George H. W. Bush Quotes

American - President Born: June 12, 1924

See also: Quotes about George Bush

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

Sky, Brilliant, Nation

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, Fact, Away

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

Think, I Think, Could

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, Dodge, I Think

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

Over, Never, How

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

Engaged, Principle, Wholly

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

Always, Enduring, Will

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

Works, Freedom, Know

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

Criticize, Going, Understand

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. George H. W. Bush

Which, Through, Going

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

World, Want, 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

United States, Like, United

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

Vice, Reagan, Learned

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

Possessions, Sum, Our

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. George H. W. Bush

Going, Tell, War

I like a colorful sock. I'm a sock man. George H. W. Bush

Sock, Like, Man

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

Better, Which, Here

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

Some, Wait, Atheists

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

TV, I Think, Differences

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

Legacy, Woman, Fulfilled

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. George H. W. Bush

Move, Which, Very

Read my lips: no new taxes. George H. W. Bush

New, Lips, Read

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

Some, Will, Things

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

Always, Strong, My Own

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

Still, Old, Guys

The U.S.S. George H. W. Bush is a great thing in my life. It's amazing. A great honor. George H. W. Bush

My Life, Bush, Honor

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