Quotes By George W. Bush

Leadership to me means duty, honor, country. It means character, and it means listening from time to time.

And the cornerstone of my economic policies, when I first got elected, was cutting taxes on everybody on who paid taxes.

Some folks look at me and see a certain swagger, which in Texas is called "walking."

If you're sick and tired of the politics of cynicism and polls and principles, come and join this campaign.

No one was more shocked or angry than I was when we didn't find the weapons. I had a sickening feeling every time I thought about it. I still do.

This young century will be liberty's century.

I would like to be remembered as a guy who had a set of priorities, and was willing to live by those priorities. In terms of accomplishments, my biggest accomplishment is that I kept the country safe amidst a real danger.

We know that dictators are quick to choose aggression, while free nations strive to resolve differences in peace.

The action we take and the decisions we make in this decade will have consequences far into this century. If America shows weakness and uncertainty, the world will drift toward tragedy. That will not happen on my watch.

After the chaos and carnage of September 11th, it is not enough to serve our enemies with legal papers.

America is a friend to the people of Iraq. Our demands are directed only at the regime that enslaves them and threatens us. When these demands are met, the first and greatest benefit will come to Iraqi men, women and children.

And what's interesting, and I don't think a lot of Americans understand this fact, is that, one, most new jobs are created by small businesses; two, most small businesses pay tax at the individual income tax, or many small businesses pay tax there.

Any government that supports, protects or harbours terrorists is complicit in the murder of the innocent and equally guilty of terrorist crimes.

Some have argued that confronting the threat from Iraq could detract from the war against terror. To the contrary, confronting the threat posed by Iraq is crucial to winning the war on terror.

The terrorists are fighting freedom with all their cunning and cruelty because freedom is their greatest fear - and they should be afraid, because freedom is on the march.

Freedom itself was attacked this morning by a faceless coward, and freedom will be defended.

States should have the right to enact laws... particularly to end the inhumane practice of ending a life that otherwise could live.

I will never relent in defending America - whatever it takes.

Only a liberal senator from Massachusetts would say that a 49 percent increase in funding for education was not enough.

I think you can judge from somebody's actions a kind of a stability and sense of purpose perhaps created by strong religious roots. I mean, there's a certain patience, a certain discipline, I think, that religion helps you achieve.

It's going to be the year of the sharp elbow and the quick tongue.

We will stand up for our friends in the world. And one of the most important friends is the State of Israel. My administration will be steadfast in support Israel against terrorism and violence, and in seeking the peace for which all Israelis pray.

You can't put democracy and freedom back into a box.

America must not ignore the threat gathering against us. Facing clear evidence of peril, we cannot wait for the final proof, the smoking gun that could come in the form of a mushroom cloud.

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

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.

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.

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

The course of this conflict is not known, yet its outcome is certain. Freedom and fear, justice and cruelty, have always been at war, and we know that God is not neutral between them.