George W. Bush Quotes

The lessons his mother had instilled had taken hold: Do your best. Don’t be arrogant. Never complain.

I'm looking forward to a good night's sleep on the soil of a friend. [on an upcoming trip to Denmark]

History would remember him as the liberator of Kuwait and the President who oversaw the peaceful end of the Cold War. In some ways, he was like Winston Churchill, who had been tossed out of office in 1945 just months after prevailing in World War II. The British voters felt that Churchill had completed his mission and that they wanted someone else for the next phase. Ultimately, that’s what happened to George Bush in 1992.

One of the common denominators I have found is that expectations rise above that which is expected.

No, I know all the war rhetoric, but it's all aimed at achieving peace.

What are you doing to stop the next attack?” I asked. People nervously

I support same-sex civil unions and I believe no should be denied their rights

My grandfather asked whether the country had “come to the point in our life as a nation where the Governor of a great state — one who perhaps aspires to the nomination for President of the United States — can desert a good wife, [the] mother of his grown children, divorce her, then persuade a young mother of four youngsters to abandon her husband and their four children and marry the Governor.” Clearly Prescott Bush was not afraid to express his beliefs. I can only imagine what he would say if he saw what our society looks like today.

I was falling hard for Laura. I was not much of a cat person, but I knew our relationship was solid when I bonded with her black-and-white shorthair, Dewey, named for the decimal system.

Barney spotted our neighbor's lawn, where he promptly took care of his business. There I was, the former president of the United States, with a plastic bag on my hand, picking up that which I had been dodging for the past eight years.

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

I believe the most solemn duty of the American president is to protect the American people. If America shows uncertainty and weakness in this decade, the world will drift toward tragedy. This will not happen on my watch.

A generation of reporters saw the Washington Post win a Pulitzer for exposing the scandal, and many dreamed of being the next Woodward or Bernstein. A strong and skeptical press corps is good for democracy. Often the media’s first instinct is to portray every story as a scandal, however, which presents a distorted picture of government and leaves the public cynical.

When I arrived, they had to move out because the landlord allowed dogs but not babies.

Do not allow defeat to extinguish your dreams. If you keep working and remain optimistic, opportunities can come your way.