George H.W. Bush Quotes

The American way of life is not negotiable.

Fluency in English is something that I'm often not accused of.

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

We're going to keep trying to strengthen the American family, to make them more like the Waltons and less like the Simpsons.

Each of the patriots whom we remember on this day was first a beloved son or daughter, a brother or sister, or a spouse, friend, and neighbor.

Our God is a forgiving God.

The rigidity of those pledges is something I don’t like. The circumstances change and you can’t be wedded to some formula by Grover Norquist. It’s—who the hell is Grover Norquist, anyway?

You cannot be President of the United States if you don't have faith. Remember Lincoln, going to his knees in times of trial in the Civil War and all that stuff.

By the year 2000, all Americans must be able to set the clocks on their VCRs.

I have nothing but contempt and anger for those who betray the trust by exposing the name of [CIA] sources. They are, in my view, the most insidious, of traitors.

If you help them (the crew) create good memories, they'll forget all the bad stuff

We know what works. Freedom Works. We know what's right. Freedom is right.

It's amazing how many people beat you at golf now that you're no longer president.

I want a kinder, gentler nation.

No generation can escape history.

Equality begins with economic empowerment.

A volunteer is a person who can see what others cannot see; who can feel what most do not feel.

I have a form of Parkinson's disease, which I don't like. My legs don't move when my brain tells them to. It's very frustrating.

But let me tell you, this gender thing is history. You're looking at a guy who sat down with Margaret Thatcher across the table and talked about serious issues.

I can tell you this: If I'm ever in a position to call the shots, I'm not going to rush to send somebody else's kids into a war.

The Congress will push me to raise taxes, and I'll say no, and they'll push, and I'll say no, and they'll push again and I'll say to them, read my lips, no new taxes.

This aggression will not stand

What's wrong with being a boring kind of guy?

I'll be glad to reply to or dodge your questions, depending on what I think will help our election most.

Poland should be strong and prosperous and independent and play its proper role as a great nation in the heart of Europe.

I am not one who - who flamboyantly believes in throwing a lot of words around.

By the grace of God, we won the Cold War.

Thousand points of light.

I believe we should make use of what we know. We know that the future of the Earth must not be compromised.

Power can be very addictive, and it can be corrosive. And it's important for the media to call to account people who abuse their power, whether it be here or elsewhere.

I believe with all my heart that one cannot be America's president without a belief in God, without the strength that your faith gives you.

Out of these troubled times, our fifth objective- a new world order-can emerge... We are now in sight of a United Nations that performs as envisioned by its founders.

I will never apologize for the United States of America - I don't care what the facts are. Said after 'Vincennes' shot down an Iranian Airliner.

I have spoken of a thousand points of light, of all the community organizations that are spread like stars throughout the Nation, doing good.

The fact is prosperity has a purpose. It's to allow us to pursue "the better angels," to give us time to think and grow.

I got poked in the left eye on the collision. My vision is blurry in that eye. I had to play. It was for coach, and because it was a district game.

America needs to be a lot more like the Waltons and a lot less like The Simpsons.

My grandkids say, "Reality Bites." O.K., but it also challenges and rewards... I believe our best days are yet to come.

I don't like dynasty and legacy. But I think there's a period in the U.S. history where Bushes have been in the forefront.

A time of historic change is no time for recklessness.

Unlike Churchill, I have no plans to shape history. . . . Socrates gave advice

I think I'd be a better president because I was in combat.

We asked for God's help; and now, in this shining outcome, in this magnificent triumph of good over evil, we should thank 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.

The U.S.S. George H. W. Bush is a great thing in my life. It's amazing. A great honor.

Communism didn't fall. It was pushed.

Atheists are not Americans.

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.

People must be free to work, to save, to own their own home, to take risks, to invest in each other and, in essence, to control their own lives.

History will point out some of the things I did wrong and some of the things I did right.