Post date: Jan 30, 2010 6:47:35 AM
I'm the master of low expectations.”
George W. Bush, aboard Air Force One, June 2003
“Do you have blacks, too?”
George W. Bush, to Brazilian President Fernando Cardoso, November 2001
“I know what I believe. I will continue to articulate what I believe and what I believe - I believe what I believe is right.”
George W. Bush
“If the terriers and bariffs are torn down, this economy will grow.”
George W. Bush
“A dictatorship would be a heck of a lot easier, there's no question about it.”
George W. Bush
“Anyway, I'm so thankful, and so gracious - I'm gracious that my brother Jeb is concerned about the hemisphere as well.”
George W. Bush
“Families is where our nation finds hope, where wings take dream.”
George W. Bush
“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.”
George W. Bush
“For every fatal shooting, there were roughly three non-fatal shootings. And, folks, this is unacceptable in America. It's just unacceptable. And we're going to do something about it.”
George W. Bush
“Home is important. It's important to have a home.”
George W. Bush
“I am a person who recognizes the fallacy of humans.”
George W. Bush, on Oprah Winfrey Show, September 2000
“I firmly believe the death tax is good for people from all walks of life all throughout our society.”
George W. Bush
“I have opinions of my own, strong opinions, but I don't always agree with them.”
George W. Bush
“I know the human being and fish can coexist peacefully.”
George W. Bush
“I know how hard it is to put food on your family.”
George W. Bush
“I promise you I will listen to what has been said here, even though I wasn't here.”
George W. Bush, speaking at President's Economic Forum, Waco, Texas, August 2002
“I recently met with the finance minister of the Palestinian Authority, was very impressed by his grasp of finances.”
George W. Bush, Washington, May 2003
“I think anybody who doesn't think I'm smart enough to handle the job is underestimating.”
George W. Bush
“I think war is a dangerous place.”
George W. Bush
“I understand small business growth. I was one.”
George W. Bush
“I wish I wasn't the war president. Who in the heck wants to be a war president? I don't.”
George W. Bush
“I'm not a very good novelist. But it'd make a pretty interesting novel.”
George W. Bush, Austin, Texas, December 2000
“If this were a dictatorship, it would be a heck of a lot easier - so long as I'm the dictator.”
George W. Bush
“I'm also not very analytical. You know I don't spend a lot of time thinking about myself, about why I do things.”
George W. Bush, aboard Air Force One, June 2003
“I'm the commander - see, I don't need to explain - I do not need to explain why I say things. That's the interesting thing about being President.”
George W. Bush, as quoted in Bob Woodward's Bush at War