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"This process has been drug out a long time, which says to me it's
political." --George W. Bush, discussing the controversy surrounding
Attorney General Alberto Gonzalez, Sofia, Bulgaria, June 11, 2007
"These are big achievements for this country, and the people of
Bulgaria ought to be proud of the achievements that they have
achieved." --George W. Bush, Sofia, Bulgaria, June 11, 2007
"There's a lot of blowhards in the political process, you know, a lot
of hot-air artists, people who have got something fancy to say." --
George W. Bush, Washington, D.C., May 17, 2007
"My relationship with this good man is where I've been focused, and
that's where my concentration is. And I don't regret any other aspect
of it. And so I -- we filled a lot of space together." --George W.
Bush, on British Prime Minister Tony Blair, Washington, D.C., May 17,
2007
"What I'm telling you is there's too many junk lawsuits suing too many
doctors." --George W. Bush, Washington, D.C., May 10, 2007
"You helped our nation celebrate its bicentennial in 17 -- 1976." --
George W. Bush, to Queen Elizabeth, Washington, D.C., May 7, 2007
(Watch video clip)
"I'm honored to be here with the eternal general of the United States,
mi amigo Alberto Gonzales." --George W. Bush, Washington, D.C., May 4,
2007 (Watch video clip)
"Information is moving -- you know, nightly news is one way, of
course, but it's also moving through the blogosphere and through the
Internets." --George W. Bush, Washington, D.C., May 2, 2007
"The question is, who ought to make that decision? The Congress or the
commanders? And as you know, my position is clear -- I'm a commander
guy." --George W. Bush, who apparently is no longer "The Decider,"
Washington, D.C., May 2, 2007 (Watch video clip)
"Wisdom and strength, and my family, is what I'd like for you to pray
for." --George W. Bush, Washington, D.C., May 2, 2007
"Either we'll succeed, or we won't succeed. And the definition of
success as I described is sectarian violence down. Success is not no
violence." --George W. Bush, on Iraq, Washington, D.C., May 2, 2007
"And so, what Gen. Petraeus is saying, some early signs, still
dangerous, but give me -- give my chance a plan to work." --George W.
Bush, in an interview with Charlie Rose, April 24, 2007
"There are jobs Americans aren't doing. ... If you've got a chicken
factory, a chicken-plucking factory, or whatever you call them, you
know what I'm talking about." --George W. Bush. Tipp City, Ohio, April
19, 2007
"There are some similarities, of course (between Iraq and Vietnam).
Death is terrible." --George W. Bush, Tipp City, Ohio, April 19, 2007
"I've been in politics long enough to know that polls just go poof at
times." --George W. Bush, Tipp City, Ohio, April 19, 2007
"My job is a job to make decisions. I'm a decision -- if the job
description were, what do you do -- it's decision maker." --George W.
Bush, Tipp City, Ohio, April 19, 2007
"Politics comes and goes, but your principles don't. And everybody
wants to be loved -- not everybody. ... You never heard anybody say,
'I want to be despised, I'm running for office.'" --George W. Bush,
Tipp City, Ohio, April 19, 2007
"I said to her, make sure the rug says 'optimistic person comes to
work.'" --George W. Bush, on his instructions to First Lady Laura Bush
in choosing a rug for the Oval Office, Tipp City, Ohio, April 19, 2007
"One of my concerns is that the health care not be as good as it can
possibly be." --George W. Bush, on military benefits, Tipp City, Ohio,
April 19, 2007
"Forms of government matter, in my opinion. It matters how -- the
nature of the government in which people live." --George W. Bush, Tipp
City, Ohio, April 19, 2007
"My attitude is, if they're still writing about (number) one, 43
doesn't need to worry about it." --George W. Bush, on his legacy, Tipp
City, Ohio, April 19, 2007
"A good marriage is really good after serving together in Washington,
D.C." --George W. Bush, Tipp City, Ohio, April 19, 2007
"The best thing about my family is my wife. She is a great first lady.
