George W. Bush Quotes About Weakness

• Our enemies have made the mistake that America's enemies always make. They saw liberty and thought they saw weakness. And now, they see defeat.

  George W. Bush

  Mistake, America, September 11

  The World Will Always Remember 9/11, delivered 11 December 2011

• 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

• We have learned that terrorist attacks are not caused by the use of strength; they are invited by the perception of weakness. And the surest way to avoid attacks on our own people is to engage the enemy where he lives and plans. We are fighting that enemy in Iraq and Afghanistan today so that we do not meet him again on our own streets, in our own cities.

  George W. Bush

  Fighting, Cities, Iraq

  "Bush administration on Iraq 9/11 link". news.bbc.co.uk.

• The economy is growing, productivity is high, trade is up, people are working. It's not as good as we'd like, but -- and to the extent that we find weakness, we'll move.

  George W. Bush

  Moving, People, Weakness

  Bill Moyers Journal, www.pbs.org. July 18, 2008.

• Part of the faith walk is to understand your weaknesses and is to constantly try to embetter yourself and get closer to the Lord.

  George W. Bush

  Trying, Weakness, Lord

  Interview, www.politico.com. May 13, 2008.

• We will build our defenses beyond challenge, lest weakness invite challenge. We will confront weapons of mass destruction, so that a new century is spared new horrors.

  George W. Bush

  Mass Destruction, Challenges, Weakness

  First Inaugural Address, delivered 20 January 2001

• We cannot show weakness in this world today

  George W. Bush

  Weakness, World, This World

  Interview with Matt Lauer, www.today.com. August 30, 2004.

• I was the Commander in Chief with men and women in combat. And the idea of trying to agonize in public or show weakness would have demoralized them.

  George W. Bush

  Men, Ideas, Trying

  Source: www.texasmonthly.com

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