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Running Quotes by George W. Bush

42 Running quotes by George W. Bush

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He runs with a dog and thinks, using the jog to sort out many ideas. The quotes also talk about political duties, a sense of destiny, and the importance of staying true to principles. He mentions that every person matters, even when the world feels chaotic.

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It helps me sleep at night.

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Running for president was a good decision.

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If you don't succeed, you run the risk of failure.

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One of the biggest sacrifices in running for President, if there is one, is the loss of anonymity.

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America will never run... And we will always be grateful that liberty has found such brave defenders.

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It's amazing I won. I was running against peace, prosperity, and incumbency

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We don't want Washington Democrats running the House of Representatives.

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In the long run, the right answer to unemployment is to create more jobs.

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I've heard the call. I believe God wants me to run for president.

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I don't think you can run for president or be president unless you're a busy person.

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A good run adds a little bounce to my step. I get a certain amount of self-esteem from it.

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It's hard to plan and plot attacks against America if you're on the run, and that's exactly what our brave professionals are…

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I've got a great sense of where I want to lead and I'm comfortable with why I'm running. And, you know, the…

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That's important when you are running an organization so that the people who work with you know what you believe in and…

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The person who runs FEMA is someone who must have the trust of the president because the person who runs FEMA is…

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You can imagine these radicals getting a hold of a country where they're able to pull oil off the market to run…

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Politics comes and goes, but your principles don't. And everybody wants to be loved -- not everybody. ... You never heard anybody…

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Then I went for a run with the other dog and just walked. And I started thinking about a lot of things.…

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In times of war and in hours of crisis, Senator Kerry has turned his back on 'pay any price' and 'bear any…

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We have a strong and vital role to play in Iraq, and we certainly cannot leave a vacuum for the insurgents to…

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We run a danger of trying to say the casualties are less than other wars or more than expected. It's just everybody…

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We also know that Iraq is harboring a terrorist network headed by a senior al Qaeda terrorist planner. This network runs a…

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America is addicted to oil...We must also change how we power our automobiles. We will increase our research in better batteries for…

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It appears to be a re-run of a bad movie. [Iraqi President Saddam Hussein] is delaying. He's deceiving. He's asking for time.…

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We go forward with complete confidence in the eventual triumph of freedom. Not because history runs on the wheels of inevitability; it…

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There were tactical decisions that I wish I could have done differently: mission accomplished, not revealing my drunken driving charge prior to…

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It's amazing I won. I was running against peace, prosperity, and incumbency." —George W. Bush, June 14, 2001, speaking to Swedish Prime…

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And uh, so, I'm running for a reason. I'm answering this question here and the answer is, you cannot lead America to…

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I've got a reason for running. I talk about a larger goal, which is to call upon the best of America. It's…

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If I were a candidate for running, I'd say, "Look at what the economy has done." It's strong. We've created a lot…

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Republican or Democrat candidate for Presidency ought to say: I look forward to working with the president to solve the problem. People…

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In the long run, stability cannot be purchased at the expense of liberty.

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Running for governor of Texas against a very popular governor [incumbent Ann Richards] was deemed to be risky. Everybody thought I would…

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This is Preservation Month. I appreciate preservation. It's what you do when you run for president. You gotta preserve.

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I feel like God wants me to run for president. I can't explain it, but I sense my country is going to…

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I can't wait to join you in the joy of welcoming neighbors back into neighborhoods, and small businesses up and running, and…

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I understand I'm running against a person who is so anxious to become president, he will do whatever it takes.

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I'd also remind people, if I were running for Presidency, that a long-term problem facing the budget is Social Security and Medicare.

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The person who runs FEMA is someone who must have the trust of the president. Because the person who runs FEMA is…

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I could have easily not run for president, and people would have come up and said, "Oh, man, you would have been…

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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.