J.M. Bush Quotes

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

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

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.

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

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

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.

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.

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

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.

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

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

Wine is like beer except different.

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.

I want everybody to hear loud and clear that I'm going to be the president of everybody.

If you raise taxes during a recession, you head to depression.

The best way to defend America in this world we live in is to stay on the offense.

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

My attitude is that when we put a youngster in harm's way, somebody who wears our nation's uniform in harm's way, he or she deserves the absolute best.

I know what I believe. I will continue to articulate what I believe and what I believe - I believe what I believe is right.

First, let me make it very clear, poor people aren't necessarily killers. Just because you happen to be not rich doesn't mean you're willing to kill.

This way of life is worth defending.

Where we find young democracies, we need to help them. Where we find the enemy, we need to fight them. And that's exactly the Bush policy.

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.

You've got to be pretty hopeless to become a suicide bomber.

I equate freedom and peace. And I believe America, given its position in the world, must use our power to promote freedom.

After all, this is a guy that tried to kill my dad at one time.

I had watched Dad climb into the biggest arena and succeed. I wanted to find out if I had what it took to join him.

A time of historic change is no time for recklessness.

I call upon all nations to do everything they can to stop these terrorist killers. Thank you. Now watch this drive.

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

Agreement reached by the negotiators?usually starts to collapse in the hands of those who implement it, no matter how carefully cleared at the top.

I'm not a competitive person, and I think women like me because they don't think I'm competitive, just nice.

The same folks that are bombing innocent people in Iraq were the ones who attacked us in America on September the 11th.

I hope that I serve by being a teacher.

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

You cannot solve a problem unless you diagnose the problem.

I hope I'm as graceful and gracious as [my parents] are. It's hard for me to project how I'm gonna be if I make it to 86.

Communism didn't fall. It was pushed.

I think we need not only to eliminate the tollbooth to the middle class, I think we should knock down the tollbooth.

We must all hear the universal call to like your neighbor just like you like to be liked yourself.

Keep good relations with the Grecians.

There is but one just use of power and it is to serve people.

My philosophy in life... is to prove myself to myself and not to others. I tried to teach my children that, that I have to respect myself, to prove to myself that I can do the best I can.

I recognize I am essentially a failed human being in the sense that I can't possibly live up to the expectations of an Almighty.

I regret the fact that Saddam [Hussein] didn't have weapons of mass destruction that we thought. I don't regret removing him from power.

I never imagined my life would be the way that it has been for the past 30 years. I have had the best experiences a person can have-and the worst as well.

When it comes time to protecting the homeland, the United States of America must be right 100 percent of the time. And the enemy, which desires to strike us again, only has to be right once.