J.M. Bush Quotes

The United States and our allies are determined: we refuse to live in the shadow of this ultimate danger.

The once all-powerful ruler of Iraq was found in a hole, and now sits in a prison cell.

Senator Kerry has been in Washington long enough to take both sides on just about every issue.

We don't believe in planners and deciders making the decisions on behalf of Americans.

This young century will be liberty's century.

It's going to be the year of the sharp elbow and the quick tongue.

I will never relent in defending America - whatever it takes.

The California crunch really is the result of not enough power-generating plants and then not enough power to power the power of generating plants.

We cannot let terrorists hold this nation hostile or hold our allies hostile.

I understand everybody in this country doesn't agree with the decisions I've made. And I made some tough decisions. But people know where I stand.

I had to abandon free market principles in order to save the free market system.

Free nations are peaceful nations. Free nations don't attack each other. Free nations don't develop weapons of mass destruction.

States should have the right to enact laws... particularly to end the inhumane practice of ending a life that otherwise could live.

I know it's going to be the private sector that leads this country out of the current economic times we're in. You can spend your money better than the government can spend your money.

For a century and a half now, America and Japan have formed one of the great and enduring alliances of modern times.

I would guess, I would surmise that some of the more spectacular bombings are done by al Qaeda suiciders.

Our enemies are a radical network of terrorists - and every government that supports them.

The liberation of Iraq is a crucial advance in the campaign against terror. We've removed an ally of al Qaeda.

International law? I better call my lawyer; he didn't bring that up to me.

I'm not surprised if we begin to uncover the weapons program of Saddam Hussein - because he had a weapons program.

We'll find them. It'll be a matter of time to do so.

In the long term, to defeat this ideology [terrorism] - and they [terrorists] are bound by an ideology - you defeat it with a more hopeful ideology called freedom.

We need common-sense judges who understand our rights were derived from God

People are innocent till proven otherwise. All people are.

The freedom movement is built around the principle of democracy and universality of freedom.

Just like we did in Japan, in South Korea. Just like is happening in Iraq. Laura [Bush] and I feel very strongly that if the United States were to leave.

Just remember it's the birds that's supposed to suffer, not the hunter.

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.

Wine is like beer except different.

The First Lady is going to be criticized no matter what she does.

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

The personal things should be left out of platforms at conventions. You can argue yourself blue in the face, and you're not going to change each other's minds. It's a waste of your time and my time.

[Islam] inspires countless individuals to lead lives of honesty, integrity, and morality.

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

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.

There are a lot of ways to serve, and being president is not the only one, and I would hope that someone else would run.

And so many of the people in the arena here, you know, were underprivileged anyway, so this is working very well for them.

I mean you can learn how to build a bullet or build a gun or build a bomb on the Internet.

You know sit with your arm around a little kid and read. It not only teaches them to read but it keeps the family strong.

You get nothing done if you don't listen to each other.

I hate the fact that people think compromise is a dirty word.

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'm the commander -- see, I don't need to explain -- I do not need to explain why I say things. That's the interesting thing about being president.

I grieve for every death.'It breaks my heart to think about a family weeping over the loss of a loved one. I understand the anguish that some feel about the death that takes place.

I can press when there needs to be pressed; I can hold hands when there needs to be - hold hands.

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

America has never been an empire. We may be the only great power in history that had the chance, and refused - preferring greatness to power and justice to glory.

Free people will set the course of history.

I've seen firsthand the terrible consequences of drug abuse. My heart is with all who suffer from addiction and the terrible consequences for their families.

Eight years was awesome and I was famous and I was powerful.