George W. Bush Quotes About Duty

• Leadership to me means duty, honor, country. It means character, and it means listening from time to time.

  George W. Bush

  Leadership, Country, Character

• Immigrants bring to America the values of faith in God, love of family, hard work and self reliance - the values that made us a great nation to begin with. We've all seen those values in action, through the service and sacrifice of more than 35,000 foreign-born men and women currently on active duty in the United States military.

  George W. Bush

  Military, Hard Work, Humor

• I believe the most solemn duty of the American president is to protect the American people. If America shows uncertainty and weakness in this decade, the world will drift toward tragedy. This will not happen on my watch.

  George W. Bush

  Believe, America, People

  2004 Republican National Convention Address, delivered 2 September 2004, Madison Square Garden, New York

• Looking across this field, we see the scale of heroism and sacrifice. All who are buried here understood their duty. All stood to protect America. And all carried with them memories of a family that they hope to keep safe by their sacrifice.

  George W. Bush

  Memorial Day, Memories, Sacrifice

  "NewsNight" with Rick Sanchez, edition.cnn.com. May 30, 2005.

• Good stewardship of the environment is not just a personal responsibility, it is a public value... Our duty is to use the land well, and sometimes not to use it at all. This is our responsibility as citizens, but more than that, it is our calling as stewards of the earth.

  George W. Bush

  Responsibility, Land, Citizens

  "President Creates World's Largest Marine Reserve" by Ned Potter, abcnews.go.com. June 15, 2006.

• We have a duty to our country to participate in the political process. See, if you believe in freedom, you have a duty to exercise your right to vote to begin with. I'm [here] to encourage people to do their duty, to go to the polls. I want all people, no matter what their political party is or whether they even like a political party, to exercise their obligation to vote.

  George W. Bush

  Country, Party, Believe

• I feel a special kinship for our military. Because, unfortunately, I became a wartime president. And committed our military in the defense of our country to difficult assignments. I tell people all the time, I don't miss much about being president; I do miss looking in the eyes of people who volunteered to serve. And so not only do I feel a kinship, I feel an obligation and a duty to help.

  George W. Bush

  Country, Military, Eye

  Source: www.golfdigest.com

• Americans do not turn away from duties because they are hard.

  George W. Bush

  Duty, Turns, Hard

  "President Discusses the Future of Iraq". President Bush's Address to the American Enterprise Institute at the Washington Hilton Hotel, Washington, D.C., georgewbush-whitehouse.archives.gov. February 26, 2003.

• I have a duty to protect the Executive Branch from legislative encroachment.

  George W. Bush

  Branches, Executive Branch, Encroachment

  President Bush's Press Conference at the James S. Brady Briefing Room, georgewbush-whitehouse.archives.gov. March 13, 2002.

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