Top 500 George W. Bush Quotes (2026 Update)
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101. “It’s important for us to explain to our nation that life is important. It’s not only life of babies, but it’s life of children living in, you know, the dark dungeons of the Internet.”

— George W. Bush

102. “Their sacrifice was great, but not in vain. All Americans and every free nation on earth can trace their liberty to the white markers of places like Arlington National Cemetery. And may God keep us ever grateful.”

— George W. Bush

103. “Embryonic stem-cell research requires the destruction of life to create a stem cell. That’s why I think we’ve got to be very careful in balancing the ethics and the science.”

— George W. Bush

104. “Removing Saddam Hussein was the right decision early in my presidency, it is the right decision now, and it will be the right decision ever.”

— George W. Bush

105. “No insignificant person was ever born.”

— George W. Bush

106. “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

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

— George W. Bush

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

— George W. Bush

109. “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

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110. “One of my proudest moments is I didn’t sell my soul for the sake of popularity.”

— George W. Bush

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

— George W. Bush

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

— George W. Bush

113. “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

114. “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

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

— George W. Bush

116. “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

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

— George W. Bush

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

— George W. Bush

119. “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

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

— George W. Bush

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

— George W. Bush

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

— George W. Bush

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

— George W. Bush

124. “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

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

— George W. Bush

126. “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

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

— George W. Bush

128. “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

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

— George W. Bush

130. “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

131. “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

132. “This storm is dangerous.”

— George W. Bush

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

— George W. Bush

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

— George W. Bush

135. “I don’t think you should support the death penalty to seek revenge. I don’t think that’s right. I think the reason to support the death penalty is because it saves other people’s lives.”

— George W. Bush

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

— George W. Bush

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

— George W. Bush

138. “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

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

— George W. Bush

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

— George W. Bush

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141. “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

142. “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

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

— George W. Bush

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

— George W. Bush

145. “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

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

— George W. Bush

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

— George W. Bush

148. “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

149. “The senator has got to understand if he’s going to have – he can’t have it both ways. He can’t take the high horse and then claim the low road.”

— George W. Bush

150. “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