I know that sounds not very objective, but that's how I feel. And
she's also patient. Putting up with me requires a lot of patience." --
George W. Bush, Tipp City, Ohio, April 19, 2007
"Iraq is a very important part of securing the homeland, and it's a
very important part of helping change the Middle East into a part of
the world that will not serve as a threat to the civilized world, to
people like -- or to the developed world, to people like -- in the
United States." --George W. Bush, Washington, D.C., April 3, 2007
"Suiciders are willing to kill innocent life in order to send the
projection that this is an impossible mission." --George W. Busy,
Washington, D.C., April 3, 2007
"And my concern, David, is several." --George W. Bush, to NBC's David
Gregory, Washington, D.C., April 3, 2007
"The solution to Iraq -- an Iraq that can govern itself, sustain
itself and defend itself -- is more than a military mission. Precisely
the reason why I sent more troops into Baghdad." --George W. Bush,
Washington, D.C., April 3, 2007
"That's why we are inconveniencing air traffickers, to make sure
nobody is carrying weapons on airplanes." --George W. Bush,
Washington, D.C., April 3, 2007
"They're innocent, they were doing nothing, and they were summarily
plucked out of water." --George W. Bush, on British sailors who were
detained by Iran while on patrol in the Persian Gulf, Camp David,
March 31, 2007
"Some call this civil war; others call it emergency -- I call it pure
evil." --George W. Bush, Washington, D.C., March 28, 2007
"I'm a strong proponent of the restoration of the wetlands, for a lot
of reasons. There's a practical reason, though, when it comes to
hurricanes: The stronger the wetlands, the more likely the damage of
the hurricane." --George W. Bush, New Orleans, March 1, 2007
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"And there is distrust in Washington. I am surprised, frankly, at the
amount of distrust that exists in this town. And I'm sorry it's the
case, and I'll work hard to try to elevate it." --George W. Bush,
interview on National Public Radio, Jan. 29, 2007
"I think that the vice president is a person reflecting a half-glass-
full mentality." --George W. Bush, interview on National Public Radio,
Jan. 29, 2007
"And one thing we want during this war on terror is for people to feel
like their life's moving on, that they're able to make a living and
send their kids to college and put more money on the table." --George
W. Bush, interview on the NewsHour with Jim Lehrer, Jan. 16, 2007
"The best way to defeat the totalitarian of hate is with an ideology
of hope -- an ideology of hate -- excuse me --with an ideology of
hope." --George W. Bush, Fort Benning, Ga., Jan. 11, 2007
"Make no mistake about it, I understand how tough it is, sir. I talk
to families who die." --George W. Bush, Washington, D.C., Dec. 7, 2006
(Watch video clip)
"It's bad in Iraq. Does that help?" --George W. Bush, after being
asked by a reporter whether he's in denial about Iraq, Washington,
D.C., Dec. 7, 2006
"And truth of the matter is, a lot of reports in Washington are never
read by anybody. To show you how important this one is, I read it, and
our guest read it." --George W. Bush, on the Baker-Hamilton Report,
appearing with British Prime Minister Tony Blair, Washington, D.C.,
Dec. 7, 2006
"This business about graceful exit just simply has no realism to it at
all." --George W. Bush, on speculation that U.S. troops could be
withdrawn from Iraq, Amman, Jordan, Nov. 30, 2006
"The only way we can win is to leave before the job is done." --George
W. Bush, Greeley, Colo., Nov. 4, 2006 (Watch video clip)
"Anybody who is in a position to serve this country ought to
understand the consequences of words." --George W. Bush, interview
with Rush Limbaugh, Nov. 1, 2006
"You know, when I campaigned here in 2000, I said, I want to be a war
President. No President wants to be a war President, but I am one." --
George W. Bush, Des Moines, Iowa, Oct. 26, 2006
Maria Bartiromo: "I'm curious, have you ever googled anybody? Do you
use Google?"
