--- title: "8 George w Quotes By Seymour Hersh" description: "8 George w quotes by Seymour Hersh. Plus more from Seymour Hersh and more George w sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/982/seymour-hersh-9648_assumption_there-s-been-a-lot-of-talk-about-how-bad_360000.jpg" --- > [There's been a lot of talk about how bad the reporting was, particularly with the George W. Bush Administration after 9/11. The…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/seymour-hersh/there-s-been-a-lot-of-talk-about-how-bad-the-reporting-was/) [Seymour Hersh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/seymour-hersh/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/982/seymour-hersh-9648_assumption_there-s-been-a-lot-of-talk-about-how-bad_360000.jpg) > [If George W. Bush had gone into Iraq for cynical reasons, we could cut our losses now. What's frightening is that he…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/seymour-hersh/if-george-w-bush-had-gone-into-iraq-for-cynical-reasons-we-could-cut/) [Seymour Hersh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/seymour-hersh/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/37b/seymour-hersh-9648_belief_if-george-w-bush-had-gone-into-iraq-for_407400.jpg) > [It doesn't matter what a majority of Americans say. George W.Bush is going to do what he thinks he must do. And…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/seymour-hersh/it-doesn-t-matter-what-a-majority-of-americans-say-george-w-bush-is/) [Seymour Hersh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/seymour-hersh/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9db/seymour-hersh-9648_bless_it-doesn-t-matter-what-a-majority-of-ame_986815.jpg) > [I would recommend any American who wants to understand where the government is going in the next four years of George W.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/seymour-hersh/i-would-recommend-any-american-who-wants-to-understand-where-the/) [Seymour Hersh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/seymour-hersh/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f02/seymour-hersh-9648_confirmation_i-would-recommend-any-american-who-wants_1414008.jpg) > [Few knew in 2000 that George W. Bush was going to end up with neoconservatives all over the place. Once 9/11 happened,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/seymour-hersh/few-knew-in-2000-that-george-w-bush-was-going-to-end-up-with/) [Seymour Hersh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/seymour-hersh/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f93/seymour-hersh-9648_election_few-knew-in-2000-that-george-w-bush-was_1508345.jpg) > [One of the terrible things about George W. Bush Administration is that nobody wants to hear bad news. The neoconservatives are a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/seymour-hersh/one-of-the-terrible-things-about-george-w-bush-administration-is-that/) [Seymour Hersh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/seymour-hersh/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d69/seymour-hersh-9648_agree_one-of-the-terrible-things-about-george_2006520.jpg) > [When George W.Bush attacked Afghanistan, it was widely hailed, and the failure of our war there wasn't understood. Within a few months…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/seymour-hersh/when-george-w-bush-attacked-afghanistan-it-was-widely-hailed-and-the/) [Seymour Hersh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/seymour-hersh/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/df0/seymour-hersh-9648_afghanistan_when-george-w-bush-attacked-afghanistan_2502193.jpg) > [I'm worried about people who say George W. Bush is lying. It's much more frightening that he's not lying, that he believes…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/seymour-hersh/i-m-worried-about-people-who-say-george-w-bush-is-lying-it-s-much/) [Seymour Hersh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/seymour-hersh/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/146/seymour-hersh-9648_adventure_i-m-worried-about-people-who-say-george_2550364.jpg) ## Other authors on George w ## More by Seymour Hersh > [I can't fudge what I write. But I can certainly fudge what I say.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/seymour-hersh/i-can-t-fudge-what-i-write-but-i-can-certainly-fudge-what-i-say/) [Seymour Hersh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/seymour-hersh/) > [If Bush had gone into Iraq for cynical reasons, we could cut our losses now. What's frightening is that he did it for ideological…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/seymour-hersh/if-bush-had-gone-into-iraq-for-cynical-reasons-we-could-cut-our/) [Seymour Hersh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/seymour-hersh/) > [At a meeting in her office in the late summer of 2002, months before the war in Iraq, prisoner abuse at Guantanamo is discussed.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/seymour-hersh/at-a-meeting-in-her-office-in-the-late-summer-of-2002-months-before/) [Seymour Hersh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/seymour-hersh/) > [Using words to make other people less big made me feel bigger, though the psychological dimension to that... well, I don't want to explore…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/seymour-hersh/using-words-to-make-other-people-less-big-made-me-feel-bigger-though/) [Seymour Hersh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/seymour-hersh/) > [I didn't know I was gonna be a writer when I started out.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/seymour-hersh/i-didn-t-know-i-was-gonna-be-a-writer-when-i-started-out/) [Seymour Hersh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/seymour-hersh/) > [We'd be better off if the whole purpose of the adventure in Iraq was, say, to protect Israel or to protect the flow of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/seymour-hersh/we-d-be-better-off-if-the-whole-purpose-of-the-adventure-in-iraq-was/) [Seymour Hersh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/seymour-hersh/) > [The idea of photographing an Arab man naked and having him simulate homosexual activity, and having an American GI woman in the photographs, is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/seymour-hersh/the-idea-of-photographing-an-arab-man-naked-and-having-him-simulate/) [Seymour Hersh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/seymour-hersh/) > [There's been a lot of talk about how bad the reporting was, particularly with the George W. Bush Administration after 9/11. The general assumption,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/seymour-hersh/there-s-been-a-lot-of-talk-about-how-bad-the-reporting-was/) [Seymour Hersh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/seymour-hersh/) > [Grab whom you must. Do what you want.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/seymour-hersh/grab-whom-you-must-do-what-you-want/) [Seymour Hersh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/seymour-hersh/) > [If George W. Bush had gone into Iraq for cynical reasons, we could cut our losses now. What's frightening is that he did it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/seymour-hersh/if-george-w-bush-had-gone-into-iraq-for-cynical-reasons-we-could-cut/) [Seymour Hersh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/seymour-hersh/) > [I don't think I've ever met a public official that didn't think he was doing the right thing. I can't think of one.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/seymour-hersh/i-don-t-think-i-ve-ever-met-a-public-official-that-didn-t-think-he/) [Seymour Hersh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/seymour-hersh/) > [How can you have a security guarantee? The Europeans can give their security guarantees to Iran all they want in return for their stopping…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/seymour-hersh/how-can-you-have-a-security-guarantee-the-europeans-can-give-their/) [Seymour Hersh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/seymour-hersh/) > [I don't know Condoleezza Rice personally. I'm sure she's a nice lady, and I'm sure she plays the piano well. But she was a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/seymour-hersh/i-don-t-know-condoleezza-rice-personally-i-m-sure-she-s-a-nice-lady/) [Seymour Hersh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/seymour-hersh/) > [And then, of course, Bush won reelection, with everything out there, all of our complaints, all of the issues, all of the troubles with…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/seymour-hersh/and-then-of-course-bush-won-reelection-with-everything-out-there-all/) [Seymour Hersh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/seymour-hersh/) > [The day after 9/11, we should have gone to Russia. We did the one thing that George Kennan warned us never to do -…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/seymour-hersh/the-day-after-9-11-we-should-have-gone-to-russia-we-did-the-one-thing/) [Seymour Hersh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/seymour-hersh/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/george-w/seymour-hersh/#itemlist", "name": "8 George w Quotes By Seymour Hersh", "numberOfItems": 8, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "There's been a lot of talk about how bad the reporting was, particularly with the George W. Bush Administration after 9/11. 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