George W. Bush
I could have easily not run for president, and people would have come up and said, "Oh, man, you would have been a great president." Or even a lousy president. But I never would have known had I not chosen to run. Part of life is seizing the moment.Collection: Running
A number of people walk up to me and say, "You're much taller than I thought."Collection: Numbers
I didn't try to be something I wasn't.Collection: Trying
What mattered to me was that I didn't compromise my soul in order to try to achieve a kind of popularity. The only thing you can do is just live your life.Collection: Order
I was popular at some times and not so popular at other times. But what mattered was trying to solve problems and deal with circumstances. Some of which I was able to anticipate. Some of which caught us totally by surprise.Collection: Trying
There is only one course of action against terrorists: to defeat them abroad before they attack us at home.Collection: Home
...By allowing businesses to expense up to $75,000, it means somebody is more likely to buy a copying machine, or in this case, an architectural... fancy machine.Collection: Fun
First, let me make it very clear, poor people aren't necessarily killers. Just because you happen to be not rich doesn't mean you're willing to kill.Collection: Mean
Tyrants and dictators will accept no other gods before them. They require disobedience to the First Commandment. They seek absolute control and are threatened by faith in God. They fear only the power they cannot possess - the power of truth. So they resent the living example of the devout, especially the devotion of a unique people chosen by God.Collection: Humor
Together, we will reclaim America's schools, before ignorance and apathy claim more young lives.Collection: School
Information is moving - you know, nightly news is one way, of course, but it's also moving through the blogosphere and through the Internets.Collection: Moving
Freedom, by its nature, must be chosen, and defended by citizens, and sustained by the rule of law and the protection of minorities. And when the soul of a nation finally speaks, the institutions that arise may reflect customs and traditions very different from our own. America will not impose our own style of government on the unwilling. Our goal instead is to help others find their own voice, attain their own freedom, and make their own way.Collection: Helping Others
I had watched Dad climb into the biggest arena and succeed. I wanted to find out if I had what it took to join him.Collection: Fathers Day
America is the largest investor in the technologies necessary to be able to say to people, 'You can grow your economy so people's standard of living can improve, and at the same time be good stewards of the environment'.Collection: Technology
After all, this is a guy that tried to kill my dad at one time.Collection: Time
I'm excited for my little girls. When they left the nest, I was excited because they were winging their way into life.Collection: Girl
Imagine a world in which you had Saddam Hussein, who had the capacity to make a weapon of mass destruction, who was paying suiciders to kill innocent life. Imagine what the world would be like with him in power. The idea is to try to help change the Middle East. Part of the reason we went into Iraq was we thought he had weapons of mass destruction. It turns out he didn't, but he had the capacity to make weapons of mass destruction.Collection: Trying
I equate freedom and peace. And I believe America, given its position in the world, must use our power to promote freedom.Collection: Believe
Just like we did in Japan, in South Korea. Just like is happening in Iraq. Laura [Bush] and I feel very strongly that if the United States were to leave.Collection: Japan
I want the Iraqis to understand that we are with them and that they have to make tough decisions, and we'll help them make those tough decisions for this country, for this democracy to survive. And they've made some tough decisions.Collection: Country
The freedom movement is built around the principle of democracy and universality of freedom.Collection: Democracy
American mission in Iraq is clear: We're hunting down the terrorists. We're helping Iraqis build a free nation that is an ally in the war on terror. We're advancing freedom in the broader Middle East. We are removing a source of violence and instability and laying the foundation of peace for our children and our grandchildren.Collection: Children
People are innocent till proven otherwise. All people are.Collection: People
I'm a uniter not a divider. That means when it comes time to sew up your chest cavity, we use stitches as opposed to opening it up.Collection: Mean
In the long term, to defeat this ideology [terrorism] - and they [terrorists] are bound by an ideology - you defeat it with a more hopeful ideology called freedom.Collection: Long
We need common-sense judges who understand our rights were derived from GodCollection: Faith
A lot of times in politics you have people look you in the eye and tell you what's not on their mind.Collection: Eye
I can change, but as we speak now, I really have zero desire to see my name in the press.Collection: Zero
I am committed to the First Amendment principles of religious freedom, tolerance, and diversity. Whether Mormon, Methodist, Jewish, or Muslim, Americans should be able to participate in their constitutional free exercise of religion. I do not think witchcraft is a religion, and I do not think it is in any way appropriate for the U.S. military to promote it.Collection: Religious
Please don't look at the part of the glass that is only half full.Collection: Glasses
I don't want some mom whose son may have recently died to see the commander in chief playing golf.Collection: Mom
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.Collection: Government
I'm not so sure the role of the United States is going around the world saying this is the way its gotta be.Collection: World
America stands for liberty, for the pursuit of happiness and for the unalienable right for life. This right to life cannot be granted or denied by government because it does not come from government, it comes from the creator of life.Collection: Pursuit Of Happiness
I respect every soldier, from every country, who serves beside us in the hard work of history. America is grateful, and America will not forget.Collection: Country
Our enemies have made the mistake that America's enemies always make. They saw liberty and thought they saw weakness. And now, they see defeat.Collection: Mistake
I regret not finding Osama Bin Laden.Collection: Regret
In the past we entrusted money to the government sector and the government sector simply did not spend the money wisely. And that is why we need reforms, but the government sector is not being reformed.Collection: Past
The United States of America stands for: the ability for people to worship freely, the ability for people to vote and to express their opinion freely is something we hold dear.Collection: America
We do not create terrorism by fighting the terrorists. We invite terrorism by ignoring them.Collection: Fighting
I am sustained by the prayers of the people in this country. I guess an appropriate way to say this, it's one of the beautiful things about America and Americans from all walks of life is that they're willing to pray for the President and his family. And that's powerful. It's hard for me to describe to you what that means. It's-let me just say this: It's a leap of faith to understand.Collection: Beautiful
Reading history while you make history can teach you a lot.Collection: Reading
There ought to be limits to freedom.Collection: Humor
There's an old saying in Tennessee — I know it's in Texas, probably in Tennessee — that says, fool me once, shame on — shame on you. Fool me — you can't get fooled again.Collection: Funny
I [have big plans]. Promoting freedom around the world, particularly with women in the Middle East. Working on global disease. Working on accountability in public schools. And advocating for a free marketplace and an economic environment in which businesses can innovate and create jobs.Collection: Jobs
My point is that she's [Laura Bush] busy and I'm busy, which makes our marriage not only interesting but exciting.Collection: Interesting
Thousands of lives were suddenly ended by evil, despicable acts of terror. The pictures of airplanes flying into buildings, fires burning, huge structures collapsing, have filled us with disbelief, terrible sadness and a quiet, unyielding anger.Collection: Airplane
When it comes to the education of our children... failure is not an option.Collection: Children
Families is where our nation finds hope, where wings take dream.Collection: Dream