President Bush: "Occasionally. One of the things I've used on the
Google is to pull up maps. It's very interesting to see -- I've forgot
the name of the program -- but you get the satellite, and you can --
like, I kinda like to look at the ranch. It remind me of where I wanna
be sometimes." --interview with CNBC's Maria Bartiromo, Oct. 24, 2006
(Watch video clip)
"We're never been stay the course, George." --George W. Bush,
attempting to distance himself from what has been his core strategy in
Iraq for the last three years, interview with ABC's George
Stephanopoulos, Oct. 22, 2006
"This morning my administration released the budget numbers for fiscal
2006. These budget numbers are not just estimates; these are the
actual results for the fiscal year that ended February the 30th." --
George W. Bush, on the fiscal year that ended on Sept. 30, Washington,
D.C., Oct. 11, 2006 (Watch video clip)
"One has a stronger hand when there's more people playing your same
cards." --George W. Bush, on holding six-party talks with North Korea,
Washington, D.C., Oct. 11, 2006
"I will not withdraw, even if Laura and Barney are the only ones
supporting me." --George W. Bush, talking to key Republicans about
Iraq, as quoted by Bob Woodward
"I like to tell people when the final history is written on Iraq, it
will look like just a comma because there is -- my point is, there's a
strong will for democracy." --George W. Bush, interview with CNN's
Wolf Blitzer, Sept. 24, 2006 (Watch video clip)
"You're one of the outstanding leaders in a very important part of the
world. I want to thank you for strategizing our discussions." --George
W. Bush, meeting with the prime minister of Malaysia, New York, N.Y.,
Sept. 18, 2006
"The Patriot Act has increased the flow of information within our
government and it has helped break up terrorist cells in the United
States of America. And the United States Congress was right to renew
the terrorist act -- the Patriot Act." --George W. Bush, Washington,
D.C. , Sept. 7, 2006
"You know, one of the hardest parts of my job is to connect Iraq to
the war on terror." --George W. Bush, interview with CBS News' Katie
Couric, Sept. 6, 2006
"I said I was looking for a book to read, Laura said you ought to try
Camus. I also read three Shakespeares. ... I've got a eck-a-lec-tic
reading list." --George W. Bush, interview with NBC's Brian Williams,
New Orleans, La., Aug. 29, 2006 (Watch video clip)
"And I suspect that what you'll see, Toby, is there will be a
momentum, momentum will be gathered. Houses will begat jobs, jobs will
begat houses." --George W. Bush, talking to reporters along the
hurricane-ravaged Gulf Coast, Gulfport, Miss., Aug. 28, 2006
"I would guess, I would surmise that some of the more spectacular
bombings are done by al Qaeda suiciders." --George W. Bush, on
violence in Iraq, Washington, D.C., Aug. 21, 2006
"The United States of America is engaged in a war against an extremist
group of folks." --George W. Bush, McLean, Va., Aug. 15, 2006
"See, the irony is that what they need to do is get Syria to get
Hezbollah to stop doing this s t, and it's over." --George W. Bush,
chomping on a dinner roll while talking about the Middle East crisis
with British Prime Minister Tony Blair at the G8 summit, St.
Petersburg, Russia, July 17, 2006 (Watch video clip)
"One thing is clear, is relations between America and Russia are good,
and they're important that they be good." --George W. Bush, Strelna,
Russia, July 15, 2006
"I've reminded the prime minister-the American people, Mr. Prime
Minister, over the past months that it was not always a given that the
United States and America would have a close relationship." George W.
Bush, Washington, D.C., June 29, 2006
"We shouldn't fear a world that is more interacted." --George W. Bush,
Washington, D.C., June 27, 2006
"I think -- tide turning -- see, as I remember -- I was raised in the
desert, but tides kind of -- it's easy to see a tide turn -- did I say
those words?" --George W. Bush, asked if the tide was turning in Iraq,
Washington, D.C., June 14, 2006
President Bush: "Peter. Are you going to ask that question with shades
on?"
Peter Wallsten of the Los Angeles Times: "I can take them off."
Bush: "I'm interested in the shade look, seriously."
Wallsten: "All right, I'll keep it, then."
Bush: "For the viewers, there's no sun."
Wallsten: "I guess it depends on your perspective."
Bush: "Touche.
--an exchange with legally blind reporter Peter Wallsten, to whom Bush
later apologized, Washington, D.C., June 14, 2006 (Watch video clip)
"I tell people, let's don't fear the future, let's shape it." --George
W. Bush, Omaha, Neb., June 7, 2006
"Trying to stop suiciders -- which we're doing a pretty good job of on
occasion -- is difficult to do. And what the Iraqis are going to have
to eventually do is convince those who are conducting suiciders who
are not inspired by Al Qaeda, for example, to realize there's a
peaceful tomorrow." --George W. Bush, Washington, D.C., May 24, 2006
"I would say the best moment of all was when I caught a 7.5 pound
largemouth bass in my lake." --George W. Bush, on his best moment in
office, interview with the German newspaper Bild am Sonntag, May 7,
2006
"If people want to get to know me better, they've got to know my
parents and the values my parents instilled in me, and the fact that I
was raised in West Texas, in the middle of the desert, a long way away
from anywhere, hardly. There's a certain set of values you learn in
that experience." --George W. Bush, Washington, D.C., May 5, 2006
"You never know what your history is going to be like until long after
you're gone." --George W. Bush, Washington, D.C., May 5, 2006
"The point now is how do we work together to achieve important goals.
