George H. W. Bush Quotes

American - President Born: June 12, 1924

See also: Quotes about George Bush

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

Freedom, Man, Tree, Heart, Day, World

We are a nation of communities... a brilliant diversity spread like stars, like a thousand points of light in a broad and peaceful sky. George H. W. Bush

Stars, Light, Sky, Diversity, Peaceful

I have opinions of my own, strong opinions, but I don't always agree with them. George H. W. Bush

Strong, Opinions, My Own, Always, Own

We don't want an America that is closed to the world. What we want is a world that is open to America. George H. W. Bush

America, World, Want, Open, Closed

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. George H. W. Bush

Mother, Me, Kid, Eat, Like, More

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. George H. W. Bush

Think, Differences, You, News, Someone

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. George H. W. Bush

Today, Purpose, People, America, World

Never ask anyone over 70 how they feel. They'll tell you. George H. W. Bush

You, Feel, Never, Ask, Over, Tell

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. George H. W. Bush

Good, War, Good Things, Veterans, You

I'll be glad to reply to or dodge your questions, depending on what I think will help our election most. George H. W. Bush

Think, Election, Help, Questions, Will

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. George H. W. Bush

Fire, Angry, Think, Black, Mission, You

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. George H. W. Bush

Me, You, Say, Wait, Said, Mean

I'm going to be so much better a president for having been at the CIA that you're not going to believe it. George H. W. Bush

Believe, Better, You, Going, President

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. George H. W. Bush

Life, More, President, Years, Vice, Than

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. George H. W. Bush

Myself, Believe, Trying, Ladder, Done

Old guys can still do fun things. George H. W. Bush

Fun, Old, Things, Still, Guys

History will point out some of the things I did wrong and some of the things I did right. George H. W. Bush

History, Wrong, Right, Will, Point, Out

Gulf Lesson One is the value of airpower. George H. W. Bush

Value, Lesson, Gulf

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. George H. W. Bush

Man, Woman, Day, Legacy, Black, Office

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. George H. W. Bush

Light, Moving Forward, Moving, America

We know what works. Freedom Works. We know what's right. Freedom is right. George H. W. Bush

Freedom, Know, Right, Works

Poland should be strong and prosperous and independent and play its proper role as a great nation in the heart of Europe. George H. W. Bush

Heart, Great, Be Strong, Strong, Play

You have to understand that people that are hurting are going to criticize. George H. W. Bush

People, You, Understand, Going, Hurting

What's wrong with being a boring kind of guy? George H. W. Bush

Boring, Wrong, Kind, Guy, Being

Ageing's alright, better than the alternative, which is not being here. George H. W. Bush

Better, Here, Alright, Than, Alternative

We are not the sum of our possessions. George H. W. Bush

Possessions, Our, Sum

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