George W. Bush Quotes About Reality

• If you're asking me as the President, would I understand reality, I do.

  George W. Bush

  Reality, President, Asking

  "The Complete Bushisms" by Jacob Weisberg, www.slate.com. March 20, 2009.

• You can't have a democracy with an armed political party willing to bomb its neighbor without the consent of its government or, you know, just deciding, "Well, let's create enough chaos and discord by lobbing rockets. And so the reality is in order for Lebanon to succeed and we want Lebanon's democracy to succeed the process is going to the Lebanese government's eventually going to have to deal with Hezbollah.

  George W. Bush

  Party, Reality, Political

  Source: www.washingtonpost.com

• I'm telling you there's an enemy that would like to attack America, Americans, again. There just is. That's the reality of the world. And I wish him all the very best.

  George W. Bush

  Reality, America, Enemy

  Final Presidential Press Conference, Delivered 12 January 2009, James S. Brady Briefing Room, White House West Wing, Washington, D.C.

• We're getting rid of the D [in PTSD]. PTS is an injury; it's not a disorder. The problem is when you call it a disorder, [veterans] don't think they can be treated. An employer says, 'I don't want to hire somebody with a disorder.

  George W. Bush

  Work, Health, Reality

• Some who call themselves realists question whether the spread of democracy in the Middle East should be any concern of ours. But the realists in this case have lost contact with a fundamental reality: America has always been less secure when freedom is in retreat; America is always more secure when freedom is on the march.

  George W. Bush

  Reality, America, Democracy

  Remarks by the President at the United States Air Force Academy Graduation Ceremony, georgewbush-whitehouse.archives.gov. June 2, 2004.

• The main thrust of the Social Security reform was to get the benefit structure in line with the realities of the Trust Funds.

  George W. Bush

  Reality, Reform, Benefits

  Source: www.aarp.org

• There's just something about this job as president every president faces, you know, that you think one thing going in and then the pressures of the job or the realities of the world, you know, are different than you thought.

  George W. Bush

  Jobs, Thinking, Reality

  "George W. Bush On Immigration Overhaul Efforts, Anti-AIDS Efforts". "Morning Edition" with David Greene, www.npr.org. April 13, 2017.

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