George W. Bush Quotes

The bill Congress sent me would take away one of the most valuable tools in the war on terror...so today I vetoed it

When I say drop your pants and show me the moon, I'm not just whistling Dixie!

We'll let our friends be the peacekeepers and the great country called America will be the pacemakers.

Government should do a few things, and do them right

Recognizing and confronting our history is important. Transcending our history is essential. We are not limited by what we have done, or what we have left undone. We are limited only by what we are willing to do.

Because European countries now resolve differences through negotiation and consensus, there's sometimes an assumption that the entire world functions in the same way. But let us never forget ... beyond Europe's borders, in a world where oppression and violence are very real, liberation is still a moral goal, and freedom and security still need defenders.

I've been in the Bible every day since I've been the president.

Will the highways on the Internet become more few?

"See, free nations are peaceful nations. Free nations don't attack each other. Free nations don't develop weapons of mass destruction." — George W. Bush, Milwaukee, Wis., Oct. 3, 2003

I have a different vision of leadership. A leadership is someone who brings people together.

This storm is dangerous

I heard somebody say, 'Where's (Nelson) Mandela?' Well, Mandela's dead. Because Saddam killed all the Mandelas. — George W. Bush, on the former South African president, who is still very much alive, Washington, D.C., Sept. 20, 2007

For every fatal shooting, there were roughly three non-fatal shootings. And, folks, this is unacceptable in America.

But the truth is that I never had to search for a role model. I was the son of George Bush.

I can press when there needs to be pressed; I can hold hands when there needs to be — hold hands.