And one such goal is a democracy in Germany." --George W. Bush, D.C.,
May 5, 2006
"That's George Washington, the first president, of course. The
interesting thing about him is that I read three -- three or four
books about him last year. Isn't that interesting?" --George W. Bush,
while showing German newspaper reporter Kai Diekmann the Oval Office,
Washington, D.C., May 5, 2006
"Finally, the desk, where we'll have our picture taken in front of --
is nine other Presidents used it. This was given to us by Queen
Victoria in the 1870s, I think it was. President Roosevelt put the
door in so people would not know he was in a wheelchair. John Kennedy
put his head out the door." --George W. Bush, showing German newspaper
reporter Kai Diekmann the Oval Office, Washington, D.C., May 5, 2006
"That's called, A Charge To Keep, based upon a religious hymn. The
hymn talks about serving God. The president's job is never to promote
a religion." --George W. Bush, showing German newspaper reporter Kai
Diekmann the Oval Office, Washington, D.C., May 5, 2006
"I was not pleased that Hamas has refused to announce its desire to
destroy Israel." --George W. Bush, Washington, D.C., May 4, 2006
"I can look you in the eye and tell you I feel I've tried to solve the
problem diplomatically to the max, and would have committed troops
both in Afghanistan and Iraq knowing what I know today." --George W.
Bush, Irvine, Calif., April 24, 2006
"I aim to be a competitive nation." --George W. Bush, San Jose,
Calif., April 21, 2006
"I'm the decider, and I decide what is best. And what's best is for
Don Rumsfeld to remain as the Secretary of Defense." --George W. Bush,
Washington, D.C. April 18, 2006 (Listen to audio clip; Watch video
clip)
"I strongly believe what we're doing is the right thing. If I didn't
believe it -- I'm going to repeat what I said before -- I'd pull the
troops out, nor if I believed we could win, I would pull the troops
out." --George W. Bush, Charlotte, N.C., April 6, 2006
"No question that the enemy has tried to spread sectarian violence.
They use violence as a tool to do that." --George W. Bush, Washington,
D.C., March 22, 2006
"If the Iranians were to have a nuclear weapon they could
proliferate." --George W. Bush, Washington D.C., March 21, 2006
"After the bombing, most Iraqis saw what the perpetuators of this
attack were trying to do." --George W. Bush, on the bombing of the
Golden Mosque of Samarra in Iraq, March 13, 2006, Washington, D.C.
"And so I'm for medical liability at the federal level." --George W.
Bush, on medical liability reform, Washington, D.C., March 10, 2006
"I believe that a prosperous, democratic Pakistan will be a steadfast
partner for America, a peaceful neighbor for India, and a force for
freedom and moderation in the Arab world." --George W. Bush,
mistakenly identifying Pakistan as an Arab country, Islamabad,
Pakistan, March 3, 2006
"People don't need to worry about security. This deal wouldn't go
forward if we were concerned about the security for the United States
of America." --George W. Bush, on the deal to hand over U.S. port
security to a company operated by the United Arab Emirates,
Washington, D.C., Feb. 23, 2006
"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." --George W. Bush, defending a
plan to allow a company controlled by the United Arab Emirates to
manage ports in the United States, aboard Air Force One, Feb. 21, 2006
"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." --George W. Bush, Washington, D.C.,
Feb. 13, 2006
"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." --
George W. Bush, Nashville, Tenn., Feb. 1, 2006
"He was a state sponsor of terror. In other words, the government had
declared, you are a state sponsor of terror." --George W. Bush, on
Saddam Hussein, Manhattan, Kan., Jan. 23, 2006
"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." --George W. Bush,
after being asked whether he's seen Brokeback Mountain, Manhattan,
Kan., Jan. 23, 2006
"It's a heck of a place to bring your family." --George W. Bush, on
New Orleans, New Orleans, La., Jan. 12, 2006
"You took an oath to defend our flag and our freedom, and you kept
that oath underseas and under fire." --George W. Bush, addressing war
veterans, Washington, D.C., Jan. 10, 2006
"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. As a matter of fact, the Colonel asked if I
needed first aid when she first saw me. I was able to avoid any major
surgical operations here, but thanks for your compassion, Colonel." --
George W. Bush, after visiting with wounded veterans from the Amputee
Care Center of Brooke Army Medical Center, San Antonio, Texas, Jan. 1,
2006
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"This process has been drug out a long time, which says to me it's
political." --George W. Bush, discussing the controversy surrounding
Attorney General Alberto Gonzalez, Sofia, Bulgaria, June 11, 2007
"These are big achievements for this country, and the people of
Bulgaria ought to be proud of the achievements that they have
achieved." --George W. Bush, Sofia, Bulgaria, June 11, 2007
"There's a lot of blowhards in the political process, you know, a lot
of hot-air artists, people who have got something fancy to say." --
George W. Bush, Washington, D.C., May 17, 2007
"My relationship with this good man is where I've been focused, and
that's where my concentration is. And I don't regret any other aspect
of it. And so I -- we filled a lot of space together." --George W.
