George W. Bush
43rd President of the United States, serving from 2001 to 2009.
If you're a single mother with two children—which is the toughest job in America, as far as I'm concerned—you're working hard to put food on your family.
We cannot rely exclusively on military power to assure our long-term security. Lasting peace is gained as justice and democracy advance.
We did not charge hundreds of miles into the heart of Iraq and pay a bitter cost of casualties and liberate 25 million people only to retreat before a band of thugs and assassins.
[M]y administration is committed to a leadership role on the issue of climate change.
If the terriers and barriffs [sic] are torn down, this economy will grow.
I was going to say he's a piece of work, but that might not translate too well. Is that all right, if I call you a 'piece of work'?
Lucky me, I hit the trifecta.
Now that I've got the will of the people at my back, I'm going to start enforcing the one-question rule. That was three questions.
Those weapons of mass destruction have got to be somewhere... Nope, no weapons over there... Maybe under here.
There are some who feel like that, you know, the conditions are such that they can attack us there. My answer is, bring 'em on.
I do not believe that the President was in any way directly involved in the leaking of her identity, but that was a very disillusioning moment for me when I found out when it initially hit the press, and I was in North Carolina, if I remember correctly, and a reporter shouted out to the President, "Is it true that you authorized the secret leaking of this classified information?" We walked onto Air Force One, and the President asks, "What was the reporter asking?", and I said, "He asserted that you were the one who authorized Scooter Libby leaking this information," and he said, "Yeah, I did."
See, in my line of work you got to keep repeating things over and over and over again for the truth to sink in, to kind of catapult the propaganda. — May 24, 2005
[O]ne of the great goals of this nation's war is to restore public confidence in the airline industry. It's to tell the traveling public: Get on board. Do your business around the country. Fly and enjoy America's great destination spots. Get down to Disney World in Florida.
I trust God speaks through me. Without that, I couldn't do my job.
Our military and our nation are entering another period of consequences – a time of rapid change and momentous choices.
Abroad, our nation is committed to an historic, long-term goal — we seek the end of tyranny in our world. Some dismiss that goal as misguided idealism. In reality, the future security of America depends on it.
That's why I cut the taxes on everybody. I didn't cut them. The Congress cut them. I asked them to cut them.
The question is, who ought to make that decision? The Congress or the commanders? And as you know, my position is clear — I'm a commander guy.
Our nation, this generation, will lift the dark threat of violence from our people and our future. We will rally the world to this cause by our efforts, by our courage. We will not tire, we will not falter and we will not fail.
My pro-life position is I believe there's life. It's not necessarily based in religion. I think there's a life there, therefore the notion of life, liberty, and pursuit of happiness.