Quotes By George W. Bush

We will make no distinction between the terrorists who committed these acts and those who harbour them.

People forget... that we structured it so that the government, or the people, would be repaid with a really good rate of return. And as it turns out, that aspect of TARP, that's what happened.

I am mindful not only of preserving executive powers for myself, but for predecessors as well.

I think we ought to raise the age at which juveniles can have a gun.

Use power to help people. For we are given power not to advance our own purposes nor to make a great show in the world, nor a name. There is but one just use of power and it is to serve people.

One of my proudest moments is I didn't sell my soul for the sake of popularity.

I have written a book. This will come as quite a shock to some. They didn't think I could read, much less write.

We will not waver; we will not tire; we will not falter, and we will not fail. Peace and Freedom will prevail.

I believe that God has planted in every heart the desire to live in freedom.

On September 11 2001, America felt its vulnerability even to threats that gather on the other side of the Earth. We resolved then, and we are resolved today, to confront every threat from any source that could bring sudden terror and suffering to America.

The United States and our allies are determined: we refuse to live in the shadow of this ultimate danger.

We will build new ships to carry man forward into the universe, to gain a new foothold on the moon and to prepare for new journeys to the worlds beyond our own.

Our Nation must defend the sanctity of marriage.

For diplomacy to be effective, words must be credible - and no one can now doubt the word of America.

The true history of my administration will be written 50 years from now, and you and I will not be around to see it.

The deliberate and deadly attacks which were carried out yesterday against our country were more than acts of terror. They were acts of war.

Today we affirm a new commitment to live out our nation's promise through civility, courage, compassion and character.

Leadership to me means duty, honor, country. It means character, and it means listening from time to time.

And the cornerstone of my economic policies, when I first got elected, was cutting taxes on everybody on who paid taxes.

Some folks look at me and see a certain swagger, which in Texas is called "walking."