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George H. W. Bush
George Herbert Walker Bush
(born June 12, 1924) 41st President of the United States ; husband of Barbara Bush , father of George W. Bush
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- "This is bigger than politics; this is about saving lives, and I must confess I’m getting a huge kick out of it." -- 2005 February 20, on serving with former political rival Bill Clinton in their efforts to raise money for tsunami recovery
- "Most of the money that President Clinton and I raised has not been spent yet, and it will go into reconstruction." -- 2005 February 20 - said in tsunami-ravaged southeastern Asia alongside former political rival Bill Clinton in their efforts to raise money for tsunami recovery
- "For seven and a half years I've worked alongside President Reagan. We've had triumphs. Made some mistakes. We've had some sex...uh...setbacks."
- "We're enjoying sluggish times, and not enjoying them very much."
- "I have opinions of my own, strong opinions, but I don't always agree with them."
- "I'm conservative, but I'm not a nut about it."
- "No, I don't know that atheists should be considered as citizens, nor should they be considered as patriots. This is one nation under God."
- "Please don't ask me to do that which I've just said I'm not going to do, because you're burning up time. The meter is running through the sand on you, and I am now filibustering."
- "I put confidence in the American people, in their ability to sort through what is fair and what is unfair, what is ugly and what is unugly."
- (As quoted in the book "Pat the President")
- "Whose life would be on my hands as the commander-in-chief because I, unilaterally, went beyond the international law, went beyond the stated mission, and said we're going to show our macho? We're going into Baghdad. We're going to be an occupying power -- America in an Arab land -- with no allies at our side. It would have been disastrous. We don't gain the size of our victory by how many innocent kids running away -- even though they're bad guys -- that we can slaughter. ... We're American soldiers; we don't do business that way."
- Read my lips: NO NEW TAXES!
- "Voodoo economics" - His description of Ronald Reagan's economic platform during the 1979 Republican presidental primary campaign.
- America needs to be more like the Waltons.
- "I do not like broccoli. And I haven't liked it since I was a little kid and my mother made me eat it. And I'm President of the United States and I'm not going to eat any more broccoli."
- "We love your adherence to democratic principles and to the democratic process."
Inaugural Address (January 20, 1989)
- I come before you and assume the Presidency at a moment rich with promise. We live in a peaceful, prosperous time, but we can make it better. For a new breeze is blowing, and a world refreshed by freedom seems reborn; for in man's heart, if not in fact, the day of the dictator is over. The totalitarian era is passing, its old ideas blown away like leaves from an ancient, lifeless tree. A new breeze is blowing, and a nation refreshed by freedom stands ready to push on. There is new ground to be broken, and new action to be taken.
- America is never wholly herself unless she is engaged in high moral principle. We as a people have such a purpose today. It is to make kinder the face of the Nation and gentler the face of the world. My friends, we have work to do.
- A President is neither prince nor pope, and I don't seek a window on men's souls. In fact, I yearn for a greater tolerance, an easy-goingness about each other's attitudes and way of life.
About George H. W. Bush
- "[He is] the sort of man who steps out of the shower to take a piss."
- Anonymous Texan about George. H. W. Bush quoted in the book John Mickletwaith and Adrian Wooldridge: The Right Nation, The Penguin Press, New York, 2004, p. 33.
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