George W. Bush Quotes About Evil

• Thousands of lives were suddenly ended by evil, despicable acts of terror. The pictures of airplanes flying into buildings, fires burning, huge structures collapsing, have filled us with disbelief, terrible sadness and a quiet, unyielding anger.

  George W. Bush

  Airplane, Sadness, Fire Burning

  9/11 Address to the Nation, delivered 11 September, Oval Office, Washington, D.C.

• Tonight, I ask for your prayers for all those who grieve, for the children whose worlds have been shattered, for all whose sense of safety and security has been threatened. And I pray they will be comforted by a power greater than any of us, spoken through the ages in Psalm 23: "Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I fear no evil, for You are with me."

  George W. Bush

  Prayer, Children, Grieving

  9/11 Address to the Nation, delivered 11 September, Oval Office, Washington, D.C.

• Scripture says: "Blessed are those who mourn for they shall be comforted." I call on every American family and the family of America to observe a National Day of Prayer and Remembrance, honoring the memory of the thousands of victims of these brutal attacks and comforting those who lost loved ones. We will persevere through this national tragedy and personal loss. In time, we will find healing and recovery; and, in the face of all this evil, we remain strong and united, "one Nation under God."

  George W. Bush

  Strong, Prayer, Memories

• This is a war between good and evil. And we have made it clear to the world that we will stand strong on the side of good, and we expect other nations to join us. This is not a war between our world and their world. It is a war to save the world.

  George W. Bush

  Peace, Strong, War

  George W. Bush's address to State Department Employees in Washington, D.C., georgewbush-whitehouse.archives.gov. October 4, 2001.

• My administration has a job to do and we're going to do it. We will rid the world of the evil-doers.

  George W. Bush

  Jobs, Evil, World

  "Bush Vows to Rid the World of 'Evil-doers'". edition.cnn.com. September 16, 2001.

• I've made it clear, Madam President, that the war against terrorism is not a war against Muslims, nor is it a war against Arabs. It's a war against evil people who conduct crimes against innocent people.

  George W. Bush

  War, Inspiration, Evil People

  "President Building Worldwide Campaign Against Terrorism". Remarks in a Photo Opportunity, The Oval Office, georgewbush-whitehouse.archives.gov. September 19, 2001.

• We're taking action against evil people. Because this great nation of many religions understands, our war is not against Islam, or against faith practiced by the Muslim people. Our war is a war against evil. This is clearly a case of good versus evil, and make no mistake about it - good will prevail.

  George W. Bush

  War, Mistake, Inspiration

  "Former Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman Gen. Richard Myers reacts to ISIS plan". www.foxnews.com. February 23, 2015.

• All of us here today understand this: We do not fight Islam, we fight against evil.

  George W. Bush

  Inspiration, Fighting, Evil

  Remarks by the President To the Warsaw Conference on Combatting Terrorism, georgewbush-whitehouse.archives.gov. November 6, 2001.

• I have assured His Majesty that our war is against evil, not against Islam. There are thousands of Muslims who proudly call themselves Americans, and they know what I know - that the Muslim faith is based upon peace and love and compassion. The exact opposite of the teachings of the al Qaeda organization, which is based upon evil and hate and destruction.

  George W. Bush

  Hate, War, Teaching

  "America's New War: President Bush Meets in Oval Office with King of Jordan". "CNN Live Event/Special", www.cnn.com. September 28, 2001.

• Americans understand we fight not a religion; ours is not a campaign against the Muslim faith. Ours is a campaign against evil.

  George W. Bush

  Inspiration, Fighting, Muslim Faith

• Evil men, obsessed with ambition and unburdened by conscience, must be taken very seriously - and we must stop them before their crimes can multiply.

  George W. Bush

  War, Taken, Ambition

  "Bush: Islamic Radicalism Doomed to Fail". edition.cnn.com. October 06, 2005.

• This is a world that is much more uncertain than the past. In the past we were certain, we were certain it was us versus the Russians in the past. We were certain, and therefore we had huge nuclear arsenals aimed at each other to keep the peace. That's what we were certain of... You see, even though it's an uncertain world, we're certain of some things. We're certain that even though the "evil empire" may have passed, evil still remains.

