George H. W. Bush
You cannot be President of the United States if you don't have faith. Remember Lincoln, going to his knees in times of trial in the Civil War and all that stuff.Collection: Faith
But let me tell you, this gender thing is history. You're looking at a guy who sat down with Margaret Thatcher across the table and talked about serious issues.Collection: History
We can realise a lasting peace and transform the East-West relationship to one of enduring co-operation.Collection: Peace
One of the good things about the way the Gulf War ended in 1991 is, you'd see the Vietnam veterans marching with the Gulf War veterans.Collection: War
I hope my own children never have to fight a war.Collection: Hope
We know what works. Freedom Works. We know what's right. Freedom is right.Collection: Freedom
A new breeze is blowing, and a world refreshed by freedom seems reborn; for in man's heart, if not in fact, the day of the dictator is over. The totalitarian era is passing, its old ideas blown away like leaves from an ancient, lifeless tree.Collection: Freedom
I do not like broccoli. And I haven't liked it since I was a little kid and my mother made me eat it. And I'm President of the United States and I'm not going to eat any more broccoli.
I have opinions of my own, strong opinions, but I don't always agree with them.
I will keep America moving forward, always forward, for a better America, for an endless enduring dream and a thousand Points of Light. This is my mission, and I will complete it.
We are a nation of communities... a brilliant diversity spread like stars, like a thousand points of light in a broad and peaceful sky.
I stand for anti-bigotry, anti-Semitism, and anti-racism.
Read my lips: no new taxes.
Our God is a forgiving God.
I like a colorful sock. I'm a sock man.
Every loss of life is terrible.
America is never wholly herself unless she is engaged in high moral principle. We as a people have such a purpose today. It is to make kinder the face of the nation and gentler the face of the world.
Poland should be strong and prosperous and independent and play its proper role as a great nation in the heart of Europe.
We are not the sum of our possessions.
We don't want an America that is closed to the world. What we want is a world that is open to America.
What's wrong with being a boring kind of guy?
I'll be glad to reply to or dodge your questions, depending on what I think will help our election most.
The day will come - and it is not far off - when the legacy of Lincoln will finally be fulfilled at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, when a black man or woman will sit in the Oval Office. When that day comes, the most remarkable thing about it will be how naturally it occurs.
Lincoln said you cannot be President without spending some item on your knees. I have repeated that and a bunch of Atheists got all over me. Wait a minute. Does that mean that you cannot be President if you are an Atheist? I say yea that does mean that.
I can tell you this: If I'm ever in a position to call the shots, I'm not going to rush to send somebody else's kids into a war.
History will point out some of the things I did wrong and some of the things I did right.
Ageing's alright, better than the alternative, which is not being here.
I have a form of Parkinson's disease, which I don't like. My legs don't move when my brain tells them to. It's very frustrating.
It's a very good question, very direct, and I'm not going to answer it.
You have to understand that people that are hurting are going to criticize.
I know my serve stinks, but I was a pretty good tennis player.
Debates, I hate.
I was offered a job on Wall Street by my uncle. But I wanted to get out. Make-it-on-my-own kinda thing.
I think the 24-hour news cycle has helped exaggerate the differences between the parties. You can always find someone on TV somewhere carping about something. That didn't happen 20 years ago.
I don't write letters anymore.
It's no exaggeration to say that the undecideds could go one way or another.
I think in defeat you grope for things that are happy, and it's hard.
Well, I think everybody is frustrated by the finances of the U.N. and the inability to solve problems of war and peace.
I'm conservative, but I'm not a nut about it.
I am not one who - who flamboyantly believes in throwing a lot of words around.
You know I vowed when I became President not to talk about the loneliest toughest job in the world and I didn't.
I think when you see an aircraft fire, these angry, black puffs of smoke, knowing that one of them could kill you that you - you - you understand the seriousness of the mission. And you understand your own mortality.
For 18 years I have resisted talking about current events. I am not going to start now.
I can't ever remember sitting around and saying, 'gosh let's hurry up and get these debates going, that'll win it for me.' Nope.
I'm going to be so much better a president for having been at the CIA that you're not going to believe it.
The glory of being a carrier pilot has certainly worn off.
Gulf Lesson One is the value of airpower.
Many schools include a service project as part of their curriculum, and many corporations have in-house projects for their employees or give them time off to do volunteer work.
Please don't ask me to do that which I've just said I'm not going to do, because you're burning up time. The meter is running through the sand on you, and I am now filibustering.
I think I'd be a better president because I was in combat.