George W. Bush (b. 1946)

Quotes

• America will never run... And we will always be grateful that liberty has found such brave defenders.

• Our security is assured by our perseverance and by our sure belief in the success of liberty.

• America will never seek a permission slip to defend the security of our country.

• 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.

• It's a time of sorrow and sadness when we lose a loss of life.

• See, in my line of work you got to keep repeating things over and over and over again for the truth to sink in, to kind of catapult the propaganda.

• History is moving, and it will tend toward hope, or tend toward tragedy.

• If America shows weakness and uncertainty, the world will drift toward tragedy. That will not happen on my watch.

• The agenda of the roadblock is the philosophy of the stop sign.

• America does not need a permission slip to defend ourselves.

• States should have the right to enact... laws...particularly to end the inhumane practice of ending a life that otherwise could live.

• I think we agree, the past is over.

• ... if you find a person that you've never seen before getting in a crop duster that doesn't belong to you -- report it.

• Chew before you swallow.

• Grief and tragedy and hatred are only for a time. Goodness, remembrance and love have no end.

• We will not tire, we will not falter, and we will not fail.

• You know what's interesting about Washington? It's the kind of place where second-guessing has become second nature.

• Americans are a free people, who know that freedom is the right of every person and the future of every nation. The liberty we prize is not America's gift to the world; it is God's gift to humanity.

• By heritage and by choice, the United States of America will make that stand.

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