George W. Bush Quotes About Politics

• When you turn your heart and your life over to Christ, when you accept Christ as the savior, it changes your heart.

  George W. Bush

  Heart, Humor, Political

  "Liberties" by Maureen Dowd, www.nytimes.com. December 15, 1999.

• If the terriers and bariffs are torn down, this economy will grow.

  George W. Bush

  Politics, Economy, Torn

  George Walker Bush, John W. Dietrich (2005). “The George W. Bush Foreign Policy Reader: Presidential Speeches and Commentary”, p.5, M.E. Sharpe

• A dictatorship would be a heck of a lot easier, there's no question about it. Dealing with Congress is a matter of give and take. The president doesn't get everything he wants, the Congress doesn't get everything they want. But we're finding good common ground.

  George W. Bush

  Giving, President, Would Be

  Remarks Prior to a Meeting With Virginia Gubernatorial Candidate Mark Earley and an Exchange With Reporters, www.presidency.ucsb.edu. July 26, 2001.

• I don't make any apologies for what I do on the campaign trail.

  George W. Bush

  Apology, Political, Politics

• Life in America shows that liberty, paired with law, is not to be feared.

  George W. Bush

  Law, America, Liberty

  George Walker Bush, John W. Dietrich (2005). “The George W. Bush Foreign Policy Reader: Presidential Speeches and Commentary”, p.225, M.E. Sharpe

• I inherited half my father's friends and all his enemies

  George W. Bush

  Father, Enemy, Half

• Free market capitalism is far more than economic theory. It is the engine of social mobility-the highway to the American Dream.

  George W. Bush

  Dream, Mobility, Politics

• It's exciting; I don't know whether I'm going to win or not. I think I am. I do know I'm ready for the job. And, if not, that's just the way it goes.

  George W. Bush

  Jobs, Humor, Winning

• If there is a leak out of my administration, I want to know who it is. If the person has violated law, the person will be taken care of.

  George W. Bush

  Taken, Law, Care

  "Bush aide accused of CIA leak" by Julian Borger, www.theguardian.com. October 1, 2003.

• I wouldn't join the International Criminal Court. This is a body based in The Hague where unaccountable judges, prosecutors, could pull our troops, our diplomats up for trial. And I wouldn't join. And I understand that in certain capitals of, around the world that that wasn't a popular move. But it's the right move not to join a foreign court that could, where our people could be prosecuted.

  George W. Bush

  Moving, People, Judging

  "Robert Fisk on the Presidential Debate, Iraq, Palestine and the International Criminal Court". www.democracynow.org. October 01, 2004.

• People make suggestions on what to say all the time. I'll give you an example; I don't read what's handed to me. People say ''Here, here's your speech, or here's an idea for a speech.'' They're changed. Trust me.

  George W. Bush

  Ideas, Giving, People

  "THE 2000 CAMPAIGN; Excerpts From Interview With Bush on Campaign Issues and Election Strategy". The New York Times Interview, www.nytimes.com. March 16, 2000.

• Verbosity leads to unclear, inarticulate things.

  George W. Bush

  Inspirational, Funny, Political

  Attributed to George W. Bush in Associated Press interview in Los Angeles Times, October 30, 1988.

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