Quotes by George W. Bush

About George W. Bush:

George Walker Bush is an American politician and businessman who served as the 43rd President of the United States from 2001 to 2009, and the 46th Governor of Texas from 1995 to 2000. The eldest son of Barbara and George H. W. Bush, he was born in New Haven, Connecticut. After graduating from Yale University in 1968 and Harvard Business School in 1975, he worked in oil businesses. He married Laura Welch in 1977 and ran unsuccessfully for the House of Representatives shortly thereafter. He later co-owned the Texas Rangers baseball team before defeating Ann Richards in the 1994 Texas gubernatorial election. He was elected president in 2000 after a close and controversial election, becoming the fourth president to be elected while receiving fewer popular votes nationwide than his opponent. He is the second president to have been the son of a former president, the first having been John Quincy Adams. He is also the brother of Jeb Bush, former Governor of Florida.
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

We will make no distinction between the terrorists who committed these acts and those who harbour them.

George W. Bush

I can hear you, the rest of the world can hear you and the people who knocked these buildings down will hear all of us soon.

George W. Bush

Free nations are peaceful nations. Free nations don't attack each other. Free nations don't develop weapons of mass destruction.

George W. Bush

There's no bigger task than protecting the homeland of our country.

George W. Bush

We can't allow the world's worst leaders to blackmail, threaten, hold freedom-loving nations hostage with the world's worst weapons.

George W. Bush

Our nation must come together to unite.

George W. Bush

The tyrant has fallen, and Iraq is free.

George W. Bush

For diplomacy to be effective, words must be credible - and no one can now doubt the word of America.

George W. Bush

I will never relent in defending America - whatever it takes.

George W. Bush

The legislature's job is to write law. It's the executive branch's job to interpret law.

George W. Bush

It's going to be the year of the sharp elbow and the quick tongue.

George W. Bush

We don't believe in planners and deciders making the decisions on behalf of Americans.

George W. Bush

I would like to be remembered as a guy who had a set of priorities, and was willing to live by those priorities. In terms of accomplishments, my biggest accomplishment is that I kept the country safe amidst a real danger.

George W. Bush

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 the worlds beyond our own.

George W. Bush

The United States and our allies are determined: we refuse to live in the shadow of this ultimate danger.

George W. Bush

Iraq is no diversion. It is a place where civilization is taking a decisive stand against chaos and terror, we must not waver.

George W. Bush

The United States prefers that Iraq meet its obligations voluntarily, yet we are prepared for the alternative.

George W. Bush

And what's interesting, and I don't think a lot of Americans understand this fact, is that, one, most new jobs are created by small businesses; two, most small businesses pay tax at the individual income tax, or many small businesses pay tax there.

George W. Bush

The once all-powerful ruler of Iraq was found in a hole, and now sits in a prison cell.

George W. Bush

This young century will be liberty's century.

George W. Bush

America will never seek a permission slip to defend the security of our people.

George W. Bush

Author Bio

  • NameGeorge W. Bush
  • DescriptionAmerican politician, 43rd president of the United States from 2001 to 2009
  • AliasesGeorge Bush; George Walker Bush; Bush, George W.
  • BornJuly 6, 1946
  • CountryUnited States Of America
  • ProfessionOfficer; Politician; Motivational Speaker; Autobiographer; Painter; Rugby Union Player