J.M. Bush Quotes

Most people in America understand that the rich people hire good accountants and figure out how not to necessarily pay all the taxes.

It is important that social, political, and religious freedoms grow in China. A society which recognizes religious freedom is a society which will recognize political freedom as well.

North Korea is a regime arming with missiles and weapons of mass destruction, while starving its citizens.

I make decisions based on what I think is best for the country.

Self-government relies, in the end, on the governing of the self.

The lure of heady profits of the late 1990's spawned abuses and excesses. With strict enforcement and higher ethical standards, we must usher in a new era of integrity in corporate America.

History will prove me right. This is an exercise in folly.

Mathematics are one of the fundamentaries of educationalizing our youth.

We expect the states to show us whether or not we're achieving simple objectives-like literacy, literacy in math, the ability to read and write.

I don't know, maybe I made it up. Anyway, it's an arbo-tree-ist, somebody who knows about trees.

No insignificant person was ever born.

History has an author who fills time and eternity with His purpose.

Compassionate conservatism [is] most importantly, making sure that government is not the answer to people's problems.

Iraq and Afghanistan are now democracies and they are allies in the cause of freedom and peace.

”Ariel Sharon is a man of courage and a man of peace.”

“Governments accountable to the voters focus on building roads and schools—not weapons of mass destruction.”

”In a time of war, the president must have the power he needs to make the tough decisions, including, if need be, the decision to grant himself even more power.”

•“I don’t have the foggiest idea about what I think about international, foreign policy.”

We will not permit the triumph of violence in the affairs of men; free people will set the course of history.

In some cases, the measured use of force is all that protects us from a chaotic world ruled by force.

Globalization has altered the dynamics in the White House, as well as between the White House and the Treasury.

I take personal responsibility for everything I say.

I understand I'm running against a person who is so anxious to become president, he will do whatever it takes.

I'm a patient man. And when I say I'm a patient man, I mean I'm a patient man.

If Iraq fails to fully comply, the United States and other nations will disarm Saddam Hussein.

If the Iraqi regime is able to produce, buy or steal an amount of highly enriched uranium a little larger than a single softball, [it] could have a nuclear weapon in less than a year.

People shouldn't read into venue locations someone's heart.

The resolution approved today presents the Iraqi regime with a test - a final test.

It is written that adversity introduces us to ourselves.

I encourage all Americans to express admiration and appreciation to fathers.

I don't understand how poor people think.

It used to be, people were afraid to talk about Social Security. Now, I think people should be afraid not to talk about Social Security and start coming up with some solutions.

[T]he people of Iraq have spoken to the world, and the world is hearing the voice of freedom from the center of the Middle East.

When we make a pledge, we mean it. We keep our word, and what we begin, we will finish.

I worry about a culture that devalues life and believe as your president I have an important obligation to foster and encourage respect for life in America and throughout the world.

My God, the man is a fascist - a fascist, I tell you.

Whether or not it needed to happen, I'm still convinced it needed to happen.

The law I sign today directs new funds and new focus to the task of collecting vital intelligence on terrorist threats and on weapons of mass production.

We look forward to analyzing and working with legislation that will make - it would hope - put a free press's mind at ease that you're not being denied information you shouldn't see.

If you find a neighbor in need, you're responsible for serving that neighbor in need, you're responsible for loving a neighbor just like you'd like to love yourself.

I want to thank the President and the CEO of Constellation Energy, Mayo Shattuck. That's a pretty cool first name, isn't it, Mayo. Pass the Mayo.

I simply said that I would do everything to help Taiwan to defend itself.

Through much of the last century, America's faith in freedom and democracy was a rock in a raging sea. Now it is a seed upon the wind, taking root in many nations.

The Universal Declaration of Human Rights... stands as a landmark achievement in the history of human liberty.

The resolve of our great nation is being tested. But make no mistake, we will show the world that we will pass the test.

Americans are rising to the tasks of history, and they expect the same of us.

People forget... that we structured it so that the government, or the people, would be repaid with a really good rate of return. And as it turns out, that aspect of TARP, that's what happened.

I reads every chance I can gets.

I think if you know what you believe, it makes it a lot easier to answer questions. I can't answer your question.

I talked to my little brother, Jeb - I haven't told this to many people. But he's the governor of - I shouldn't call him my little brother - my brother, Jeb, the great Governor of Texas.