," Washington, D.C.,
I think we're making progress. We understand where the power of this country
lay. It lays in the hearts and souls of Americans. It must lay
in our pocketbooks. It lays in the willingness for people to work hard. But as
importantly, it lays in the fact that we've got citizens from all walks of
life, all political parties, that are willing to say, I want to love my
neighbor. I want to make somebody's life just a little bit
better."—Concord Middle School, Concord, N.C.,
"This administration is doing everything we
can to end the stalemate in an efficient way. We're making the right decisions
to bring the solution to an end."—Washington, D.C.,
"The Senate needs to leave enough money in the proposed budget to not
only reduce all marginal rates, but to eliminate the death tax, so that people
who build up assets are able to transfer them from one generation to the next,
regardless of a person's race."—Washington, D.C.,
"It would be helpful if we opened up ANWR (Arctic National Wildlife
Refuge). I think it's a mistake not to. And I would urge you all to travel up
there and take a look at it, and you can make the determination as to how
beautiful that country is."—Press conference, Washington, D.C.,
"I've coined new words, like,
misunderstanding and Hispanically."—Radio-Television
Correspondents Association dinner, Washington, D.C.,
"And we need a full affront on an energy crisis that is real in
California and looms for other parts of our country if we don't move
quickly."—Press conference, Washington, D.C.,
"I assured the prime minister, my administration will work hard to lay
the foundation of peace in the Middle—to work with our nations in the Middle
East, give peace a chance. Secondly, I told him that our nation will not try to
force peace, that we'll facilitate peace and that we will work with those
responsible for a peace."—Photo opportunity with Ariel Sharon, Washington,
D.C.,
"There are some monuments where the land is so widespread, they just
encompass as much as possible. And the integral part of the—the precious part,
so to speak—I guess all land is precious, but the part that the people
uniformly would not want to spoil, will not be despoiled. But there are parts
of the monument lands where we can explore without affecting the overall
environment."—Media round table, Washington, D.C.
"A lot of times in the rhetoric, people forget the facts. And the facts
are that thousands of small businesses—Hispanically
owned or otherwise—pay taxes at the highest marginal rate."—to the
Hispanic Chamber of Commerce; Washington, D.C.,
"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."—Media roundtable,
Washington, D.C.,
"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."—Tyndall Air Force
Base, Florida,
"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."—Interview with the Washington Post,
"I think there is some methodology in my travels." —Washington, D.C.,
"I'm also honored to be here with the speaker of the House—just happens to be from
the state of Illinois. I'd like to describe the speaker as a trustworthy man.
He's the kind of fellow who says when he gives you his word he means it. Sometimes
that doesn't happen all the time in the political process."—Chicago,
"Ann and I will carry out this equivocal message to the world: Markets
must be open."—Swearing-in ceremony for Secretary of Agriculture Ann Veneman, Washington, D.C.,
"Of all states that understands
local control of schools, Iowa is such a state."—Council Bluffs, Iowa,
"Those of us who spent time in the
agricultural sector and in the heartland, we understand how unfair the death
penalty is."—Omaha, Neb.,
"My pan plays down an unprecedented amount of our national debt."—Budget address to Congress,
"The budget caps were busted, mightily so. And we are reviewing with people
like Judd Gregg from New Hampshire and others some budgetary reform measures
that will reinstate—you know, possibly
reinstate budgetary discipline. But the caps no longer—the
caps, I guess they're there. But they didn't mean much."—Washington, D.C.,
"I have said that the sanction regime is like Swiss cheese—that meant that they weren't very effective."—White House press conference, Washington, D.C.,
"You teach a child to read, and he or her will be able to pass a
literacy test.''—Townsend, Tenn.,
"Home is important. It's important to have a home."—Crawford,
Texas,
"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."—Nalle Elementary School, Washington, D.C.,
"It's good to see so many friends here in the Rose Garden. This is our
first event in this beautiful spot, and it's appropriate we talk about policy
that will affect people's lives in a positive way in such a beautiful,
beautiful part of our national—really, our national park system, my guess is you
would want to call it."—Washington, D.C.,
"We're concerned about AIDS inside our White House—make no mistake
about it."—Washington, D.C.,
"I appreciate that question because I, in the state of Texas, had heard
