George H. W. Bush Quotes

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

- George H. W. Bush

Stand, Anti-Semitism

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.

- George H. W. Bush

Legacy, Woman, Fulfilled, Occurs

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

- George H. W. Bush

Sky, Nation, Brilliant, Broad

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.

- George H. W. Bush

Veterans, Vietnam Veterans, Marching

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.

- George H. W. Bush

Like, United, United States, President

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.

- George H. W. Bush

Vice, Reagan, Learned, Public Life

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.

- George H. W. Bush

Wait, Some, Atheists, President

For 18 years I have resisted talking about current events. I am not going to start now.

- George H. W. Bush

Start, Going, About, Current Events

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.

- George H. W. Bush

Freedom, Fact, Away, Old Ideas

Poland should be strong and prosperous and independent and play its proper role as a great nation in the heart of Europe.

- George H. W. Bush

Strong, Play, Role, Great Nation

No, I'm not anguished and tormented.

- George H. W. Bush

Anguished, Tormented

Gulf Lesson One is the value of airpower.

- George H. W. Bush

Value, Lesson, Gulf

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

- George H. W. Bush

Transform, Realise, Enduring, Co-Operation

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.

- George H. W. Bush

Through, Going, Which, Meter

Debates, I hate.

- George H. W. Bush

Hate, Debates

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.

- George H. W. Bush

Going, Around, Gosh, Debates

Read my lips: no new taxes.

- George H. W. Bush

New, Lips, Read, New Taxes

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

- George H. W. Bush

World, About, Became, Vowed

I like a colorful sock. I'm a sock man.

- George H. W. Bush

Man, Like, Sock, Colorful

I don't write letters anymore.

- George H. W. Bush

Write, Anymore, Letters

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.

- George H. W. Bush

Engaged, Principle, Wholly, Kinder

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.

- George H. W. Bush

Gender, Tell, Sat, Table

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.

- George H. W. Bush

Give, Include, Projects, Curriculum

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.

- George H. W. Bush

War, Tell, Going, Send

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.

- George H. W. Bush

Differences, I Think, TV, Exaggerate

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

- George H. W. Bush

World, Want, Closed, Open

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

- George H. W. Bush

Pilot, Certainly, Worn, Carrier

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.

- George H. W. Bush

Move, Very, Which, Parkinson

I'm going to be so much better a president for having been at the CIA that you're not going to believe it.

- George H. W. Bush

Better, Been, Having, CIA

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

- George H. W. Bush

Election, Think, I Think, Dodge

You have to understand that people that are hurting are going to criticize.

- George H. W. Bush

Understand, Criticize, Going, Hurting

Every loss of life is terrible.

- George H. W. Bush

Life, Loss, Every, Terrible

I have been very happy in the House of Representatives.

- George H. W. Bush

Happy, Been, Very, Representatives

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

- George H. W. Bush

Know, Pretty, Pretty Good, Tennis Player

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.

- George H. W. Bush

Think, I Think, Could, Seriousness

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.

- George H. W. Bush

Civil War, United States, President

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.

- George H. W. Bush

Believe, United, Anybody, President

Old guys can still do fun things.

- George H. W. Bush

Old, Guys, Still, Fun

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.

- George H. W. Bush

Will, Always, Enduring, Complete

What's wrong with being a boring kind of guy?

- George H. W. Bush

Kind, Boring, Guy, Wrong

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

- George H. W. Bush

Will, Some, Things, Wrong

I was offered a job on Wall Street by my uncle. But I wanted to get out. Make-it-on-my-own kinda thing.

- George H. W. Bush

Uncle, Out, Wanted, Wall

The U.S.S. George H. W. Bush is a great thing in my life. It's amazing. A great honor.

- George H. W. Bush

Honor, My Life, Bush, Great Thing

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

- George H. W. Bush

Better, Here, Which, Alternative

Well, I think everybody is frustrated by the finances of the U.N. and the inability to solve problems of war and peace.

- George H. W. Bush

Think, Everybody, Inability, Solve

I have survivor's curiosity, I guess.

- George H. W. Bush

Curiosity, Guess, Survivor

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

- George H. W. Bush

Conservative, About, Nut

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

- George H. W. Bush

Conservative, About, Nut

It's a very good question, very direct, and I'm not going to answer it.

- George H. W. Bush

Question, Going, Very, Answer

I have opinions of my own, strong opinions, but I don't always agree with them.

- George H. W. Bush

Strong, Always, My Own, Opinions

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

- George H. W. Bush

Son, Than, Read, Criticism

Our God is a forgiving God.

- George H. W. Bush

God, Our, Forgiving

It's no exaggeration to say that the undecideds could go one way or another.

- George H. W. Bush

Could, Another, One Way, Exaggeration

Never ask anyone over 70 how they feel. They'll tell you.

- George H. W. Bush

Never, How, Over, Ask

I am not one who - who flamboyantly believes in throwing a lot of words around.

- George H. W. Bush

I Am, Lot, Believes, Throwing

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

- George H. W. Bush

Think, Better, I Think, Combat

We are not the sum of our possessions.

- George H. W. Bush

Possessions, Our, Sum

Losing is tough.

- George H. W. Bush

Tough, Losing

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

- George H. W. Bush

Children, Never, Own, My Own

I think in defeat you grope for things that are happy, and it's hard.

- George H. W. Bush

Happy, Think, I Think, Defeat

We know what works. Freedom Works. We know what's right. Freedom is right.

- George H. W. Bush

Freedom, Know, Right, Works

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