George W. Bush
I care what 51 percent of the people think about me.Collection: Thinking
The nature of the presidency is that sometimes you don't choose which challenges come to your desk. You do decide how to respond.Collection: Challenges
Look, the key for me is to keep expectations low.Collection: Keys
This crusade, this war on terrorism is going to take a while.Collection: War
I love free speech.Collection: Freedom Of Speech
My meetings with [Ahmed Chalabi] were very brief. I mean, I think I met with him at the State of the Union and just kind of working through the rope line, and he might have come with a group of leaders. But I haven't had any extensive conversations with him.Collection: Mean
In the long term, we've got to defeat an ideology of hate with an ideology of hope. There' a reason why people like [Al-Qaida leader Osama] bin Laden are able to recruit suiciders, because if you don't have hope, you're attracted to an ideology which says, it's OK to kill people and kill yourself.Collection: Hate
A year ago, my approval rating was in the 30s, my nominee for the supreme court had just withdrawn, and my vice president had shot someone. Ah, those were the good old days.Collection: Approval Rating
We got a leader in Iran who has announced that he wants to destroy Israel. So I've told people that if you're interested in avoiding World War III, it seems like you ought to be interested in preventing them from have the knowledge necessary to make a nuclear weapon.Collection: War
I will have a foreign-handed foreign policy.Collection: Humor
My administration is committed to a leadership role on the issue of climate change.Collection: Issues
Well, you know, I think the American people are sacrificing now. I think they're waiting in airport lines longer than they've ever had before.Collection: Humor
It is a ridiculous notion to assert that because the United States is on the offense, more people want to hurt us. We are on the offense because people do want to hurt us.Collection: Hurt
What we Republicans should stand for is growth in the economy. We ought to make the pie higher.Collection: Pie
For too long our culture has said, "If it feels good, do it." Now America is embracing a new ethic and a new creed: "Let's roll".Collection: America
We're creating an ownership society in this country, where more Americans than ever will be able to open up their door where they live and say, welcome to my house, welcome to my piece of property.Collection: Country
And as a result of the United States military, Taliban no longer is in existence.Collection: Military
As Iraqi forces gain experience and the political process advances, we will be able to decrease our troop level in Iraq without losing our capability to defeat the terrorists. These decisions about troop levels will be driven by the conditions on the ground in Iraq and the good judgment of our commanders, not by artificial timetables set by politicians in Washington.Collection: Iraq
These stories about my intellectual capacity really get under my skin. You know, for a while I even thought my staff believed it. There on my schedule first thing every morning it said, 'Intelligence Briefing.'Collection: Morning
I am comfortable knowing that I put my heart and soul into the presidency.Collection: Heart
There is a language barrier between vets and the civilian population. They speak different languages.Collection: Vets
Pushing legislation that would undercut our troops just as we're beginning to make progress in Baghdad.Collection: Progress
I believe we're making really good progress in Iraq.Collection: Believe
It will take time to restore chaosCollection: Chaos
All I can tell you is that I know the enemy, allies, and troops hear what I say.Collection: Enemy
When John Murtha, for example, said the Marines are killing innocent civilians in cold blood.Collection: Marine
I take pride in being the same person.Collection: Pride
"Reinvention" is a word that doesn't fit into my vocabulary.Collection: Vocabulary
I'm comfortable moving into the role of elder person.Collection: Moving
I really think it's important for presidents to exit the stage gracefully.Collection: Thinking
I feel blessed to have been raised a Texan.Collection: Blessed
I was very fortunate to have had a mother and father who loved me in spite of my failings.Collection: Mother
I was also fortunate that I was raised in a part of the world, West Texas, where individualism is strong.Collection: Strong
It's important to take risks.Collection: Risk
I'm talking about living life to its fullest.Collection: Live Life
I have zero desire to be in the limelight.Collection: Zero
We ought to make the pie higher.Collection: Humor
Will the highways on the Internet become more few?Collection: Funny
This is a day when all Americans from every walk of life unite in our resolve for justice and peace. America has stood down enemies before, and we will do so this time. None of us will ever forget this day. Yet, we go forward to defend freedom and all that is good and just in our world. Thank you. Good night, and God bless America.Collection: Good Night
I call upon all nations to do everything they can to stop these terrorist killers. Thank you. Now watch this drive.Collection: Golf
It's important for us to explain to our nation that life is important. It's not only life of babies, but it's life of children living in, you know, the dark dungeons of the Internet.Collection: Life
The same folks that are bombing innocent people in Iraq were the ones who attacked us in America on September the 11th.Collection: Iraq
I always jest to people, the Oval Office is the kind of place where people stand outside, they're getting ready to come in and tell me what for, and they walk in and get overwhelmed in the atmosphere, and they say, man, you're looking pretty.Collection: Men
There may be some tough times here in America. But this country has gone through tough times before, and we’re going to do it again.Collection: Country
We’re supposed to have guns. It says so in the Bible; and the second greatest book ever written, the Texas State Constitution.Collection: Book
The best thing about my family is my wife. She is a great first lady. I know that sounds not very objective, but that’s how I feel. And she’s also patient. Putting up with me requires a lot of patience.Collection: Firsts
I call my philosophy and approach compassionate conservatism. It is compassionate to actively help our fellow citizens in need. It is conservative to insist on responsibility and results. And with this hopeful approach, we will make a real difference in people’s lives.Collection: Real
I don’t read books, but I have friends who do.Collection: Book
I want to help people help themselves, not have government tell people what to do. I just don’t think it’s the role of the United States to walk into a country and say, we do it this way, so should you.Collection: Country