Top 500 George W. Bush Quotes (2025 Update)
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101. “The face of terror is not the true faith of Islam. That’s not what Islam is all about. Islam is peace. These terrorists don’t represent peace. They represent evil and war.”

— George W. Bush

102. “If you don’t succeed, you run the risk of failure.”

— George W. Bush

103. “Look, the key for me is to keep expectations low.”

— George W. Bush

104. “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.”

— George W. Bush

105. “Men are like bank accounts. Without a lot of money they don’t generate a lot of interest.”

— George W. Bush

106. “These demands are not open to negotiation or discussion.”

— George W. Bush

107. “There’s only one person who hugs the mothers and the widows, the wives and the kids upon the death of their loved one. Others hug but having committed the troops, I’ve got an additional responsibility to hug and that’s me and I know what it’s like.”

— George W. Bush

108. “If you don’t feel something strongly you’re not going to achieve.”

— George W. Bush

109. “Every nation in every region now has a decision to make. Either you are with us, or you are with the terrorists.”

— George W. Bush

110. “I can’t wait to join you in the joy of welcoming neighbors back into neighborhoods, and small businesses up and running, and cutting those ribbons that somebody is creating new jobs.”

— George W. Bush

111. “America is addicted to oil and increasing amounts of this oil comes from abroad. Some of the nations we depend on for oil have unstable governments or are hostile towards the United States.”

— George W. Bush

112. “Saddam Hussein is a homicidal dictator who is addicted to weapons of mass destruction.”

— George W. Bush

113. “No President has ever done more for human rights than I have.”

— George W. Bush

114. “More than two decades later, it is hard to imagine the Revolutionary War coming out any other way.”

— George W. Bush

115. “It is clear our nation is reliant upon big foreign oil. More and more of our imports come from overseas.”

— George W. Bush

116. “We cannot let terrorists hold this nation hostile or hold our allies hostile.”

— George W. Bush

117. “The Islam that we know is a faith devoted to the worship of one God, as revealed through The Holy Qur’an. It teaches the value and the importance of charity, mercy, and peace.”

— George W. Bush

118. “The enemy understands a free Iraq will be a major defeat in their ideology of hatred. That’s why they’re fighting so vociferously.”

— George W. Bush

119. “Laura and I really don’t realize how bright our children is sometimes until we get an objective analysis.”

— George W. Bush

120. “I pray daily, and I pray in all kinds of places. I mean, I pray in bed, I pray in the Oval Office. I pray a lot. And just different as the spirit moves me. And faith is an integral part of my life.”

— George W. Bush

121. “My God, the man is a fascist – a fascist, I tell you.”

— George W. Bush

122. “We’re still being challenged in Iraq and the reason why is a free Iraq will be a major defeat in the cause of freedom.”

— George W. Bush

123. “If the Iranians were to have a nuclear weapon they could proliferate.”

— George W. Bush

124. “Oftentimes people ask me, ‘Why is it that you’re so focused on helping the hungry and diseased in strange parts of the world?’”

— George W. Bush

125. “I don’t remember debates. I don’t think we spent a lot of time debating it. Maybe we did, but I don’t remember.”

— George W. Bush

126. “What people can dream, people can do.”

— George W. Bush

127. “This storm is dangerous.”

— George W. Bush

128. “I come from a different generation from my Dad.”

— George W. Bush

129. “The fundamental question is: ‘Will I be a successful president when it comes to foreign policy?’ I will be, but until I’m the president, it’s going to be hard for me to verify that I think I’ll be more effective.”

— George W. Bush

130. “We need an energy bill that encourages consumption.”

— George W. Bush

131. “I support the death penalty because I believe, if administered swiftly and justly, capital punishment is a deterrent against future violence and will save other innocent lives.”

— George W. Bush

132. “It has come to my attention, that air pollution is polluting the air!”

— George W. Bush

133. “It is written that adversity introduces us to ourselves.”

— George W. Bush

134. “America is the land of the second chance – and when the gates of the prison open, the path ahead should lead to a better life.”

— George W. Bush

135. “They call our language the mother tongue because the father seldom gets to speak.”

— George W. Bush

136. “We’ve climbed the mighty mountain. I see the valley below, and it’s a valley of peace.”

— George W. Bush

137. “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.’”

— George W. Bush

138. “I’m the commander – see, I don’t need to explain – I do not need to explain why I say things. That’s the interesting thing about being president.”

— George W. Bush

139. “Just remember it’s the birds that’s supposed to suffer, not the hunter.”

— George W. Bush

140. “The only way we can win is to leave before the job is done.”

— George W. Bush

141. “This is a war between good and evil. And we have made it clear to the world that we will stand strong on the side of good, and we expect other nations to join us. This is not a war between our world and their world. It is a war to save the world.”

— George W. Bush

142. “I’m honored to shake the hand of a brave Iraqi citizen who had his hand cut off by Saddam Hussein.”

— George W. Bush

143. “There are cameras nowadays that have been developed to tell the difference between a squirrel and a bomb.”

— George W. Bush

144. “Mankind is drawn to the heavens for the same reason we were once drawn into unknown lands and across the open sea. We choose to explore space because doing so improves our lives, and lifts our national spirit. So let us continue the journey.”

— George W. Bush

145. “Now, we have inscribed a new memory alongside those others. It’s a memory of tragedy and shock, of loss and mourning. But not only of loss and mourning. It’s also a memory of bravery and self-sacrifice, and the love that lays down its life for a friend-even a friend whose name it never knew.”

— George W. Bush

146. “Freedom is not our gift to the world it is God’s gift to humanity.”

— George W. Bush

147. “Freedom itself was attacked this morning by a faceless coward, and freedom will be defended.”

— George W. Bush

148. “Let us never tolerate outrageous conspiracy theories concerning the attacks of September the 11th; malicious lies that attempt to shift the blame away from the terrorists, themselves, away from the guilty.”

— George W. Bush

149. “If the terriers and bariffs are torn down, this economy will grow.”

— George W. Bush

150. “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.”

— George W. Bush