a lot of discussion about a faith-based initiative eroding the important bridge
between church and state."—Question and answer session with the press,
"I confirmed to the prime minister that we appreciate our friendship."—After meeting with Prime Minister Jean Chrétien of Canada,
"There's no such thing as legacies. At least, there is a legacy, but
I'll never see it."—To Catholic leaders at the White House,
"I am mindful not only of preserving executive powers for myself, but
for predecessors as well."—Washington, D.C.,
"My pro-life position is I believe there's life. It's not necessarily
based in religion. I think there's a life there, therefore the notion of life,
liberty and pursuit of happiness."—Quoted in the San Francisco
Chronicle,
"Then I went for a run with the other dog and just walked. And I
started thinking about a lot of things. I was able to—I can't remember what it
was. Oh, the inaugural speech, started thinking through
that."—Pre-inaugural interview with U.S. News & World Report,
"Redefining the role of the United States from enablers to keep the
peace to enablers to keep the peace from peacekeepers is going to be an
assignment."—Interview with the New York Times,
"The California crunch really is the result of not enough
power-generating plants and then not enough power to power the power of
generating plants."—Interview with the New York Times,
"I'm hopeful. I know there is a lot of ambition in Washington,
obviously. But I hope the ambitious realize that they are more likely to
succeed with success as opposed to failure."—Interview with the Associated
Press,
"If he's—the inference is that somehow he thinks slavery is a—is a
noble institution I would—I would strongly reject that assumption—that John
Ashcroft is a open-minded, inclusive person."—NBC
Nightly News With Tom Brokaw,
"She's just trying to make sure Anthony gets a good
meal—Antonio."—On Laura Bush inviting Justice Antonin
Scalia to dinner at the White House. NBC Nightly
News With Tom Brokaw,
"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 literate
country and a hopefuller country."—Washington,
D.C.,
"I would have to ask the questioner. I haven't had a chance to ask the
questioners the question they've been questioning. On the other hand, I firmly
believe she'll be a fine secretary of labor. And I've got confidence in Linda
Chavez. She is a—she'll bring an interesting perspective to the Labor
Department."—Austin, Texas,
"I do remain confident in Linda. She'll make a fine labor secretary.
From what I've read in the press accounts, she's perfectly
qualified."—Austin, Texas,
"I mean, these good folks are revolutionizing how businesses conduct
their business. And, like them, I am very optimistic about our position in the
world and about its influence on the United States. We're concerned about the
short-term economic news, but long-term I'm optimistic. And so, I hope
investors, you know—secondly, I hope investors hold investments for periods of
time—that I've always found the best investments are those that you salt away
based on economics."—Austin, Texas,
"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, often times, of someone whose life has been turned upside
down hears from."—Austin, Texas,
"She is a member of a labor union at one point."—Announcing his
nomination of Linda Chavez as secretary of labor. Austin, Texas,
"Natural gas is hemispheric. I like to call it hemispheric in nature
because it is a product that we can find in our neighborhoods."—Austin,
Texas,
"I also have picked a secretary for Housing and Human Development. Mel Martinez from the state of Florida."—Austin, Texas,
"Let me put it to you this way, I am not a revengeful person."—
Interview with Time magazine in the
"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."—Washington,
D.C.,
"The great thing about America is everybody should vote."—Austin,
Texas,
"Dick Cheney and I do not want this nation to be in a recession. We
want anybody who can find work to be able to find work."—60 Minutes II,
"I knew it might put him in an awkward position that we had a
discussion before finality has finally happened in this presidential
race."
—Describing a phone call to Sen. John Breaux. Crawford, Texas,
"As far as the legal hassling and wrangling and posturing in Florida, I
would suggest you talk to our team in Florida led by Jim Baker."—Crawford,
Texas,
"The legislature's job is to write law. It's the executive branch's job
to interpret law."—Austin, Texas,
"They misunderestimated
me."—Bentonville, Ark.,
"Think about that. Two hundred and eighty-five new or
expanded programs, $2 trillion more in new spending, and not one new bureaucrat
to file out the forms or answer the phones?"—Minneapolis,
"They want the federal government controlling Social Security like it's
some kind of federal program."—St. Charles, Mo.,
"They said, 'You know, this issue doesn't seem to resignate
with the people.' And I said, you know something?