Bush, on British Prime Minister Tony Blair, Washington, D.C., May 17,
2007
"What I'm telling you is there's too many junk lawsuits suing too many
doctors." --George W. Bush, Washington, D.C., May 10, 2007
"You helped our nation celebrate its bicentennial in 17 -- 1976." --
George W. Bush, to Queen Elizabeth, Washington, D.C., May 7, 2007
(Watch video clip)
"I'm honored to be here with the eternal general of the United States,
mi amigo Alberto Gonzales." --George W. Bush, Washington, D.C., May 4,
2007 (Watch video clip)
"Information is moving -- you know, nightly news is one way, of
course, but it's also moving through the blogosphere and through the
Internets." --George W. Bush, Washington, D.C., May 2, 2007
"The question is, who ought to make that decision? The Congress or the
commanders? And as you know, my position is clear -- I'm a commander
guy." --George W. Bush, who apparently is no longer "The Decider,"
Washington, D.C., May 2, 2007 (Watch video clip)
"Wisdom and strength, and my family, is what I'd like for you to pray
for." --George W. Bush, Washington, D.C., May 2, 2007
"Either we'll succeed, or we won't succeed. And the definition of
success as I described is sectarian violence down. Success is not no
violence." --George W. Bush, on Iraq, Washington, D.C., May 2, 2007
"And so, what Gen. Petraeus is saying, some early signs, still
dangerous, but give me -- give my chance a plan to work." --George W.
Bush, in an interview with Charlie Rose, April 24, 2007
"There are jobs Americans aren't doing. ... If you've got a chicken
factory, a chicken-plucking factory, or whatever you call them, you
know what I'm talking about." --George W. Bush. Tipp City, Ohio, April
19, 2007
"There are some similarities, of course (between Iraq and Vietnam).
Death is terrible." --George W. Bush, Tipp City, Ohio, April 19, 2007
"I've been in politics long enough to know that polls just go poof at
times." --George W. Bush, Tipp City, Ohio, April 19, 2007
"My job is a job to make decisions. I'm a decision -- if the job
description were, what do you do -- it's decision maker." --George W.
Bush, Tipp City, Ohio, April 19, 2007
"Politics comes and goes, but your principles don't. And everybody
wants to be loved -- not everybody. ... You never heard anybody say,
'I want to be despised, I'm running for office.'" --George W. Bush,
Tipp City, Ohio, April 19, 2007
"I said to her, make sure the rug says 'optimistic person comes to
work.'" --George W. Bush, on his instructions to First Lady Laura Bush
in choosing a rug for the Oval Office, Tipp City, Ohio, April 19, 2007
"One of my concerns is that the health care not be as good as it can
possibly be." --George W. Bush, on military benefits, Tipp City, Ohio,
April 19, 2007
"Forms of government matter, in my opinion. It matters how -- the
nature of the government in which people live." --George W. Bush, Tipp
City, Ohio, April 19, 2007
"My attitude is, if they're still writing about (number) one, 43
doesn't need to worry about it." --George W. Bush, on his legacy, Tipp
City, Ohio, April 19, 2007
"A good marriage is really good after serving together in Washington,
D.C." --George W. Bush, Tipp City, Ohio, April 19, 2007
"The best thing about my family is my wife. She is a great first lady.
