George W. Bush Quotes About Responsibility

• I ask you to uphold the values of America and remember why so many have come here. We're in a fight for our principles, and our first responsibility is to live by them. No one should be singled out for unfair treatment or unkind words because of their ethnic background or religious faith.

  George W. Bush

  Religious, Responsibility, Fighting

  Address to Joint Session of Congress Following 9/11 Attacks, delivered 20 September 2001

• I call my philosophy and approach compassionate conservatism. It is compassionate to actively help our fellow citizens in need. It is conservative to insist on responsibility and results. And with this hopeful approach, we will make a real difference in people's lives.

  George W. Bush

  Philosophy, Real, Responsibility

  Address on Compassionate Conservatism, delivered 30 April 2002, San Jose, California

• We see in Islam a religion that traces its origins back to God's call on Abraham. We share your belief in God's justice, and your insistence on man's moral responsibility. We thank the many Muslim nations who stand with us against terror. Nations that are often victims of terror, themselves.

  George W. Bush

  Inspiration, Responsibility, Men

• As young Americans, you have an important responsibility, which is to become good citizens.

  George W. Bush

  Humor, Responsibility, Political

• In every instance when my administration sees a responsibility to help people, we will look first to faith-based institutions, to charities and to community groups that have shown their ability to save and change lives.

  George W. Bush

  Life Changing, Humor, Responsibility

• I think it's important for those of us in a position of responsibility to be firm in sharing our experiences, to understand that the babies out of wedlock is a very difficult chore for mom and baby alike... I believe we ought to say there is a different alternative than the culture that is proposed by people like Miss Wolf in society... And, you know, hopefully, condoms will work, but it hasn't worked.

  George W. Bush

  Mom, Baby, Believe

• I have made a lot of tactical decisions that historians will look back and say: He shouldn't have done that. He shouldn't have made that decision. And I'll take responsibility for them. I'm human.

  George W. Bush

  Responsibility, Decision, Looks

  Source: www.washingtonpost.com

• Reinvention means you're kind of re-creating somebody. Well, I'm the same person, in terms of values. My priorities - my faith, my family, my friends, the values of personal responsibility and universality of freedom, and "to whom much is given, much is required" - haven't changed [since presidency].

  George W. Bush

  Mean, Responsibility, Creating

  Source: www.aarp.org

• History will look back, and I'm fully prepared to accept any mistakes that history judges to my administration, because the president makes the decisions, the president has to take the responsibility.

  George W. Bush

  Mistake, Responsibility, Judging

  "How can the U.S. remain competitive?". Debate at Washington University, www.cnn.com. October 8, 2004.

• One thing you had to learn [after the presidency] was that you no longer had the sense of responsibility that became ingrained in your system.

  George W. Bush

  Responsibility, Presidency, Sense Of Responsibility

  Source: www.texasmonthly.com

• Golf teaches you honesty. It teaches you discipline. It gives you a strong appreciation of nature. And personal responsibility, something that lacks in our society at times. I mean, it's only your fault, you can't blame anyone else when you shank it. Or pick the wrong club.

  George W. Bush

  Appreciation, Strong, Honesty

  Source: www.golfdigest.com

• I believe that life is valuable, even when it is unwanted, even when it is physically imperfect. I believe our society has a responsibility to defend the vulnerable and the weak. And I believe our nation should set a goal that unborn children should be welcomed in life and protected in law.

  George W. Bush

  Children, Believe, Responsibility

  "Parental Notification Law". Jun 7, 1999.

• No president ever puts American lives at risk without a terrible sense of responsibility. And no American ever hears or reads of a soldier’s death without saying a silent prayer for the dead hero or thinking of the grief of the family and friends. Every young man or woman who dies represents a life with its own dreams and plans, extinguished so suddenly. But all said and done, it is our responsibility to see that (1) we never put our troops in situations where they are subject to unnecessary risk, and (2) we give them all our support at all times.

  George W. Bush

  Dream, Prayer, Grief

  Source: www.counterpunch.org

• There's only one person who hugs the mothers and the widows, the wives and the kids upon the death of their loved one. Others hug but having committed the troops, I've got an additional responsibility to hug and that's me and I know what it's like.

  George W. Bush

  Mother, Kids, Responsibility

  " I do not want more widows, Bush tells TV" by Matthew Engel, www.theguardian.com. December 13, 2002.

• 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.

• Where mistakes have been made, the responsibility rests with me.

  George W. Bush

  Mistake, Responsibility, Made

  George W. Bush's Address to the Nation, georgewbush-whitehouse.archives.gov. January 10, 2007.

• I take personal responsibility for everything I say.

  George W. Bush

  Responsibility, Personal Responsibility

  "Bush defends record on Iraq, intelligence, economy" by Sean Loughlin, www.cnn.com. July 30, 2003.

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