Quotes By George H. W. Bush

Debates, I hate.

I think when you see an aircraft fire, these angry, black puffs of smoke, knowing that one of them could kill you that you - you - you understand the seriousness of the mission. And you understand your own mortality.

You cannot be President of the United States if you don't have faith. Remember Lincoln, going to his knees in times of trial in the Civil War and all that stuff.

I will keep America moving forward, always forward, for a better America, for an endless enduring dream and a thousand Points of Light. This is my mission, and I will complete it.

History will point out some of the things I did wrong and some of the things I did right.

I don't write letters anymore.

I stand for anti-bigotry, anti-Semitism, and anti-racism.

You know I vowed when I became President not to talk about the loneliest toughest job in the world and I didn't.

I'm conservative, but I'm not a nut about it.

Well, I think everybody is frustrated by the finances of the U.N. and the inability to solve problems of war and peace.

Losing is tough.

I know my serve stinks, but I was a pretty good tennis player.

For 18 years I have resisted talking about current events. I am not going to start now.

I am not one who - who flamboyantly believes in throwing a lot of words around.

I have survivor's curiosity, I guess.

I'll be glad to reply to or dodge your questions, depending on what I think will help our election most.

I'm not trying to get myself up a notch on the ladder by shoving somebody else down on the ladder, whether it's a candidate or the president of the United States or anybody else. I just don't believe that's the way one oughta campaign, I've never done that.

Ageing's alright, better than the alternative, which is not being here.

I do not like broccoli. And I haven't liked it since I was a little kid and my mother made me eat it. And I'm President of the United States and I'm not going to eat any more broccoli.

We are a nation of communities... a brilliant diversity spread like stars, like a thousand points of light in a broad and peaceful sky.

But let me tell you, this gender thing is history. You're looking at a guy who sat down with Margaret Thatcher across the table and talked about serious issues.

What's wrong with being a boring kind of guy?

Old guys can still do fun things.

America is never wholly herself unless she is engaged in high moral principle. We as a people have such a purpose today. It is to make kinder the face of the nation and gentler the face of the world.

We don't want an America that is closed to the world. What we want is a world that is open to America.

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

Our God is a forgiving God.

A new breeze is blowing, and a world refreshed by freedom seems reborn; for in man's heart, if not in fact, the day of the dictator is over. The totalitarian era is passing, its old ideas blown away like leaves from an ancient, lifeless tree.

I can tell you this: If I'm ever in a position to call the shots, I'm not going to rush to send somebody else's kids into a war.

Every loss of life is terrible.