Whether it resignates or not doesn't matter to me,
because I stand for doing what's the right thing, and what the right thing is
hearing the voices of people who work."—Portland, Ore.,
"Anyway, after we go out and work our hearts out, after you go out and
help us turn out the vote, after we've convinced the good Americans to vote,
and while they're at it, pull that old George W. lever, if I'm the one, when I
put my hand on the Bible, when I put my hand on the Bible, that day when they
swear us in, when I put my hand on the Bible, I will swear to not—to uphold the
laws of the land."—Toledo, Ohio,
"It's your money. You paid for it."—LaCrosse,
Wis.,
"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. "—On the Lewinsky scandal,
Arlington Heights, Ill.,
"It's important for us to explain to our nation that life is important.
It's not only life of babies, but it's life of
children living in, you know, the dark dungeons of the
Internet."—Arlington Heights, Ill.,
"I don't want nations feeling like that they can bully ourselves and our allies. I want to have a ballistic defense
system so that we can make the world more peaceful, and at the same time I want
to reduce our own nuclear capacities to the level commiserate with keeping the
peace."—Des Moines, Iowa,
"Families is where our nation finds hope,
where wings take dream."—LaCrosse, Wis.,
"If I'm the president, we're going to have emergency-room care, we're going to have gag orders."
"Drug therapies are replacing a lot of medicines as we used to know it."
"It's one thing about insurance, that's a Washington term."
"I think we ought to raise the age at which juveniles can have a gun."
"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."
"Quotas are bad for America. It's not the way America is all about."
"If affirmative action means what I just described, what I'm for, then I'm for it."—St. Louis, Mo.,
"Our priorities is our
faith."—Greensboro, N.C.,
"I mean, there needs to be a wholesale effort against racial profiling,
which is illiterate children."—Second presidential debate,
"It's going to require numerous IRA agents."—On Gore's tax plan,
Greensboro, N.C.,
"I think if you know what you believe, it
makes it a lot easier to answer questions. I can't answer your
question."—In response to a question about whether he wished he could take
back any of his answers in the first debate. Reynoldsburg,
Ohio,
"I would have my secretary of treasury be in touch with the financial
centers, not only here but at home."—Boston,
"I know the human being and fish can coexist peacefully."—Saginaw,
Mich.,
"I will have a foreign-handed foreign policy."—Redwood, Calif.,
"One of the common denominators I have found is that expectations rise
above that which is expected."—Los Angeles,
"It is clear our nation is reliant upon big foreign oil. More and more
of our imports come from overseas."—Beaverton, Ore.,
"Well, that's going to be up to the pundits and the people to make up
their mind. I'll tell you what is a president for him, for
example, talking about my record in the state of Texas. I mean, he's
willing to say anything in order to convince people that I haven't had a good
record in Texas."—MSNBC,
"I am a person who recognizes the fallacy of
humans."—Oprah,
"A tax cut is really one of the anecdotes to coming out of an economic
illness."—The Edge With Paula Zahn,
"The woman who knew that I had dyslexia—I never
interviewed her."—Orange, Calif.,
"The best way to relieve families from time is to let them keep some of
their own money."—Westminster, Calif.,
"They have miscalculated me as a leader."—Ibid.
"I don't think we need to be subliminable
about the differences between our views on prescription drugs."—Orlando,
Fla.,
"This is what I'm good at. I like meeting people, my fellow citizens, I
like interfacing with them."—Outside Pittsburgh,
"That's Washington. That's the place where you find people getting
ready to jump out of the foxholes before the first shot is
fired."—Westland, Mich.,
"Listen, Al Gore is a very tough opponent. He is the incumbent. He
represents the incumbency. And a challenger is somebody who generally
comes from the pack and wins, if you're going to win. And that's where
I'm coming from."—
"We'll let our friends be the peacekeepers and the great country called
"We don't believe in planners and deciders making the decisions on
behalf of Americans."—
"I regret that a private comment I made to the vice presidential
candidate made it through the public airways."—
"The point is, this is a way to help inoculate
me about what has come and is coming."--on his anti-Gore ad, in an
interview with the New York Times,
"As governor of
"Well, I think if you say you're going to do something and don't do it, that's trustworthiness."--Ibid.
