Famous George W. Bush Quotes

I can hear you. The rest of the world hears you. And the people who knocked these buildings down will hear all of us soon.
By George W. Bush on 9/11

We have one country, one Constitution and one future that binds us. And when we come together and work together, there is no limit to the greatness of America.
By George W. Bush on America

States like these, and their terrorist allies, constitute an axis of evil, arming to threaten the peace of the world. By seeking weapons of mass destruction, these regimes pose a grave and growing danger. They could provide these arms to terrorists, giving them the means to match their hatred. They could attack our allies or attempt to blackmail the United States. In any of these cases, the price of indifference would be catastrophic.
By George W. Bush on Axis of Evil

I support Latino-owned businesses, women-owned businesses, and every-other-kind-of-person-owned businesses.
By George W. Bush on Business

In the defense of our nation, a president must be a clear-eyed realist. There are limits to the smiles and scowls of diplomacy. Armies and missiles are not stopped by stiff notes of condemnation. They are held in check by strength and purpose and the promise of swift punishment.
By George W. Bush on Defense

We know that dictators are quick to choose aggression, while free nations strive to resolve differences in peace. We know that oppressive governments support terror, while free governments fight the terrorists in their midst. We know that free peoples embrace progress and life, instead of becoming the recruits for murderous ideologies.
By George W. Bush on Dictators

I made it very plain: We will not have an all-volunteer army. Let me restate that. We will not have a draft.
By George W. Bush on Draft

This is my chance to help this lady put some money in her pocket. Let me explain how the economy works. When you spend money to buy food it helps this lady's business. It makes it more likely somebody is going to find work. So instead of asking questions, answer mine: are you going to buy some food.
By George W. Bush on Food

From the perspective of a single day, including this day of dedication, the issues and questions before our country are many. From the viewpoint of centuries, the questions that come to us are narrowed and few. Did our generation advance the cause of freedom? And did our character bring credit to that cause?
By George W. Bush on Freedom

Freedom is the Almighty God's gift to every man and woman.
By George W. Bush on Freedom

The establishment of a free Iraq at the heart of the Middle East will be a watershed event in the global democratic revolution.
By George W. Bush on Iraq

We're fighting on many fronts, and Iraq is now the central front. Saddam holdouts and foreign terrorists are trying desperately to undermine Iraq's progress and to throw that country into chaos. The terrorists in Iraq believe their attacks on innocent people will weaken our resolve. That's what they believe. They believe that America will run from a challenge. They're mistaken. Americans are not the running kind.
By George W. Bush on Iraq

Are the peoples of the Middle East somehow beyond the reach of liberty? Are millions of men and women and children condemned by history or culture to live in despotism? Are they alone never to know freedom, and never even to have a choice in the matter? I, for one, do not believe it. I believe every person has the ability and the right to be free.
By George W. Bush on Liberty

History has an ebb and flow of justice, but history also has a visible direction set by liberty and the author of liberty. When the Declaration of Independence was first read in public and the Liberty Bell was sounded in celebration, a witness said, "It rang as if it meant something." In our time it means something still. America, in this young century, proclaims liberty throughout all the world and to all the inhabitants thereof.
By George W. Bush on Liberty

This young century will be liberty's century. By promoting liberty abroad, we will build a safer world. By encouraging liberty at home, we will build a more hopeful America. Like generations before us, we have a calling from beyond the stars to stand for freedom. This is the everlasting dream of America.
By George W. Bush on Liberty

In our time, respect for the right to life calls us to defend the sick and the dying, persons with disabilities and birth defects, and all who are weak and vulnerable. And this self-evident truth calls us to value and to protect the lives of innocent children waiting to be born.
By George W. Bush on Life

I made it very clear to the Congress that the use of federal money, taxpayers' money to promote science which destroys life in order to save life is - I'm against that. And therefore, if the bill does that, I will veto it.
By George W. Bush on Life

Today I call upon the Congress to promptly pass, and to send to the states for ratification, an amendment to our Constitution defining and protecting marriage as a union of man and woman as husband and wife.
By George W. Bush on Marriage

We cannot rely exclusively on military power to assure our long-term security. Lasting peace is gained as justice and democracy advance.
By George W. Bush on Peace and Justice

The peaceful transfer of authority is rare in history, yet common in our country. With a simple oath, we affirm old traditions and make new beginnings.
By George W. Bush on Power

We will build new ships to carry man forward into the universe, to gain a new foothold on the moon, and to prepare for new journeys to worlds beyond our own.
By George W. Bush on Space

Every time they say tax the rich, the rich dodge and you pay.
By George W. Bush on Taxes

Every nation, in every region, now has a decision to make. Either you are with us, or you are with the terrorists.
By George W. Bush on Terrorists

Victory means exit strategy, and it's important for the president to explain to us what the exit strategy is.
By George W. Bush on Victory

In any conflict, your fate will depend on your action. Do not destroy oil wells, a source of wealth that belongs to the Iraqi people. Do not obey any command to use weapons of mass destruction against anyone, including the Iraqi people. War crimes will be prosecuted. War criminals will be punished. And it will be no defense to say, "I was just following orders."
By George W. Bush on War Crimes

Those weapons of mass destruction have got to be somewhere.
By George W. Bush on Weapons of Mass Destruction