George W. Bush Quotes About Challenges

• This is a decent and honorable country - and resilient, too. We've been through a lot together. We've met challenges and faced dangers, and we know that more lie ahead. Yet we can go forward with confidence - because the State of our Union is strong, our cause in the world is right, and tonight that cause goes on. God bless.

  George W. Bush

  Country, Strong, Lying

  Sixth Presidential State of the Union Address, delivered 23 January 2007

• Our two nations both faced great challenges when they were founded, and our two nations have both relied on the same principles to help us succeed. We've built strong democracies to protect the freedoms given to us by an Almighty God. We've welcomed immigrants, who have helped us thrive. We've built prosperous economies by rewarding innovation and risk-taking and trade. And we've built an enduring alliance to confront terrorists and tyrants.

  George W. Bush

  Strong, Two Nations, Israel

  George W. Bush's Remarks with Prime Minister Olmert in Israel, georgewbush-whitehouse.archives.gov. May 14, 2008.

• We need to have mentoring programs energized by government, paid for by government, but who exist not because of government. Teen Challenge is a way to get people off drugs and alcohol. Teen Challenge is a faith-based program that changes people's hearts.

  George W. Bush

  Heart, Humor, Government

• We are a caring nation, and our values should also guide us on how we harness the gifts of science. New medical breakthroughs bring the hope of cures for terrible diseases and treatments that can improve the lives of millions. Our challenge is to make sure that science serves the cause of humanity instead of the other way around.

  George W. Bush

  Caring, Science, Challenges

• So long as I'm the president, we will. I clearly see the challenge. I see the challenge of what these threats pose to our homeland, and I see the challenge of what these threats pose to the world.

  George W. Bush

  Long, Challenges, President

  Source: www.washingtonpost.com

• The challenge in Iraq is to provide a security plan such that a political process can go forward. I'm sure you all are tired of hearing me say 12 million Iraqi voted. But it's an indication about the desire for people to live in a free society. That's what that means. The only way to defeat Al Qaida ideology in the long term is to defeat it through another ideology, a competing ideology, one that - where government responds to the will of the people.

  George W. Bush

  Tired, Mean, Long

  Source: www.washingtonpost.com

• We will build our defenses beyond challenge, lest weakness invite challenge. We will confront weapons of mass destruction, so that a new century is spared new horrors.

  George W. Bush

  Mass Destruction, Challenges, Weakness

  First Inaugural Address, delivered 20 January 2001

• These aren't joyous times when we have war in Iraq. These are challenging times, and they're difficult times, and they're straining the psyche of our country. I understand that.

  George W. Bush

  Country, War, Challenges

  Source: www.washingtonpost.com

• We are seeing some challenges and some changes in American business, American enterprise, but the Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award is a reminder of things that must never change: the passion for excellence, the drive to innovate, the hard work that goes with any successful enterprise.

  George W. Bush

  Hard Work, Passion, Successful

• We'll continue to speak out in a respectful way; never challenging somebody's love for America when you criticize their strategies or their point of view.

  George W. Bush

  Patriotic, Challenges, Trying

  "Bush Argues Democrats Don’t Understand Threat to U.S." by Jim Rutenberg, www.nytimes.com. August 21, 2006.

• I want to remind you right quick what this country has been through, and the challenges this economy had faced over the last three years. First, we went through a recession. That means we were going backwards.

  George W. Bush

  Country, Mean, Years

• In spite of the fact that at times I would challenge parents authority. They provided unconditional love.

  George W. Bush

  Unconditional Love, Parent, Challenges

  Source: www.aarp.org

• We've got to have all those tools. The Patriot Act tearing down those walls between intel and law enforcement are a necessary part of protecting the country. But, in the long term, the only way to defeat this terrorist bunch is through the spread of liberty and freedom. And that's a big challenge. I understand it's a challenge. It requires commitment and patience and persistence.

  George W. Bush

  Country, Wall, Commitment

  Source: www.washingtonpost.com

• One of the things I learned as president is that your life is just not going to unfold the way you want it to. There will be surprises, challenges, and therefore the question is how you deal with the unexpected.

  George W. Bush

  Challenges, President, Want

  Source: www.aarp.org

• We have enough coal to last for 250 years, yet coal also prevents an environmental challenge.

  George W. Bush

  Years, Challenges, Environmental

  George W. Bush Speaks to U.S. Hispanic Chamber of Commerce Conference, georgewbush-whitehouse.archives.gov. April 20, 2005.

• As a matter of fact, it's in our interests that we help reformers across the Middle East achieve their objectives. This is the fundamental challenge of the 21st century.

  George W. Bush

  Challenges, Helping, Achieve

  Source: www.washingtonpost.com

• And one of the challenges, of course, is to convince people that Muslims would like to be free, that there's other people other than people in Britain and America that would like to be free in the world.

  George W. Bush

  Britain And America, People, Challenges

  President Bush, Tony Blair Hold a Joint News Conference, www.washingtonpost.com. July 28, 2006.

• I remember, right after Hezbollah launched its rocket attacks on Israel, I said: This is a clarifying moment; this is a chance for the world to see the threats of the 21st century, the challenge we face.

  George W. Bush

  Challenges, World, Chance

  Source: www.washingtonpost.com

• The nature of the presidency is that sometimes you don't choose which challenges come to your desk. You do decide how to respond.

  George W. Bush

  Challenges, Sometimes, Desks

  George W. Bush (2010). “Decision Points”, p.471, Random House

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