Mean Quotes by George W. Bush

I'm a patient man. And when I say I'm a patient man, I mean I'm a patient man.

— George W. Bush

Sometimes, words have consequences you don't intend them to mean.

— George W. Bush

Of course we're after Iraq.. eh.. Saddam Hussein.. I mean bin Laden.

— George W. Bush

I mean, there needs to be a wholesale effort against racial profiling, which is illiterate children.

— George W. Bush

When we make a pledge, we mean it. We keep our word, and what we begin, we will finish.

— George W. Bush

Can't living with the bill means it won't become law.

— George W. Bush

If affirmative action means what I just described, what I'm for, then I'm for it.

— George W. Bush

He has certainly earned a reputation as a fantastic mayor, because the results speak for themselves. I mean, New York's a safer…

— George W. Bush

I'm oftentimes asked, What difference does it make to America if people are dying of malaria in a place like Ghana? It…

— George W. Bush

Leadership to me means duty, honor, country. It means character, and it means listening from time to time.

— George W. Bush

You work three jobs? Uniquely American, isn't it? I mean, that is fantastic that you're doing that." To a divorced mother of…

— George W. Bush

I think it's very important for the American president to mean what he says. That's why I understand that the enemy could…

— George W. Bush

Tribal sovereignty means that. It's sovereign. You're a... you're a... you've been given sovereignty and you're viewed as a sovereign entity.

— George W. Bush

Victory means exit strategy, and it's important for the president to explain to us what the exit strategy is.

— George W. Bush

The Geneva Convention . . . says that there will be no outrages upon human dignity. It’s very vague. What does that…

— George W. Bush

I think you can judge from somebody's actions a kind of a stability and sense of purpose perhaps created by strong religious…

— George W. Bush

My meetings with [Ahmed Chalabi] were very brief. I mean, I think I met with him at the State of the Union…

— George W. Bush

You have to be optimistic about golf. I mean it's physically demanding, particularly if you're on one leg. But it's psychologically demanding…

— George W. Bush

The budget caps were busted, mightily so. And we are reviewing with people like Judd Gregg from New Hampshire and others some…

— George W. Bush

What's all this whining about the environment? They're always talking about 'stop the clearcuts.' I mean do the math people. If we…

— George W. Bush

I mean, if you've ever been a governor of a state, you understand the vast potential of broadband technology, you understand how…

— George W. Bush

Reinvention means you're kind of re-creating somebody. Well, I'm the same person, in terms of values. My priorities - my faith, my…

— George W. Bush

We will direct every resource at our command - every means of diplomacy, every tool of intelligence, every instrument of law enforcement,…

— George W. Bush

Uganda's budget is 40 percent aid-dependent. Ghana's budget is 50 percent aid-dependent. Even if you cancel the debt, you don't eliminate that…

— George W. Bush

I know we need more nuclear power in order - nuclear power, after all, is not dependent on fossil fuels and emits…

— George W. Bush

Eid is a time of joy, after a season of fasting and prayer and reflection. Each year, the end of Ramadan means…

— George W. Bush

I understand why people are discouraged about Iraq. I can understand that. We live in a, you know, world in which people…

— George W. Bush

States like these [Iran, Iraq, North Korae], and their terrorist allies, constitute an axis of evil, arming to threaten the peace of…

— George W. Bush

The challenge in Iraq is to provide a security plan such that a political process can go forward. I'm sure you all…

— George W. Bush

I mean, these good folks are revolutionizing how businesses conduct their business. And, like them, I am very optimistic about our position…

— George W. Bush

Well, my message is, is that if you harbor a terrorist, you're a terrorist. If you feed a terrorist, you're a terrorist.…

— George W. Bush

America has never been united by blood or birth or soil. We are bound by ideals that move us beyond our backgrounds,…

— George W. Bush

...By allowing businesses to expense up to $75,000, it means somebody is more likely to buy a copying machine, or in this…

— George W. Bush

I would have said yes to abortion if only it was right. I mean, yeah it's right. Well no it's not right…

— George W. Bush

Something that is completely unwinnable. I mean, it becomes unwinnable if we decide to leave [Afghanistan].

— George W. Bush

I mean, there was a serious international effort to say to Saddam Hussein, you're a threat. And the 9/11 attacks extenuated that…

— George W. Bush

If you say, "Are you going to change your strategic objective?", it means you're leaving before the mission is complete, and we're…

— George W. Bush

The Bob Jones policy on interracial dating, I mean I spoke out on interracial dating. I spoke against that. I spoke out…

— George W. Bush

I pray daily, and I pray in all kinds of places. I mean, I pray in bed, I pray in the Oval…

— George W. Bush

Look, when you're the president, there's all kinds of things said about us. I mean, it's just the nature of the job.

— George W. Bush