George H. W. Bush Quotes
Quotations and aphorisms by George H. W. Bush:
I can tell you this: If I'm ever in a position to call the shots, I'm not going to rush to send somebody else's kids into a war.
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Losing is tough.
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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.
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We can realise a lasting peace and transform the East-West relationship to one of enduring co-operation.
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What's wrong with being a boring kind of guy?
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Ageing's alright, better than the alternative, which is not being here.
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I don't write letters anymore.
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The glory of being a carrier pilot has certainly worn off.
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It's a very good question, very direct, and I'm not going to answer it.
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It's much worse to read criticism about your son than yourself.
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I will keep America moving forward, always forward, for a better America, for an endless enduring dream and a thousand Points of Light. This is my mission, and I will complete it.
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You have to understand that people that are hurting are going to criticize.
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I'm conservative, but I'm not a nut about it.
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America is never wholly herself unless she is engaged in high moral principle. We as a people have such a purpose today. It is to make kinder the face of the nation and gentler the face of the world.
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I can't ever remember sitting around and saying, 'gosh let's hurry up and get these debates going, that'll win it for me.' Nope.
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I think I'd be a better president because I was in combat.
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One of the good things about the way the Gulf War ended in 1991 is, you'd see the Vietnam veterans marching with the Gulf War veterans.
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I have opinions of my own, strong opinions, but I don't always agree with them.
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We don't want an America that is closed to the world. What we want is a world that is open to America.
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Old guys can still do fun things.
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We are a nation of communities... a brilliant diversity spread like stars, like a thousand points of light in a broad and peaceful sky.
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I have survivor's curiosity, I guess.
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But let me tell you, this gender thing is history. You're looking at a guy who sat down with Margaret Thatcher across the table and talked about serious issues.
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For 18 years I have resisted talking about current events. I am not going to start now.
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I hope my own children never have to fight a war.
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It's no exaggeration to say that the undecideds could go one way or another.
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I have been very happy in the House of Representatives.
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Every loss of life is terrible.
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Debates, I hate.
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I do not like broccoli. And I haven't liked it since I was a little kid and my mother made me eat it. And I'm President of the United States and I'm not going to eat any more broccoli.
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We know what works. Freedom Works. We know what's right. Freedom is right.
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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.
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History will point out some of the things I did wrong and some of the things I did right.
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Please don't ask me to do that which I've just said I'm not going to do, because you're burning up time. The meter is running through the sand on you, and I am now filibustering.
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Well, I think everybody is frustrated by the finances of the U.N. and the inability to solve problems of war and peace.
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I'll be glad to reply to or dodge your questions, depending on what I think will help our election most.
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Our God is a forgiving God.
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As his vice president for eight years, I learned more from Ronald Reagan than from anyone I encountered in all my years of public life.
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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.
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I'm going to be so much better a president for having been at the CIA that you're not going to believe it.
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We are not the sum of our possessions.
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Gulf Lesson One is the value of airpower.
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I have a form of Parkinson's disease, which I don't like. My legs don't move when my brain tells them to. It's very frustrating.
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I stand for anti-bigotry, anti-Semitism, and anti-racism.
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No, I'm not anguished and tormented.
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The U.S.S. George H. W. Bush is a great thing in my life. It's amazing. A great honor.
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I think the 24-hour news cycle has helped exaggerate the differences between the parties. You can always find someone on TV somewhere carping about something. That didn't happen 20 years ago.
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The day will come - and it is not far off - when the legacy of Lincoln will finally be fulfilled at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, when a black man or woman will sit in the Oval Office. When that day comes, the most remarkable thing about it will be how naturally it occurs.
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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.
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I am not one who - who flamboyantly believes in throwing a lot of words around.
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I'm not trying to get myself up a notch on the ladder by shoving somebody else down on the ladder, whether it's a candidate or the president of the United States or anybody else. I just don't believe that's the way one oughta campaign, I've never done that.
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I think when you see an aircraft fire, these angry, black puffs of smoke, knowing that one of them could kill you that you - you - you understand the seriousness of the mission. And you understand your own mortality.
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I know my serve stinks, but I was a pretty good tennis player.
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I like a colorful sock. I'm a sock man.
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I think in defeat you grope for things that are happy, and it's hard.
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Poland should be strong and prosperous and independent and play its proper role as a great nation in the heart of Europe.
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I'm a conservative, but I'm not a nut about it.
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Lincoln said you cannot be President without spending some item on your knees. I have repeated that and a bunch of Atheists got all over me. Wait a minute. Does that mean that you cannot be President if you are an Atheist? I say yea that does mean that.
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I was offered a job on Wall Street by my uncle. But I wanted to get out. Make-it-on-my-own kinda thing.
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Never ask anyone over 70 how they feel. They'll tell you.
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Read my lips: no new taxes.
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