Quotes By George H. W. Bush

Debates, I hate.

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.

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 can realise a lasting peace and transform the East-West relationship to one of enduring co-operation.

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'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 stand for anti-bigotry, anti-Semitism, and anti-racism.

I'm conservative, but I'm not a nut about it.

You know I vowed when I became President not to talk about the loneliest toughest job in the world and I didn't.

Losing is tough.

I hope my own children never have to fight a war.

It's much worse to read criticism about your son than yourself.

I know my serve stinks, but I was a pretty good tennis player.

I have survivor's curiosity, I guess.

The glory of being a carrier pilot has certainly worn off.

I'll be glad to reply to or dodge your questions, depending on what I think will help our election most.

I'm not trying to get myself up a notch on the ladder by shoving somebody else down on the ladder, whether it's a candidate or the president of the United States or anybody else. I just don't believe that's the way one oughta campaign, I've never done that.

Ageing's alright, better than the alternative, which is not being here.

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.

We are a nation of communities... a brilliant diversity spread like stars, like a thousand points of light in a broad and peaceful sky.

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.

As his vice president for eight years, I learned more from Ronald Reagan than from anyone I encountered in all my years of public life.

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.

Old guys can still do fun things.

I think I'd be a better president because I was in combat.

We don't want an America that is closed to the world. What we want is a world that is open to America.

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.

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.

Our God is a forgiving God.

History will point out some of the things I did wrong and some of the things I did right.