J.M. Bush Quotes

In this job, there are some simple pleasures that really help you cope. One is books, I mean, books are a great escape. Books are a way to get your mind on something else.

The CIA laid out several scenarios and said life could be lousy, life could be OK, life could be better, and they were just guessing as to what the conditions might be like.

The enemy understands a free Iraq will be a major defeat in their ideology of hatred. That's why they're fighting so vociferously.

I cut the taxes on everybody. I didn't cut them. The Congress cut them. I asked them to cut them.

And I am an optimistic person. I guess if you want to try to find something to be pessimistic about, you can find it, no matter how hard you look, you know?

I saw a poll that said the right track/wrong track in Iraq was better than here in America. It's pretty darn strong. I mean, the people see a better future.

Give me a chance to be your president and America will be safer and stronger and better.

My job is to think beyond the immediate.

Coalition forces have encountered serious violence in some areas of Iraq. Our military commanders report that this violence is being insticated by three groups.

Like you, I have been disgraced about what I've seen on TV that took place in prison.

Obviously I pray every day there's less casualty.

And I encourage you all to go shopping more

No matter how advanced our economy might be, no matter how sophisticated our equipment becomes, for the foreseeable future we will still depend on fossil fuels.

We are getting more and more imports from abroad.

There may be some tough times here in America. But this country has gone through tough times before, and we're going to do it again.

You're free. And freedom is beautiful. And, you know, it'll take time to restore chaos and order - order out of chaos. But we will.

Don't misunderestimate me. . . .

Never paint your wife or your mother.

Any government that chooses to be an ally of terror has also chosen to be an enemy of civilization.

You know, one day you're being briefed on world affairs and asked to make decisions, and the next, you're in Crawford, Texas ... and the biggest decision is when do you go mountain bike riding.

I want to be the peace president.

I care what 51 percent of the people think about me.

The nature of the presidency is that sometimes you don't choose which challenges come to your desk. You do decide how to respond.

Look, the key for me is to keep expectations low.

I love free speech.

My administration is committed to a leadership role on the issue of climate change.

Well, you know, I think the American people are sacrificing now. I think they're waiting in airport lines longer than they've ever had before.

I don't know why you're talking about Sweden. They're the neutral one. They don't have an army.

It is a ridiculous notion to assert that because the United States is on the offense, more people want to hurt us. We are on the offense because people do want to hurt us.

For too long our culture has said, "If it feels good, do it." Now America is embracing a new ethic and a new creed: "Let's roll".

We're creating an ownership society in this country, where more Americans than ever will be able to open up their door where they live and say, welcome to my house, welcome to my piece of property.

And as a result of the United States military, Taliban no longer is in existence.

Well, I'm reading about the battle of New Orleans right now. I've got an eclectic reading list.

I'm asking Congress to pass my Zero Down Payment Initiative. We should remove the 3 percent down payment rule for first time home buyers with FHA-insured mortgages.

My Geordie is probably just about as bad as my English.

There's nothing more deep than recognizing Israel's right to exist. That's the most deep thought of all. ... I can't think of anything more deep than that right.

This is a nation that loves our freedom, loves our country.

If most of the breaks go to wealthy people it's because most of the people who pay taxes are wealthy.

We will export death and violence to the four corners of the earth in defense of our great nation.

We all know that men and women can be good without faith. And we also know that faith is an incredibly important source of goodness in our country.

We know that men and women can be good without faith. We know that.

If you haven't doubted, you probably haven't thought very hard about what you believe.

Hindsight alone is not wisdom. And second-guessing is not a strategy.

[Saddam] built up a massive war machine while neglecting the basic needs of his own people.

So I don't worry about, and people shouldn't worry about a draft I think we're in good shape, I really do. And, if not, we'll - I'll address the nation. But I don't see any need to right now.

God told me to smite Osama bin Laden, so I invaded Afghanistan. Then He told me to smite Saddam Hussein, so I invaded Iraq. Now He wants me to work on the Middle East problem.

The advance of liberty is the path to both a safer and better world.

Americans are a free people, who know that freedom is the right of every person and the future of every nation. The liberty we prize is not America's gift to the world; it is God's gift to humanity.

I wish they weren't called the 'Bush tax cuts.' If they're called some other body's tax cuts, they're probably less likely to be raised.

I appreciate that question because I, in the state of Texas, had heard a lot of discussion about a faith-based initiative eroding the important bridge between church and state.