Bushism Quotes - Page 6

• I'm honored to shake the hand of a brave Iraqi citizen who had his hand cut off by Saddam Hussein.

  George W. Bush

  Cutting, Hands, Brave

  "Bush Welcomes Iraqi Amputees", www.foxnews.com. May 25, 2004.

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• I remember meeting a mother of a child who was abducted by the North Koreans right here in the Oval Office.

  George W. Bush

  Mother, Children, Office

  George W. Bush Discusses North Korea, georgewbush-whitehouse.archives.gov. June 26, 2008.

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• I am not part of the problem. I am a Republican.

  Dan Quayle

  Funny, Stupid, Humorous

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• Border relations between Canada and Mexico have never been better.

  George W. Bush

  Funny, Humor, Borders

  "America's New War: Bush, Chretien Hold Briefing". www.cnn.com. September 24, 2001.

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• There's no question that the minute I got elected, the storm clouds on the horizon were getting nearly directly overhead.

  George W. Bush

  Humor, Clouds, Political

  Press Conference, georgewbush-whitehouse.archives.gov. May 11, 2001.

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• We shouldn't fear a world that is more interacted.

  George W. Bush

  World

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• I think that the vice president is a person reflecting a half-glass-full mentality.

  George W. Bush

  Thinking, Glasses, President

  Interview with Juan Williams, www.npr.org. January 29, 2007.

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• I think anybody who doesn't think I'm smart enough to handle the job is underestimating.

  George W. Bush

  Jobs, Smart, Humor

  "Bush, in his own words", www.theguardian.com. November3, 2000.

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• 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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• The thing that's wrong with the French is that they don't have a word for entrepreneur

  George W. Bush

  Entrepreneur

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• Too many good docs are getting out of the business. Too many OB/GYNs aren't able to practice their love with women all across the country.

  George W. Bush

  Country, Practice, Able

  "America decides". www.theguardian.com. October 31, 2004.

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• Goodbye from the world's biggest polluter.

  George W. Bush

  Goodbye, Science, America

  Private address at the Tokyo G8 summit, July 12, 2008.

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• We have seen pictures [of mars] where there there are canals, we believe, and water. If there is water, that means there is oxygen. If oxygen, that means we can breathe.

  Dan Quayle

  Believe, Mean, Science

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• There is a huge trust. I see it all the time when people come up to me and say, 'I don't want you to let me down again.' - Boston, Mass., Oct. 3, 2000

  George W. Bush

  Boston, People, Want

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• I don't particularly like it when people put words in my mouth, either, by the way, unless I say it.

  George W. Bush

  People, Mouths, Way

  George W. Bush (1982). “Public paper of the presidents of the United States”, p.1460, Government Printing Office

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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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• I know that the human being and the fish can coexist peacefully.

  George W. Bush

  Coexist, Fishes, Humans

  "The Washington Post", October 1, 2000.

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• I am mindful not only of preserving executive powers for myself, but for predecessors as well.

  George W. Bush

  Humor, Political, Executive Power

  George W. Bush's Remarks in Question and Answer Session with the Press, georgewbush-whitehouse.archives.gov. January 29, 2001.

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• The illiteracy level of our children are appalling.

  George W. Bush

  Children, Levels, Funny Bush

  President Bush's Speech to the Nation's Mayors at Winter Meeting at the Capital Hilton Hotel, Washington, D.C., georgewbush-whitehouse.archives.gov. January 23, 2004.

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• This foreign policy stuff is a little frustrating.

  George W. Bush

  Stupid, Silly, Littles

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• I promise you I will listen to what has been said here, even though I wasn't here.

  George W. Bush

  Dumb, Promise, Funny Bush

  "George W. Bushisms". Book by Jacob Weisberg, www.theguardian.com.

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• You work three jobs? Uniquely American, isn't it? I mean, that is fantastic that you're doing that." To a divorced mother of three, Omaha, Nebraska, Feb. 4, 2005

  George W. Bush

  Mother, Jobs, Mean

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• The Holocaust was an obscene period in our nation's history.

  Dan Quayle

  Holocaust, Stupid Funny, Dumb Celebrity

  Campaign remark, Moore, Okla., 15 Sept. 1988. These remarks were quoted in the L.A. Times, 16 Sept. 1988.

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• I will have a foreign-handed foreign policy.

  George W. Bush

  Humor, Political, Foreign Policy

  "Bush, in his own words" by Jacob Weisberg, www.theguardian.com. November 3, 2000.

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• The problem with the French is that they have no word for entrepreneur.

  George H. W. Bush

  Patriotic, Entrepreneur, Problem

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