Top 500 George W. Bush Quotes (2026 Update)
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351. “If you find a neighbor in need, you’re responsible for serving that neighbor in need, you’re responsible for loving a neighbor just like you’d like to love yourself.”

— George W. Bush

352. “The survival of liberty in our land increasingly depends on the success of liberty in other lands.”

— George W. Bush

353. “If affirmative action means what I just described, what I’m for, then I’m for it.”

— George W. Bush

354. “What’s all this whining about the environment? They’re always talking about ‘stop the clearcuts.’ I mean do the math people. If we were out of trees then we wouldn’t have any clearcuts to be complaining about now would we?”

— George W. Bush

355. “I will never relent in defending America – whatever it takes.”

— George W. Bush

356. “No matter what your politics is, we ought to be thanking people for volunteering.”

— George W. Bush

357. “The German asparagus are fabulous.”

— George W. Bush

358. “People love America. Sometimes they don’t like the decisions made by America, but I don’t think you want a president who tries to become popular and does the wrong thing.”

— George W. Bush

359. “The great tradition of America is one where people can worship the way they want to worship. And if they choose not to worship, they’re just as patriotic as your neighbor. That is an essential part of why we are a great nation. If you’re a Jew or a Christian or a Muslim, you’re equally American.”

— George W. Bush

360. “In the future history will be made only by us.”

— George W. Bush

361. “I just remember, all I’m doing is remembering when I was a kid I remember that they used to put out there in the old west, a wanted poster. It said: “Wanted, Dead or Alive.” All I want and America wants him brought to justice. That’s what we want.”

— George W. Bush

362. “I have said that the sanction regime is like Swiss cheese – that meant that they weren’t very effective.”

— George W. Bush

363. “If you’ve got somebody in harm’s way, you want the president being – making advice, not – be given advice by the military, and not making decisions based upon the latest Gallup poll or focus group.”

— George W. Bush

364. “Concentration of greenhouse gases, especially CO2, have increased substantially since the beginning of the industrial revolution. And the National Academy of Sciences indicates that the increase is due in large part to human activity.”

— George W. Bush

365. “Victory means exit strategy, and it’s important for the president to explain to us what the exit strategy is.”

— George W. Bush

366. “The problem with golf is I have to deal with a humiliation factor.”

— George W. Bush

367. “One of the very difficult parts of the decision I made on the financial crisis was to use hardworking people’s money to help prevent there to be a crisis.”

— George W. Bush

368. “I don’t think our troops ought to be used for what’s called nation building.”

— George W. Bush

369. “I gave them a fair warning.”

— George W. Bush

370. “The best way to defend America in this world we live in is to stay on the offense.”

— George W. Bush

371. “I think we’re making progress. We understand where the power of this country lay. It lies in the hearts and souls of Americans. It must lay in our pocketbooks. It lies in the willingness for people to work hard.”

— George W. Bush

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372. “Some of the scientists, I believe, haven’t they been changing their opinion a little bit on global warming? There’s a lot of differing opinions and before we react I think it’s best to have the full accounting, full understanding of what’s taking place.”

— George W. Bush

373. “I’ve set a clear doctrine: America makes no distinction between the terrorists and the countries that harbor them. If you harbor a terrorist, you’re just as guilty as the terrorists, and you’re an enemy of the United States of America.”

— George W. Bush

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374. “The legislature’s job is to write law. It’s the executive branch’s job to interpret law.”

— George W. Bush

375. “The best way to defeat the totalitarian of hate is with an ideology of hope – an ideology of hate – excuse me – with an ideology of hope.”

— George W. Bush

376. “We believe in peace. We strongly believe in freedom. Where we see suffering we will help. And rather than try to offset a nation, why not join nations together to achieve kind of big objectives?”

— George W. Bush

377. “Not over my dead body will they raise your taxes!”

— George W. Bush

378. “Each day millions of our citizens approach our Maker on bended knee, seeking His grace and giving thanks for the many blessings He bestows upon us.”

— George W. Bush

379. “Free nations don’t develop weapons of mass destruction.”

— George W. Bush

380. “I think the fundamentals of the economy are finally in the electronic economy and they are strong are we have reason for great optimism.”

— George W. Bush

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381. “Those who feel like they can intimidate our fellow citizens to take out their anger don’t represent the best of America, they represent the worst of humankind, and they should be ashamed of that kind of behavior.”

— George W. Bush

382. “This foreign policy stuff is a little frustrating.”

— George W. Bush

383. “Deeply impressed with the blessing which we enjoy, and of which we have much manifold proofs, my mind is irresistibly drawn to that Almighty Being, the great source source from whence they proceed and whom our most grateful acknowledgements are due.”

— George W. Bush

384. “We must all hear the universal call to like your neighbor just like you like to be liked yourself.”

— George W. Bush

385. “It is time to set aside the old partisan bickering and finger-pointing and name-calling that comes from freeing parents to make different choices for their children.”

— George W. Bush

386. “I worry about a culture that devalues life and believe as your president I have an important obligation to foster and encourage respect for life in America and throughout the world.”

— George W. Bush

387. “The course of this conflict is not known, yet its outcome is certain. Freedom and fear, justice and cruelty, have always been at war, and we know that God is not neutral between them.”

— George W. Bush

388. “Prayer has comforted us in sorrow and will help strengthen us for the journey ahead.”

— George W. Bush

389. “The thing that’s important for me is to remember what’s the most important thing.”

— George W. Bush

390. “It’s exciting; I don’t know whether I’m going to win or not. I think I am. I do know I’m ready for the job. And, if not, that’s just the way it goes.”

— George W. Bush

391. “I suspected there would be a good-size crowd once the word got out about my hanging.”

— George W. Bush

392. “I’ve made it clear, Madam President, that the war against terrorism is not a war against Muslims, nor is it a war against Arabs. It’s a war against evil people who conduct crimes against innocent people.”

— George W. Bush

393. “There’s not going to be enough people in the system to take advantage of people like me.”

— George W. Bush

394. “Americans to bow our heads in humility before our Heavenly Father, a God who calls us not to judge our neighbors, but to love them, to ask His guidance upon our nation and its leaders in every level of government.”

— George W. Bush

395. “I talked to my little brother, Jeb – I haven’t told this to many people. But he’s the governor of – I shouldn’t call him my little brother – my brother, Jeb, the great Governor of Texas.”

— George W. Bush

396. “The United States of America will never be intimidated by thugs and assassins. The killers will fail, and the Iraqi people will live in freedom.”

— George W. Bush

397. “One has a stronger hand when there’s more people playing your same cards.”

— George W. Bush

398. “Our nation must defend the sanctity of marriage. The outcome of this debate is important-and so is the way we conduct it. The same moral tradition that defines marriage also teaches that each individual has dignity and value in God’s sight.”

— George W. Bush

399. “I am a war president.”

— George W. Bush

400. “Libraries promote the sharing of knowledge, connecting people of all ages with valuable information resources. These dynamic and modern institutions, and the librarians who staff them, add immeasurably to our quality of life.”

— George W. Bush