Competence is a narrow ideal. Competence makes the trains run on time but doesn't know where they're going. — George H. W. Bush Copy Share Image
I know this about the American people: We welcome competition. We'll match our ingenuity, our energy, our experience and technology, our spirit… — George H. W. Bush Copy Share Image
We are not here to enjoy the things on earth, but to pass them around. The people who do it are the… — George H. W. Bush Copy Share Image
Learning is good in and of itself...the mothers of the Jewish ghettoes of the east would pour honey on a book so… — George H. W. Bush Copy Share Image
As you know, in the 2000 campaign I articulated a point of view that we ought to have personal savings accounts for… — George H. W. Bush Copy Share Image
I don't worry about superpower confrontation. You know, I lived through the Cold War days, and where everybody was worried about a… — George H. W. Bush Copy Share Image
We know what works: freedom works. We know what's right: freedom is right. We know how to secure a more and just… — George H. W. Bush Copy Share Image
If you believe that there's a being superior to yourself and that will guide you, strengthen you that helps a lot but,… — George H. W. Bush Copy Share Image
My first act as president is a prayer. I ask you to bow your heads: Heavenly Father, we bow our heads and… — George H. W. Bush Copy Share Image
In times of crisis our nation depends on the courage and determination of the Guard. You know the call of active duty… — George H. W. Bush Copy Share Image
I wouldn't answer the marijuana questions. You know why? Because I don't want some little kid doing what I tried. — George H. W. Bush Copy Share Image
I believe we should make use of what we know. We know that the future of the Earth must not be compromised. — George H. W. Bush Copy Share Image
If I were to give advice to young people, high-achieving young people for example, I’d have to say, don’t neglect your family.… — George H. W. Bush Copy Share Image
I'm the one who will not raise taxes. My opponent now says he'll raise them as a last resort, or a third… — George H. W. Bush Copy Share Image
I am not one who - who flamboyantly believes in throwing a lot of words around. — George H. W. Bush Copy Share Image
We can find meaning and reward by serving some higher purpose than ourselves, a shining purpose, the illumination of a Thousand Points of Light...We… — George H. W. Bush Copy Share Image
International exchanges are not a great tide to sweep away all differences, but they will slowly wear away at the obstacles to peace as… — George H. W. Bush Copy Share Image
Well, I think everybody is frustrated by the finances of the U.N. and the inability to solve problems of war and peace. — George H. W. Bush Copy Share Image
You know I vowed when I became President not to talk about the loneliest toughest job in the world and I didn't. — George H. W. Bush Copy Share Image
I think it's very hard to fight the war on terrorism if we're in retreat. — George H. W. Bush Copy Share Image
I firmly believed we should not march into Baghdad ...To occupy Iraq would instantly shatter our coalition, turning the whole Arab world against us… — George H. W. Bush Copy Share Image
