George W. Bush Quotes - Page 53

• I have something else to ask you-to ask every American. I ask for you to pray for this great nation. I ask your prayers for leaders from both parties. I thank you for your prayers for me and my family, and I ask you to pray for Vice President Gore and his family.

  George W. Bush

  Prayer, Party, Abortion

  2000 Victory Speech, delivered 13 December 2000

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• Here in the United States our Muslim citizens are making many contributions in business, science and law, medicine and education, and in other fields...[they are]upholding our nation's ideals of liberty and justice in a world at peace.

  George W. Bush

  Law, Medicine, Justice

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• Over the past month, Muslims have fasted, taking no food or water during daylight hours, in order to refocus their minds on faith and redirect their hearts to charity. Muslims worldwide have stretched out a hand of mercy to those in need. Charity tables at which the poor can break their fast line the streets of cities and towns. And gifts of food and clothing and money are distributed to ensure that all share in God's abundance. Muslims often invite members of other families to their evening iftar meals, demonstrating a spirit of tolerance.

  George W. Bush

  Inspiration, Heart, Past

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• My fellow Americans: Major combat operations in Iraq have ended. In the battle of Iraq, the United States and our allies have prevailed.

  George W. Bush

  War, Iraq, Missions

  "Bush makes historic speech aboard warship". edition.cnn.com. May 2, 2003.

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• We also know that Iraq is harboring a terrorist network headed by a senior al Qaeda terrorist planner. This network runs a poison and explosive training camp in northeast Iraq, and many of its leaders are known to be in Baghdad.

  George W. Bush

  Senior, Running, War

  "Bush: 'All the world can rise to this moment'". www.cnn.com. February 6, 2003.

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• The Iraqi regime . . . possesses and produces chemical and biological weapons. It is seeking nuclear weapons. We know that the regime has produced thousands of tons of chemical agents, including mustard gas, sarin nerve gas, VX nerve gas.

  George W. Bush

  War, Iraq, Mass Destruction

  Address to the Nation on the Threat of Iraq, delivered 7 October 2002, Cincinnati Union Terminal, Cincinnati, Ohio

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• I don't think our troops ought to be used for what's called nation building.

  George W. Bush

  War, Thinking, Troops

  Presidential Debate in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, October 11, 2000.

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• Adoption was such a positive alternative to abortion, a way to save one life and brighten two more: those of the adoptive parents.

  George W. Bush

  Two, Abortion, Parent

  George W. Bush (2010). “Decision Points”, p.113, Random House

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• That road to V-E Day was hard and long, and traveled by weary and valiant men. And history will always record where that road began. It began here, with the first footprints on the beaches of Normandy.

  George W. Bush

  Beach, Sacrifice, Men

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• Americans spend 6 billion hours a year filling out their tax reforms.

  George W. Bush

  Funny, Money, Years

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• We are bound by ideals that teach us what it means to be citizens. Every child must be taught these ideals. Every citizen must uphold them.... I ask you to be citizens. Citizens, not spectators. Citizens, not subjects. Responsible citizens building communities of service and a nation of character.

  George W. Bush

  Children, Character, Mean

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• 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.

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• 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.

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• I'm the decider, and I decide what is best.

  George W. Bush

  Funny Bush, Bushism

  "President Bush Announces Appointment of New Budget Director". www.washingtonpost.com. April 18, 2006.

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• I don't feel like I've got all that much too important to say on the kind of big national issues.

  George W. Bush

  Issues, Important, Kind

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• I didn't -- I swear I didn't -- get into politics to feather my nest or feather my friends' nests.

  George W. Bush

  Nests, Swear, Feathers

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• It's not the governor’s role to decide who goes to heaven. That’s God’s role.

  George W. Bush

  Believe, Heaven, Roles

  "Left Field". www.texasobserver.org. January 22, 1999.

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• It's very important for folks to understand that when there's more trade, there's more commerce.

  George W. Bush

  Humor, Political, Important

  Remarks at The Hilton Hotel, Quebec City, Quebec, Canada, georgewbush-whitehouse.archives.gov. April 21, 2001.

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• As Governor of Texas, I have set high standards for our public schools, and I have met those standards.

  George W. Bush

  School, Humor, Texas

  "Governor George W. Bush gives first online news interview". www.cnn.com. August 30, 2000.

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• After all, religion has been around a lot longer than Darwinism.

  George W. Bush

  Humor, Political, Has Beens

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• 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.

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• 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.

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• The world is more peaceful and more free under my leadership.

  George W. Bush

  Peaceful, World

  George W. Bush's Press Conference, georgewbush-whitehouse.archives.gov. October 28, 2003.

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• The will of the United States can be shaken by suiciders and suiciders who are willing to drive up to a Red Cross center, a center of international help and aid and comfort, and just kill. [...] The strategy remains the same. The tactics to respond to more suiciders driving cars will alter on the ground.

  George W. Bush

  Car, Comfort, United States

  "In Bush’s Words: ’We Have the Right Strategy’ on Iraq". News conference in Washington, www.nytimes.com. October 28, 2003.

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• There's a lot of things that there's misconceptions. Evidently it's a misconceptions that Americans believe that Muslims are terrorists.

  George W. Bush

  Believe, Terrorist, Misconception

  Roundtable Interview by the Press Pool, georgewbush-whitehouse.archives.gov. October 22, 2003.

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