  George W. Bush

  Humor, Past, Evil

  "Bush, in his own words" by Jacob Weisberg, www.theguardian.com. November 3, 2000.

• The people who did this act on America, and who may be planning further acts, are evil people. They don't represent an ideology, they don't represent a legitimate political group of people. They're flat evil. That's all they can think about, is evil. And as a nation of good folks, we're going to hunt them down, and we're going to find them, and we will bring them to justice.

  George W. Bush

  War, Thinking, Evil People

• We must show new energy in fighting back an old evil. Nearly two centuries after the abolition of the transatlantic slave trade, and more than a century after slavery was officially ended in its last strongholds, the trade in human beings for any purpose must not be allowed to thrive in our time.

  George W. Bush

  Fighting, Two, Evil

  Third Address to the United Nations General Assembly, delivered 23 September 2003, New York, NY

• States like these [Iran, Iraq, North Korae], and their terrorist allies, constitute an axis of evil, arming to threaten the peace of the world. By seeking weapons of mass destruction, these regimes pose a grave and growing danger. They could provide these arms to terrorists, giving them the means to match their hatred. They could attack our allies or attempt to blackmail the United States. In any of these cases, the price of indifference would be catastrophic.

  George W. Bush

  Mean, Iraq, Mass Destruction

  First (Official) Presidential State of the Union Address, delivered 29 January 2002

• States like (Iraq, Iran, & North Korea), and their terrorist allies, constitute an axis of evil, arming to threaten the peace of the world.

  George W. Bush

  Axes, Iran, Korea

• I think the thing that -- the prayer that I would like America is to ask for is to pray for God's protection for our land and our people, to pray against -- that there's a shield of protection, so that if the evil ones try to hit us again, that we've done everything we can, physically, and that there is a spiritual shield that protects the country.

  George W. Bush

  Spiritual, Country, Prayer

• Americans have always held firm, because we have always believed in certain truths. We know that if evil is not confronted, it gains in strength and audacity and returns to strike us again. We know that when the work is hard, the proper response is not retreat, it is courage. And we know that a great ideal of human freedom entrusted to us in a special way and that the ideal of liberty is worth defending.

  George W. Bush

  Evil, Special, Liberty

  George W. Bush's address to the Nation in Fort Bragg, North Carolina,, georgewbush-whitehouse.archives.gov. June 28, 2005.

• The face of terror is not the true faith of Islam. That's not what Islam is all about. Islam is peace. These terrorists don't represent peace. They represent evil and war.

  George W. Bush

  War, Muslim Faith, Evil

  Address at Islamic Center of Washington, D.C., delivered 17 September 2001, Washington, D.C.

• People say, 'How can I help on this war against terror? How can I fight evil?' You can do so by mentoring a child; by going into a shut-in's house and say I love you.

  George W. Bush

  Children, War, Love You

  "W.'s Greatest Hits" by Jacob Weisberg, www.slate.com. January 12, 2009.

• The best way to fight evil is to do some good. Let me qualify that—the best way to fight evil at home is to do some good. The best way to fight them abroad is to unleash the military.

  George W. Bush

  Military, Home, Fighting

• Evil knows no holiday.

  George W. Bush

  Holiday, Evil, Knows

  "The Bush Files" by Brooke Shelby Biggs, www.motherjones.com. November 30, 2001.

• Our enemies believed America was weak and materialistic, that we would splinter in fear and selfishness. They were as wrong as they are evil.

  George W. Bush

  America, Evil, Enemy

  First (Official) Presidential State of the Union Address, delivered 29 January 2002

• In the face of all this evil, we remain strong and united, 'One Nation Under God.'

  George W. Bush

  Strong, Evil, Faces

• Fighting evil, it's hard work.

  George W. Bush

  Hard Work, Fighting, Evil

  "Next on 'Oprah': Leaders who lie". Interview with Oprah Winfrey, gulfnews.com. February 7, 2006.

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