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History Quotes by George W. Bush

43 History quotes by George W. Bush

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Throughout our history the Declaration has drawn people to new shores, showing how immigration shapes a nation. The quotes stress the need to remember true history, to accept mistakes when history judges, and to see human freedom as a shared project. They also link faith to a moral design and describe the Iraq story as a brief comma.

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Americans are rising to the tasks of history, and they expect the same of us.

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One of the things important about history is to remember the true history.

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Afghanistan is the most daring and ambition mission in the history of NATO.

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Reading history while you make history can teach you a lot.

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History is moving, and it will tend toward hope, or tend toward tragedy.

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“A great nation does not hide its history. It faces its flaws and corrects them.”

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Free people will set the course of history.

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Before history is written down in books, it is written in courage.

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America has never been an empire. We may be the only great power in history that had the chance, and refused -…

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Now, there are some who would like to rewrite history - revisionist historians is what I like to call them.

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We will not permit the triumph of violence in the affairs of men; free people will set the course of history.

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The deliberate and deadly attacks which were carried out yesterday against our country were more than acts of terror. They were acts…

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I like to tell people when the final history is written on Iraq, it will look like just a comma because there…

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I respect every soldier, from every country, who serves beside us in the hard work of history. America is grateful, and America…

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The peaceful transfer of authority is rare in history, yet common in our country. With a simple oath, we affirm old traditions…

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There is no doubt in my mind when history was written, the final page will say: Victory was achieved by the United…

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I have made a lot of tactical decisions that historians will look back and say: He shouldn't have done that. He shouldn't…

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Nearly all Americans have ancestors who braved the oceans - liberty-loving risk takers in search of an ideal - the largest voluntary…

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Recognizing and confronting our history is important. Transcending our history is essential. We are not limited by what we have done, or…

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We Americans have faith in ourselves, but not in ourselves alone. We do not know-we do not claim to know all the…

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Sometimes it can seem that history is turning in a wide arc, toward an unknown shore. Yet the destination of history is…

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I wanted to come to Washington, D.C. and help be a transformative President. And I think history, when they look back, will…

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Look, history is interesting. I read three books on George Washington last year. And my opinion is that if they're still analyzing…

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History will look back, and I'm fully prepared to accept any mistakes that history judges to my administration, because the president makes…

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The enemies of liberty and our country should make no mistake: America remains engaged in the world by history and by choice,…

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The advance of human freedom - the great achievement of our time, and the great hope of every time - now depends…

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I don't worry about long-term history. I won't be around to read it.

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History has an author who fills time and eternity with His purpose.

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In the future history will be made only by us.

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You never know what your history is going to be like until long after you're gone.

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I think all presidents should take the long view of history.

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History will prove me right. This is an exercise in folly.

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Faith gives the assurance that our lives and our history have a moral design.

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Freedom is the direction of history, because freedom is the permanent hope of humanity.

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The Universal Declaration of Human Rights... stands as a landmark achievement in the history of human liberty.

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The true history of my administration will be written 50 years from now, and you and I will not be around to…

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I'm going to put people in my place, so when the history of this administration is written at least there's an authoritarian…

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The decisions I made are done. And history will judge whether or not they were correct. There's no such thing as accurate…

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We're going to have the best educated American people in the world. People that are really very weird can get into sensitive…

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One of the worst days in America's history saw some of the bravest acts in Americans' history. We'll always honor the heroes…

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Throughout our history, the words of the Declaration have inspired immigrants from around the world to set sail to our shores. These immigrants have…

I recognize I am essentially a failed human being in the sense that I can't possibly live up to the expectations of an Almighty.

We will make sure our troops have all that is necessary to complete their missions. That's why I went to the Congress last September…

God speaks through me.

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

You can fool some of the people all the time, and those are the ones you want to concentrate on.

If you take all the food aid, America is by far the most generous country. If you take the direct aid, we're very generous.…

The tyrant has fallen, and Iraq is free.

“One of our energy strategies is to increase the CAFE standards to 35 miles per hour..”

There's a lot that I want to accomplish.

If he's - the inference is that somehow he thinks slavery is a - is a noble institution I would - I would strongly…

My answer is bring 'em on.

On 9-11, we discovered that we cannot escape from the world. To me personally, this was a life-changing experience, and I realized, as did…

As Americans, we want peace - we work and sacrifice for peace. But there can be no peace if our security depends on the…

I couldn't imagine somebody like Osama bin Laden understanding the joy of Chanukah.