I know that sounds not very objective, but that's how I feel. And
she's also patient. Putting up with me requires a lot of patience." --
George W. Bush, Tipp City, Ohio, April 19, 2007
"Iraq is a very important part of securing the homeland, and it's a
very important part of helping change the Middle East into a part of
the world that will not serve as a threat to the civilized world, to
people like -- or to the developed world, to people like -- in the
United States." --George W. Bush, Washington, D.C., April 3, 2007
"Suiciders are willing to kill innocent life in order to send the
projection that this is an impossible mission." --George W. Busy,
Washington, D.C., April 3, 2007
"And my concern, David, is several." --George W. Bush, to NBC's David
Gregory, Washington, D.C., April 3, 2007
"The solution to Iraq -- an Iraq that can govern itself, sustain
itself and defend itself -- is more than a military mission. Precisely
the reason why I sent more troops into Baghdad." --George W. Bush,
Washington, D.C., April 3, 2007
"That's why we are inconveniencing air traffickers, to make sure
nobody is carrying weapons on airplanes." --George W. Bush,
Washington, D.C., April 3, 2007
"They're innocent, they were doing nothing, and they were summarily
plucked out of water." --George W. Bush, on British sailors who were
detained by Iran while on patrol in the Persian Gulf, Camp David,
March 31, 2007
"Some call this civil war; others call it emergency -- I call it pure
evil." --George W. Bush, Washington, D.C., March 28, 2007
"I'm a strong proponent of the restoration of the wetlands, for a lot
of reasons. There's a practical reason, though, when it comes to
hurricanes: The stronger the wetlands, the more likely the damage of
the hurricane." --George W. Bush, New Orleans, March 1, 2007
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"And there is distrust in Washington. I am surprised, frankly, at the
amount of distrust that exists in this town. And I'm sorry it's the
case, and I'll work hard to try to elevate it." --George W. Bush,
interview on National Public Radio, Jan. 29, 2007
"I think that the vice president is a person reflecting a half-glass-
full mentality." --George W. Bush, interview on National Public Radio,
Jan. 29, 2007
"And one thing we want during this war on terror is for people to feel
like their life's moving on, that they're able to make a living and
send their kids to college and put more money on the table." --George
W. Bush, interview on the NewsHour with Jim Lehrer, Jan. 16, 2007
"The best way to defeat the totalitarian of hate is with an ideology
of hope -- an ideology of hate -- excuse me --with an ideology of
hope." --George W. Bush, Fort Benning, Ga., Jan. 11, 2007
"Make no mistake about it, I understand how tough it is, sir. I talk
to families who die." --George W. Bush, Washington, D.C., Dec. 7, 2006
(Watch video clip)
"It's bad in Iraq. Does that help?" --George W. Bush, after being
asked by a reporter whether he's in denial about Iraq, Washington,
D.C., Dec. 7, 2006
"And truth of the matter is, a lot of reports in Washington are never
read by anybody. To show you how important this one is, I read it, and
our guest read it." --George W. Bush, on the Baker-Hamilton Report,
appearing with British Prime Minister Tony Blair, Washington, D.C.,
Dec. 7, 2006
"This business about graceful exit just simply has no realism to it at
all." --George W. Bush, on speculation that U.S. troops could be
withdrawn from Iraq, Amman, Jordan, Nov. 30, 2006
"The only way we can win is to leave before the job is done." --George
W. Bush, Greeley, Colo., Nov. 4, 2006 (Watch video clip)
"Anybody who is in a position to serve this country ought to
understand the consequences of words." --George W. Bush, interview
with Rush Limbaugh, Nov. 1, 2006
"You know, when I campaigned here in 2000, I said, I want to be a war
President. No President wants to be a war President, but I am one." --
George W. Bush, Des Moines, Iowa, Oct. 26, 2006
Maria Bartiromo: "I'm curious, have you ever googled anybody? Do you
use Google?"
