Quotes By George W. Bush

We can't allow the world's worst leaders to blackmail, threaten, hold freedom-loving nations hostage with the world's worst weapons.

I know it's going to be the private sector that leads this country out of the current economic times we're in. You can spend your money better than the government can spend your money.

I told you I'm not going to criticize my successor. I'll just tell you that there are people at Gitmo that will kill American people at a drop of a hat and I don't believe that persuasion isn't going to work. Therapy isn't going to cause terrorists to change their mind.

It is clear our nation is reliant upon big foreign oil. More and more of our imports come from overseas.

Now, there are some who would like to rewrite history - revisionist historians is what I like to call them.

This was not an act of terrorism, but it was an act of war.

Terrorist attacks can shake the foundations of our biggest buildings, but they cannot touch the foundation of America. These acts shatter steel, but they cannot dent the steel of American resolve.

You can fool some of the people all the time, and those are the ones you want to concentrate on.

When I take action, I'm not going to fire a $2 million missile at a $10 empty tent and hit a camel in the butt. It's going to be decisive.

To those of you who received honours, awards and distinctions, I say well done. And to the C students, I say you, too, can be president of the United States.

Free nations are peaceful nations. Free nations don't attack each other. Free nations don't develop weapons of mass destruction.

When you turn your heart and your life over to Christ, when you accept Christ as the savior, it changes your heart.

For all who love freedom and peace, the world without Saddam Hussein's regime is a better and safer place.

It's clearly a budget. It's got a lot of numbers in it.

Every nation in every region now has a decision to make. Either you are with us, or you are with the terrorists.

A dictatorship would be a heck of a lot easier, there's no question about it.

Hundreds of thousands of American servicemen and women are deployed across the world in the war on terror. By bringing hope to the oppressed, and delivering justice to the violent, they are making America more secure.

Our nation must come together to unite.

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

America is the land of the second chance - and when the gates of the prison open, the path ahead should lead to a better life.

The wisest use of American strength is to advance freedom.

Government does not create wealth. The major role for the government is to create an environment where people take risks to expand the job rate in the United States.

With those attacks, the terrorists and their supporters declared war on the United States. And war is what they got.

Bring them on.

Use power to help people. For we are given power not to advance our own purposes nor to make a great show in the world, nor a name. There is but one just use of power and it is to serve people.

I had to abandon free market principles in order to save the free market system.

Iraq is no diversion. It is a place where civilization is taking a decisive stand against chaos and terror, we must not waver.

Faith crosses every border and touches every heart in every nation.

So, I'm lying on the couch and Laura walks in and I say, 'Free at last,' and she says 'You're free all right, you're free to do the dishes.' So I say, 'You're talking to the former president, baby,' and she said, 'consider this your new domestic policy agenda.'

The United States prefers that Iraq meet its obligations voluntarily, yet we are prepared for the alternative.