"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."—
''This campaign not only hears the voices of the entrepreneurs and the farmers and the entrepreneurs, we hear the voices of those struggling to get ahead."—Ibid.
"We cannot let terrorists and rogue nations hold this nation hostile or hold our allies hostile.''—Ibid.
"I have a different vision of leadership. A leadership is someone who
brings people together."—
"I think he needs to stand up and say if he thought the president were wrong on policy and issues, he ought to say
where."—Interview with the Associated Press,
"I want you to know that farmers are not going to be secondary thoughts
to a Bush administration. They will be in the forethought of our
thinking."—Salinas, Calif.,
"And if he continues that, I'm going to tell the nation what I think
about him as a human being and a person."—President George H.W. Bush, on
the Today show,
"You might want to comment on that, Honorable."--To New Jersey's
secretary of state, the Hon. DeForest Soaries Jr., as quoted by Dana Milbank in the Washington
Post,
"This case has had full analyzation and has
been looked at a lot. I understand the emotionality of death penalty
cases."--Seattle Post-Intelligencer,
"States should have the right to enact reasonable laws and restrictions
particularly to end the inhumane practice of ending a life that otherwise could
live."—Cleveland,
"Unfairly but truthfully, our party has been tagged as being against
things. Anti-immigrant, for example. And we're not a
party of anti-immigrants. Quite the opposite. We're a
party that welcomes people."—Cleveland,
"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."—In Wayne,
Mich., as quoted by Katharine Q. Seelye in the New
York Times,
"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." All Things
Considered, NPR,
"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."—On abortion, Hardball, MSNBC;
"There's not going to be enough people in the system to take advantage
of people like me."—On the coming Social Security crisis; Wilton, Conn.;
"I think anybody who doesn't think I'm smart enough to handle the job
is underestimating."—U.S. News & World Report,
Bush: "First of all, Cinco de Mayo is not the independence day. That's dieciséis de Septiembre, and ..."
Matthews: "What's that in English?"
Bush: "Fifteenth of September." (Dieciséis de Septiembre = Sept. 16)
—Hardball, MSNBC,
"Actually, I—this may sound a little West Texan to you, but I like it. When I'm talking about—when I'm talking about myself, and when he's talking about myself, all of us are talking about me."—Ibid.
"This is a world that is much more uncertain than the past. In the past
we were certain, we were certain it was us versus the Russians in the past. We
were certain, and therefore we had huge nuclear arsenals aimed at each other to
keep the peace. That's what we were certain of. ... You see, even though it's
an uncertain world, we're certain of some things. We're certain that even
though the 'evil empire' may have passed, evil still remains. We're certain
there are people that can't stand what America stands for. ... We're certain
there are madmen in this world, and there's terror, and there's missiles and
I'm certain of this, too: I'm certain to maintain the peace, we better have a
military of high morale, and I'm certain that under this administration, morale
in the military is dangerously low."—Albuquerque, N.M., the Washington
Post,
"He has certainly earned a reputation as a fantastic mayor, because the
results speak for themselves. I mean, New York's a safer place for him to
be."—On Rudy Giuliani, The Edge With Paula Zahn,
"The fact that he relies on facts—says things that are not factual—are
going to undermine his campaign."—New York Times,
"I think we agree, the past is over."—On
his meeting with John McCain, Dallas Morning News,
"It's clearly a budget. It's got a lot of numbers in
it."--Reuters,
JIM LEHRER: Florida.
"I hope we get to the bottom of the answer. It's what I'm interested to
know."—On what happened in negotiations between
the Justice Department and Elián González's
Miami relatives, as quoted by the Associated Press,
"Laura and I really don't realize how bright our children
is sometimes until we get an objective analysis."—
"You subscribe politics to it. I subscribe freedom to it."—Responding to a question about whether he and Al Gore were m