President Bush: "Occasionally. One of the things I've used on the
Google is to pull up maps. It's very interesting to see -- I've forgot
the name of the program -- but you get the satellite, and you can --
like, I kinda like to look at the ranch. It remind me of where I wanna
be sometimes." --interview with CNBC's Maria Bartiromo, Oct. 24, 2006
(Watch video clip)
"We're never been stay the course, George." --George W. Bush,
attempting to distance himself from what has been his core strategy in
Iraq for the last three years, interview with ABC's George
Stephanopoulos, Oct. 22, 2006
"This morning my administration released the budget numbers for fiscal
2006. These budget numbers are not just estimates; these are the
actual results for the fiscal year that ended February the 30th." --
George W. Bush, on the fiscal year that ended on Sept. 30, Washington,
D.C., Oct. 11, 2006 (Watch video clip)
"One has a stronger hand when there's more people playing your same
cards." --George W. Bush, on holding six-party talks with North Korea,
Washington, D.C., Oct. 11, 2006
"I will not withdraw, even if Laura and Barney are the only ones
supporting me." --George W. Bush, talking to key Republicans about
Iraq, as quoted by Bob Woodward
"I like to tell people when the final history is written on Iraq, it
will look like just a comma because there is -- my point is, there's a
strong will for democracy." --George W. Bush, interview with CNN's
Wolf Blitzer, Sept. 24, 2006 (Watch video clip)
"You're one of the outstanding leaders in a very important part of the
world. I want to thank you for strategizing our discussions." --George
W. Bush, meeting with the prime minister of Malaysia, New York, N.Y.,
Sept. 18, 2006
"The Patriot Act has increased the flow of information within our
government and it has helped break up terrorist cells in the United
States of America. And the United States Congress was right to renew
the terrorist act -- the Patriot Act." --George W. Bush, Washington,
D.C. , Sept. 7, 2006
"You know, one of the hardest parts of my job is to connect Iraq to
the war on terror." --George W. Bush, interview with CBS News' Katie
Couric, Sept. 6, 2006
"I said I was looking for a book to read, Laura said you ought to try
Camus. I also read three Shakespeares. ... I've got a eck-a-lec-tic
reading list." --George W. Bush, interview with NBC's Brian Williams,
New Orleans, La., Aug. 29, 2006 (Watch video clip)
"And I suspect that what you'll see, Toby, is there will be a
momentum, momentum will be gathered. Houses will begat jobs, jobs will
begat houses." --George W. Bush, talking to reporters along the
hurricane-ravaged Gulf Coast, Gulfport, Miss., Aug. 28, 2006
"I would guess, I would surmise that some of the more spectacular
bombings are done by al Qaeda suiciders." --George W. Bush, on
violence in Iraq, Washington, D.C., Aug. 21, 2006
"The United States of America is engaged in a war against an extremist
group of folks." --George W. Bush, McLean, Va., Aug. 15, 2006
"See, the irony is that what they need to do is get Syria to get
Hezbollah to stop doing this s t, and it's over." --George W. Bush,
chomping on a dinner roll while talking about the Middle East crisis
with British Prime Minister Tony Blair at the G8 summit, St.
Petersburg, Russia, July 17, 2006 (Watch video clip)
"One thing is clear, is relations between America and Russia are good,
and they're important that they be good." --George W. Bush, Strelna,
Russia, July 15, 2006
"I've reminded the prime minister-the American people, Mr. Prime
Minister, over the past months that it was not always a given that the
United States and America would have a close relationship." George W.
Bush, Washington, D.C., June 29, 2006
"We shouldn't fear a world that is more interacted." --George W. Bush,
Washington, D.C., June 27, 2006
"I think -- tide turning -- see, as I remember -- I was raised in the
desert, but tides kind of -- it's easy to see a tide turn -- did I say
those words?" --George W. Bush, asked if the tide was turning in Iraq,
Washington, D.C., June 14, 2006
President Bush: "Peter. Are you going to ask that question with shades
on?"
Peter Wallsten of the Los Angeles Times: "I can take them off."
Bush: "I'm interested in the shade look, seriously."
Wallsten: "All right, I'll keep it, then."
Bush: "For the viewers, there's no sun."
Wallsten: "I guess it depends on your perspective."
Bush: "Touche.
--an exchange with legally blind reporter Peter Wallsten, to whom Bush
later apologized, Washington, D.C., June 14, 2006 (Watch video clip)
"I tell people, let's don't fear the future, let's shape it." --George
W. Bush, Omaha, Neb., June 7, 2006
"Trying to stop suiciders -- which we're doing a pretty good job of on
occasion -- is difficult to do. And what the Iraqis are going to have
to eventually do is convince those who are conducting suiciders who
are not inspired by Al Qaeda, for example, to realize there's a
peaceful tomorrow." --George W. Bush, Washington, D.C., May 24, 2006
"I would say the best moment of all was when I caught a 7.5 pound
largemouth bass in my lake." --George W. Bush, on his best moment in
office, interview with the German newspaper Bild am Sonntag, May 7,
2006
"If people want to get to know me better, they've got to know my
parents and the values my parents instilled in me, and the fact that I
was raised in West Texas, in the middle of the desert, a long way away
from anywhere, hardly. There's a certain set of values you learn in
that experience." --George W. Bush, Washington, D.C., May 5, 2006
"You never know what your history is going to be like until long after
you're gone." --George W. Bush, Washington, D.C., May 5, 2006
"The point now is how do we work together to achieve important goals.
