Quotes By George W. Bush

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

I believe in the transformational power of liberty. I believe that the free Iraq is in this nation's interests. I believe a free Afghanistan is in this nation's interest.

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.

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'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.

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.