83 result(s) for George H. W. Bush Quotes.
"I stand by all the misstatements that I've made."
"Any definition of a successful life must include serving others."
"I'll be glad to reply to or dodge your questions, depending on what I think will help our election most."
"We need to be better."
"Take a look. Make a call."
"Don't worry! Be happy! Don't eat too much!"
"Think about every problem- every challenge we face. The solution to each starts with education."
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"We are not the sum of our possessions."
"I have opinions of my own — strong opinions — but I don't always agree with them."
"Saddam Hussein has gone to elaborate lengths, spending enormous sums, taking great risks, to build and keep weapons of mass destruction."
"I want to talk a little bit now about growth and opportunity."
"Even life brings sorrows and losses, great and terrible, I have learned never to underestimate the power of the human spirit."
"I can tell you this: When I take my oath of office, I will take it on January 20th a few minutes after noon, but I won't be taking a round trip."
"I will never apologize for the United States — I don't care what the facts are."
"I can tell you this: If I'm ever in a position to call on someone to jump, I assure you, I won't study how high."
"One of the reasons why I have really never expected to be President was that people like me don't run for high office."
"Some see leadership as high drama, and the sound of trumpets calling, and sometimes it is that. But I see history as a book with many pages, and each day we fill a page with acts of hopefulness and meaning."
"I am conservative, but I'm not a nut about it."
"This is America... a brilliant diversity spread like stars, like a thousand points of light in a broad and peaceful sky."
"Look at the things that really matter and work to preserve them."
"Tell your truth - one voice, however seemingly small, can make a difference."
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"I do know that there are people in the country for whom the conditions are different, and I want to assure them that I care very deeply about them."
"Let the shameful wall of exclusion finally come tumbling down."
"I want to turn the White House into the White House of rock -- a rock palace."
"I'm grateful for each day you've listed me because every day I serve as President has been an honor and every day represents a chance to accomplish something for America."
"I will keep America moving forward, always forward, for a better America, for an endless enduring dream and a thousand Points of Light."
"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."
"Our problems are large, but our leadership is even larger."
"I'm the one who will not raise taxes. My opponent now says he'll raise them as a last resort, or a third resort. But when a politician talks like that, you know that's one resort he'll be checking into. My opponent...won't rule out raising taxes. But I will. And the Congress will push me to raise taxes, and I'll say no, and they'll push, and I'll say no, and they'll push again, and I'll say to them, Read my lips: no new taxes."
"America is never wholly herself unless she is engaged in high moral principle."
"I am a quiet man. And let me assure you, while I am quiet, I am not passive."
"The American Dream means giving it your all, trying your hardest, accomplishing something. And then I'd add to that, giving something back. No definition of a successful life can do anything but include serving others."
"The Iran-Contra testimony was a dramatic event; I participated in it quite happily."
"You can't be President and be concerned about your image."
"The stakes are too high for government to be a spectator sport."
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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."
"We know what works: Freedom works. We know what's right: Freedom is right."
"It's a very good question, very direct, and I'm not going to answer it."
"The American Dream means giving it your all, trying your hardest, achieving the best."
"There's nothing wrong with being a conservative and coming up with a fair, a balanced, a bipartisan approach."
"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."
"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."
"You can't be president and be in handcuffs."
"I feel that the greatest reward for doing is the opportunity to do more."
"We need to be tending to the people where they live. In their neighborhoods."
"Don't confuse being 'soft' with seeing the other guy's point of view."
"When you change the way you look at things, the things you look at change."
"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."
"I have nothing but contempt and anger for those who betray the trust by exposing the name of our sources. They are, in my view, the most insidious of traitors."
"Be bold in your caring, be bold in your dreaming and above all else, always do your best."
"We will get through this together. And do it on our own terms, on our own timetable."
"I was raised to believe that public service is noble, and I think no higher calling, no higher call than public service."
"I will never apologize for the United States. I don't care what the facts are."
"Freedom and the power to choose should not be the privilege of wealth. They are the birthright of every American."
"Let me put this in capital letters: The ‘Armageddon scenario’ that watchdogs warn of would occur only if budget negotiators bungled the job badly and let this country default. But you know what? Nobody ever made a buck panicking."
"Remember the importance of humility. Remember that the measure of a person's success is the collective success."
"Please put those pans down, cook with me and dream with me, that we can make our country more beautiful. Just do it."
"Strength and wisdom are not opposing values."
"Be bold and courageous! The time has come to focus on the big things. The important things."
"Let's say nobody asks you where you are from, where you live, how old you are; they just ask you for your sandwich."
"I'm a man who sees life in the long term – I want people to think of me as someone who cares about the future."
"I made a commitment to people that I would stay the course, tough as it may be. That integrity is important to me."
"I grew up, I kind of perfected the art of meandering. But I think I got to where I needed to go."
"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!"
"Read my lips: no new taxes."
"I'm conservative, but I'm not a nut about it."
"The American Dream means giving it your all, trying your hardest, accomplishing something. And then I'd add to that, giving something back."
"We are a nation of communities... a brilliant diversity spread like stars, like a thousand points of light in a broad and peaceful sky."
"We don't want an America that is closed to the world. What we want is a world that is open to America."
"I have opinions of my own, strong opinions, but I don't always agree with them."
"No problem of human making is too great to be overcome by human ingenuity, human energy, and the untiring hope of the human spirit."
"I hope historians will realize that the 1980s weren't simply an embarrassment or a mistake."
"I'm the President...and I'm not going to eat any more broccoli!"
"I take as my guide the hope of a saint: in crucial things, unity; in important things, diversity; in all things, generosity."
"Think about every problem, every challenge, we face. The solution to each starts with education."
"I will keep America moving forward, always forward; for a better America, for an endless enduring dream and a thousand points of light."
"The anchor in our world today is freedom, holding us steady in times of change, a symbol of hope to all the world."
"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."
"There is a God who loves me, who made me, and who wants to hear from me in prayer."
"It's a legacy that I leave the White House, I did my very best."
"I have a form of Tourette's where I am compelled to draw swastikas on everything."
"I'd like to be remembered as a decent person who has tried to do what's right for the country."
"I will keep America moving forward, always forward, for an enduring dream and a thousand points of light."
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