And one such goal is a democracy in Germany." --George W. Bush, D.C.,
May 5, 2006
"That's George Washington, the first president, of course. The
interesting thing about him is that I read three -- three or four
books about him last year. Isn't that interesting?" --George W. Bush,
while showing German newspaper reporter Kai Diekmann the Oval Office,
Washington, D.C., May 5, 2006
"Finally, the desk, where we'll have our picture taken in front of --
is nine other Presidents used it. This was given to us by Queen
Victoria in the 1870s, I think it was. President Roosevelt put the
door in so people would not know he was in a wheelchair. John Kennedy
put his head out the door." --George W. Bush, showing German newspaper
reporter Kai Diekmann the Oval Office, Washington, D.C., May 5, 2006
"That's called, A Charge To Keep, based upon a religious hymn. The
hymn talks about serving God. The president's job is never to promote
a religion." --George W. Bush, showing German newspaper reporter Kai
Diekmann the Oval Office, Washington, D.C., May 5, 2006
"I was not pleased that Hamas has refused to announce its desire to
destroy Israel." --George W. Bush, Washington, D.C., May 4, 2006
"I can look you in the eye and tell you I feel I've tried to solve the
problem diplomatically to the max, and would have committed troops
both in Afghanistan and Iraq knowing what I know today." --George W.
Bush, Irvine, Calif., April 24, 2006
"I aim to be a competitive nation." --George W. Bush, San Jose,
Calif., April 21, 2006
"I'm the decider, and I decide what is best. And what's best is for
Don Rumsfeld to remain as the Secretary of Defense." --George W. Bush,
Washington, D.C. April 18, 2006 (Listen to audio clip; Watch video
clip)
"I strongly believe what we're doing is the right thing. If I didn't
believe it -- I'm going to repeat what I said before -- I'd pull the
troops out, nor if I believed we could win, I would pull the troops
out." --George W. Bush, Charlotte, N.C., April 6, 2006
"No question that the enemy has tried to spread sectarian violence.
They use violence as a tool to do that." --George W. Bush, Washington,
D.C., March 22, 2006
"If the Iranians were to have a nuclear weapon they could
proliferate." --George W. Bush, Washington D.C., March 21, 2006
"After the bombing, most Iraqis saw what the perpetuators of this
attack were trying to do." --George W. Bush, on the bombing of the
Golden Mosque of Samarra in Iraq, March 13, 2006, Washington, D.C.
"And so I'm for medical liability at the federal level." --George W.
Bush, on medical liability reform, Washington, D.C., March 10, 2006
"I believe that a prosperous, democratic Pakistan will be a steadfast
partner for America, a peaceful neighbor for India, and a force for
freedom and moderation in the Arab world." --George W. Bush,
mistakenly identifying Pakistan as an Arab country, Islamabad,
Pakistan, March 3, 2006
"People don't need to worry about security. This deal wouldn't go
forward if we were concerned about the security for the United States
of America." --George W. Bush, on the deal to hand over U.S. port
security to a company operated by the United Arab Emirates,
Washington, D.C., Feb. 23, 2006
"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." --George W. Bush, defending a
plan to allow a company controlled by the United Arab Emirates to
manage ports in the United States, aboard Air Force One, Feb. 21, 2006
"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." --George W. Bush, Washington, D.C.,
Feb. 13, 2006
"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." --
George W. Bush, Nashville, Tenn., Feb. 1, 2006
"He was a state sponsor of terror. In other words, the government had
declared, you are a state sponsor of terror." --George W. Bush, on
Saddam Hussein, Manhattan, Kan., Jan. 23, 2006
"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." --George W. Bush,
after being asked whether he's seen Brokeback Mountain, Manhattan,
Kan., Jan. 23, 2006
"It's a heck of a place to bring your family." --George W. Bush, on
New Orleans, New Orleans, La., Jan. 12, 2006
"You took an oath to defend our flag and our freedom, and you kept
that oath underseas and under fire." --George W. Bush, addressing war
veterans, Washington, D.C., Jan. 10, 2006
"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. As a matter of fact, the Colonel asked if I
needed first aid when she first saw me. I was able to avoid any major
surgical operations here, but thanks for your compassion, Colonel." --
George W. Bush, after visiting with wounded veterans from the Amputee
Care Center of Brooke Army Medical Center, San Antonio, Texas, Jan. 1,
2006