George W. Bush Quotes About Aids

• Civil society people - these are the people - civil society groups are the people who need to monitor the aid to ensure that the aid is directed to what it is supposed to. And in order for them to do so, they need to have the space, they need to have the freedom, and they need to have the right to demonstrate, and to petition their government. They can't do that in Ethiopia; they can't do that in Eritrea; and so this is why I was cautioning that we may be repeating some of our old mistakes.

  George W. Bush

  Mistake, People, Aids

• Uganda's budget is 40 percent aid-dependent. Ghana's budget is 50 percent aid-dependent. Even if you cancel the debt, you don't eliminate that aid dependency. This is what I mean by getting to the fundamental root causes of the problem. Government, the state sectors in many African countries need to be slashed so that, you know, you put a greater deal of reliance on the private sector. The private sector is the engine of growth. Africa's economy needs to grow but they're not growing.

  George W. Bush

  Country, Mean, Growth

• Africa needs help, no question about that but I'd rather prefer that the money is channeled. That's what I call smart aid; it's channeled through African civil society groups. These are the groups which can be held more accountable. These are the groups which will sort of monitor how the aid money is spent.

  George W. Bush

  Smart, Helping, Aids

• And we will pursue nations that provide aid or safe haven to terrorism. Every nation in every region now has a decision to make: Either you are with us or you are with the terrorists. From this day forward, any nation that continues to harbor or support terrorism will be regarded by the United States as a hostile regime.

  George W. Bush

  Safe Haven, Support, Decision

  Address to Joint Session of Congress Following 9/11 Attacks, delivered 20 September 2001

• The will of the United States can be shaken by suiciders and suiciders who are willing to drive up to a Red Cross center, a center of international help and aid and comfort, and just kill. [...] The strategy remains the same. The tactics to respond to more suiciders driving cars will alter on the ground.

  George W. Bush

  Car, Comfort, United States

  "In Bush’s Words: ’We Have the Right Strategy’ on Iraq". News conference in Washington, www.nytimes.com. October 28, 2003.

• We're concerned about AIDS inside our White House, make no mistake about it.

  George W. Bush

  Mistake, Humor, White

  George W. Bush's Remarks at Tax Family Reunion, georgewbush-whitehouse.archives.gov. February 7, 2001.

• My message is, is that although some of you didn't agree with the actions we took, now let's work together to rebuild Iraq, rebuild Afghanistan, fight AIDS and hunger, deal with slavery, like sex slavery, and deal with proliferation. Let's work together on big issues.

  George W. Bush

  Sex, Fighting, Issues

  "An Exclusive Interview With President Bush". Interview with Brit Hume, www.foxnews.com. September 23, 2003.

• If you are young child and you've lost mother and dad to AIDS and rich nations sit on the sidelines not caring, you will become a frustrated person and a hopeless person.

  George W. Bush

  Mother, Children, Dad

  Source: www.texasmonthly.com

• If you take all the food aid, America is by far the most generous country. If you take the direct aid, we're very generous. But when you add on our private contributions - see, our tax system encourages private citizens to donate to organisations that, for example, help the folks in Africa. And when you take the combined effort of US taxpayers' money plus US citizens' donations, we're very generous. And we'll do more.

  George W. Bush

  Country, Effort, Helping

  Source: www.theguardian.com

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