George H. W. Bush Quotes - Page 6

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• I firmly believed we should not march into Baghdad ...To occupy Iraq would instantly shatter our coalition, turning the whole Arab
  world against us and make a broken tyrant, into a latter-day Arab hero.

  George H. W. Bush

  Hero, Tyrants, Iraq

  George H. W. Bush, Brent Scowcroft (2011). “A World Transformed”, p.464, Vintage

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• The rigidity of those pledges is something I don’t like. The circumstances change and you can’t be wedded to some formula by Grover Norquist. It’s—who the hell is Grover Norquist, anyway?

  George H. W. Bush

  Hell, Rigidity, Circumstances

  "Preview: The Exclusive PARADE Interview with President and Mrs. Bush". Interview with Mark K. Updegrove, parade.com. July 13, 2012.

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• Our God is a forgiving God.

  George H. W. Bush

  Forgiving God, Forgiving

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• The fact is prosperity has a purpose. It's to allow us to pursue "the better angels," to give us time to think and grow.

  George H. W. Bush

  Angel, Thinking, Giving

  1988 Republican National Convention Acceptance Address, delivered 18 August 1988, Superdome, New Orleans, LA

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• Great nations of the world are moving toward democracy.

  George H. W. Bush

  Moving, Historical, Democracy

  Presidential Inaugural Address, delivered 20 January 1989

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• Our nation is the enduring dream of every immigrant who ever set foot on these shores, and the millions still struggling to be free. This nation, this idea called America, was and always will be a new world -- our new world.

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  Dream, Struggle, Feet

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• Don't try to fine-tune somebody else's view.

  George H. W. Bush

  Views, Presidential, Trying

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• You know I vowed when I became President not to talk about the loneliest toughest job in the world and I didn't.

  George H. W. Bush

  Jobs, President, World

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• It was just one year ago that the world saw this new, invigorated United Nations in action as this Council stood fast against aggression and stood for the sacred principles enshrined in the U.N. Charter. And now it's time to step forward again, make the internal reforms, accelerate the revitalization, accept the responsibilities necessary for a vigorous and effective United Nations. I want to assure the members of this Council and the Secretary-General, the United Nations can count on our full support in this task.

  George H. W. Bush

  Responsibility, Years, America

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• The Congress will push me to raise taxes, and I'll say no, and they'll push, and I'll say no, and they'll push again and I'll say to them, read my lips, no new taxes.

  George H. W. Bush

  Lips, Congress, Taxes

  1988 Republican National Convention Acceptance Address, delivered 18 August 1988, Superdome, New Orleans, LA

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• If you believe that there's a being superior to yourself and that will guide you, strengthen you that helps a lot but, you know, you just have to stay the course. You just got to stay in there. You cannot be waffling or taking a poll to see what people think. You have to do what you think is right.

  George H. W. Bush

  Believe, Thinking, People

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• You cannot be President of the United States if you don't have faith. Remember Lincoln, going to his knees in times of trial in the Civil War and all that stuff.

  George H. W. Bush

  War, Patriotic, Political

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• In times of crisis our nation depends on the courage and determination of the Guard. You know the call of active duty can come at any time. You stand ready to put your lives on hold and answer that call, ... And you did so because you love your state and your country. America appreciates your courageous decision to serve. Together with your comrades in the Army, Navy, Air Force and Marine Reserves, you are showing that patriotism is alive and well in Idaho and throughout the United States.

  George H. W. Bush

  Country, Courage, Determination

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• When America is stronger, the world is safer.

  George H. W. Bush

  America, Stronger, World

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• Real improvement in our schools is not simply a matter of spending more, it is a matter of expecting more.

  George H. W. Bush

  Real, School, Matter

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• There's a second life involved. No matter what your position is on abortion or the death penalty, you shouldn't put a pregnant woman to death.

  George H. W. Bush

  Abortion, Matter, Death Penalty

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• This aggression will not stand. With these words, George Bush committed the United States to the liberation of the oil-rich Kingdom of Kuwait, after it had been occupied by the Republic of Iraq in August of 1990.

  George H. W. Bush

  August, Kuwait, Oil

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• America needs to be a lot more like the Waltons and a lot less like The Simpsons.

  George H. W. Bush

  America, Needs

  "Embiggening the smallest man" by Oliver Burkeman, www.theguardian.com. June 30, 2007.

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• A new breeze is blowing--and a nation refreshed by freedom stands ready to push on: there is new ground to be broken, and new action to be taken.

  George H. W. Bush

  Taken, Broken, Action

  Presidential Inaugural Address, delivered 20 January 1989

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• As for me, tough duty though it may be, I continue to do my part for the commercial recreation industry. Fishing, boating, tennis, golf, running, hunting, and all of this. Horseshoes. It's tough duty. Somebody has to do it, and I'm going to keep on.

  George H. W. Bush

  Running, Golf, Hunting

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• A new breeze is blowing, and a world refreshed by freedom seems reborn; for in man's heart, if not in fact, the day of the dictator is over. The totalitarian era is passing, its old ideas blown away like leaves from an ancient, lifeless tree.

  George H. W. Bush

  Heart, Men, Ideas

  Presidential Inaugural Address, delivered 20 January 1989

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• I got poked in the left eye on the collision. My vision is blurry in that eye. I had to play. It was for coach, and because it was a district game.

  George H. W. Bush

  Eye, Games, Play

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• Both must make tangible, immediate steps toward this vision.

  George H. W. Bush

  Vision, Tangible, Steps

  "Sharon, Abbas pledge action at summit", www.cnn.com. June 4, 2003.

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• Many schools include a service project as part of their curriculum, and many corporations have in-house projects for their employees or give them time off to do volunteer work.

  George H. W. Bush

  School, Giving, Volunteer

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• Competence is the creed of the technocrat who makes sure the gears mesh but doesn't for a second understand the magic of the machine.

  George H. W. Bush

  Magic, Gears, Machines

  1988 Republican National Convention Acceptance Address, delivered 18 August 1988, Superdome, New Orleans, LA

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