"There is some who say that perhaps freedom……" — George W. Bush
"There is some who say that perhaps freedom is not universal. Maybe it's only Western people that can self-govern. Maybe it's only, you know, white-guy Methodists who are capable of self-government. I reject that notion."
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802 Quotes by George W. Bush
George W. Bush has 802 quotes on this site.
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Terrorist attacks can shake the foundations of our biggest buildings, but they cannot touch the foundation of America. These acts…
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We will not waver; we will not tire; we will not falter, and we will not fail. Peace and Freedom…
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Leadership to me means duty, honor, country. It means character, and it means listening from time to time.
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I can hear you, the rest of the world can hear you and the people who knocked these buildings down…
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Freedom itself was attacked this morning by a faceless coward, and freedom will be defended.
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America is a Nation with a mission - and that mission comes from our most basic beliefs. We have no…
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I have a different vision of leadership. A leadership is someone who brings people together.
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You can fool some of the people all the time, and those are the ones you want to concentrate on.
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To those of you who received honours, awards and distinctions, I say well done. And to the C students, I…
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Everywhere that freedom stirs, let tyrants fear.
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I believe the most solemn duty of the American president is to protect the American people. If America shows uncertainty…
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When I take action, I'm not going to fire a $2 million missile at a $10 empty tent and hit…
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Anyone who is capable of getting themselves made President should on no account be allowed to do the job.
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In itself, homosexuality is as limiting as heterosexuality: the ideal should be to be capable of loving a woman or…
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Nothing is capable of being well set to music that is not nonsense.
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If we may believe our logicians, man is distinguished from all other creatures by the faculty of laughter. He has…
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Nothing is more capable of troubling our reason, and consuming our health, than secret notions of jealousy in solitude.
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