Top 500 George W. Bush Quotes (2026 Update)
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401. “Renewing the promise of America begins with upholding the dignity of human life.”

— George W. Bush

402. “I would still invade Iraq even if Iraq never existed.”

— George W. Bush

403. “We will build new ships to carry man forward into the universe, to gain a new foothold on the moon and to prepare for new journeys to the worlds beyond our own.”

— George W. Bush

404. “We must show new energy in fighting back an old evil. Nearly two centuries after the abolition of the transatlantic slave trade, and more than a century after slavery was officially ended in its last strongholds, the trade in human beings for any purpose must not be allowed to thrive in our time.”

— George W. Bush

405. “I will always stand firm to protect the sanctity of marriage. I believe it is important to work with people to find common ground on difficult issues.”

— George W. Bush

406. “We’re coming with a mighty force to end the reign of your oppressors. We are coming to bring you food and medicine and a better life. And we are coming and we will not stop, we will not relent until your country is free.”

— George W. Bush

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407. “For every fatal shooting, there are about 3 non-fatal shootings. Folks, this is unacceptable in America.”

— George W. Bush

408. “We need to have our medical records put on the IT.”

— George W. Bush

409. “The law I sign today directs new funds and new focus to the task of collecting vital intelligence on terrorist threats and on weapons of mass production.”

— George W. Bush

410. “And this is my solemn pledge: I will work to build a single nation of justice and opportunity. I know this is in our reach because we are guided by a power larger than ourselves who creates us equal in His image.”

— George W. Bush

411. “I confirmed to the prime minister that we appreciate our friendship.”

— George W. Bush

412. “We ought to be using nuclear power. It’s a renewable source of energy.”

— George W. Bush

413. “All I can tell you is when the governor calls, I answer his phone.”

— George W. Bush

414. “This way of life is worth defending.”

— George W. Bush

415. “Anyway, I’m so thankful, and so gracious – I’m gracious that my brother Jeb is concerned about the hemisphere as well.”

— George W. Bush

416. “We Americans have faith in ourselves, but not in ourselves alone. We do not know-we do not claim to know all the ways of Providence, yet we can trust in them, placing our confidence in the loving God behind all of life, and all of history.”

— George W. Bush

417. “You’ve just got to do what you think is right, and just make the decisions based upon noble causes. And a noble cause is peace and security and freedom.”

— George W. Bush

418. “It is important that social, political, and religious freedoms grow in China. A society which recognizes religious freedom is a society which will recognize political freedom as well.”

— George W. Bush

419. “For decades, free nations tolerated oppression in the Middle East for the sake of stability. In practice, this approach brought little stability and much oppression, so I have changed this policy.”

— George W. Bush

420. “We see in Islam a religion that traces its origins back to God’s call on Abraham. We share your belief in God’s justice, and your insistence on man’s moral responsibility. We thank the many Muslim nations who stand with us against terror. Nations that are often victims of terror, themselves.”

— George W. Bush

421. “I want to thank you for coming to the White House to give me an opportunity to urge you to work with these five senators and three congressmen, to work hard to get this trade promotion authority moving. The power that be, well most of the power that be, sits right here.”

— George W. Bush

422. “We have now reached a turning point in the struggle between freedom and terror.”

— George W. Bush

423. “I am mindful that we’re all sinners...”

— George W. Bush

424. “On September 11 2001, America felt its vulnerability even to threats that gather on the other side of the Earth. We resolved then, and we are resolved today, to confront every threat from any source that could bring sudden terror and suffering to America.”

— George W. Bush

425. “On the issue of evolution, the verdict is still out on how God created the Earth.”

— George W. Bush

426. “You’ll hear people say it’s racist to test. Folks, it’s racist not to test. Because guess who gets shuffled through the system oftentimes? Children whose parents don’t speak English as a first language, inner-city kids. It’s so much easier to quit on somebody than to remediate.”

— George W. Bush

427. “Our enemies believed America was weak and materialistic, that we would splinter in fear and selfishness. They were as wrong as they are evil.”

— George W. Bush

428. “One of the hardest parts of my job is to connect Iraq to the war on terror.”

— George W. Bush

429. “In the long run, stability cannot be purchased at the expense of liberty.”

— George W. Bush

430. “The proper response to difficulty is not to retreat. It is to prevail.”

— George W. Bush

431. “Anyone engaging in illegal financial transactions will be caught and persecuted.”

— George W. Bush

432. “Reading is the basics for all learning.”

— George W. Bush

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433. “In terms of the economy, look, I inherited a recession, I am ending on a recession.”

— George W. Bush

434. “For states that support terror, it is not enough that the consequences be costly-they must be devastating.”

— George W. Bush

435. “And this is an administration – we’re not into nation-building, we’re focused on justice. And we’re going to get justice. It’s going to take a while, probably. But I’m a patient man. Nothing will diminish my will and my determination – nothing.”

— George W. Bush

436. “First, let me make it very clear, poor people aren’t necessarily killers. Just because you happen to be not rich doesn’t mean you’re willing to kill.”

— George W. Bush

437. “My pan plays down an unprecedented amount of our national debt.”

— George W. Bush

438. “Liberty is the right and hope of all humanity.”

— George W. Bush

439. “I have made education a top priority of this Administration because when we get it right, when every child learns, America will be a more hopeful place.”

— George W. Bush

440. “It is one of the great goals of my administration to invigorate the spirit of involvement and citizenship. We will encourage faith-based and community programs without changing their mission.”

— George W. Bush

441. “America is a nation of prayer. It’s impossible to tell the story of our nation without telling the story of people who pray.”

— George W. Bush

442. “When an 18-year-old Palestinian girl is persuaded to blow herself up, and in doing so she kills a 17-year-old Israeli girl, we are watching the future itself die!”

— George W. Bush

443. “I really appreciate leaders from around the globe who have come to share in prayer with us today. It reminds me that the Almighty God is a God to everybody, every person.”

— George W. Bush

444. “Hundreds of thousands of American servicemen and women are deployed across the world in the war on terror. By bringing hope to the oppressed, and delivering justice to the violent, they are making America more secure.”

— George W. Bush

445. “The United States of America stands for the ability for people to worship freely, the ability for people to vote and to express their opinion freely is something we hold dear.”

— George W. Bush

446. “That’s a chapter, the last chapter of the 20th, 20th, the 21st century that most of us would rather forget. The last chapter of the 20th century. This is the first chapter of the 21st century.”

— George W. Bush

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447. “It has sustained me in moments of success and in moments of disappointment. Without it, I’d be a different person. And without it, I doubt I’d be here today.”

— George W. Bush

448. “So on behalf of a well-oiled unit of people who came together to serve something greater than themselves, congratulations.”

— George W. Bush

449. “We’re spending money on clean coal technology. Do you realize we’ve got 250 million years of coal?”

— George W. Bush

450. “Any outlaw regime that has ties to terrorist groups or seeks to possess weapons of mass destruction is a grave danger to the civilised world and will be confronted.”

— George W. Bush