Top 500 George W. Bush Quotes (2026 Update)
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401. “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

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

— George W. Bush

403. “Renewing the promise of America begins with upholding the dignity of human life.”

— George W. Bush

404. “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

405. “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

406. “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

407. “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

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

— George W. Bush

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

— George W. Bush

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

— George W. Bush

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

— George W. Bush

412. “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

413. “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

414. “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

415. “I am a war president.”

— George W. Bush

416. “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

417. “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

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. “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

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

— George W. Bush

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

— George W. Bush

422. “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

423. “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

424. “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

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

— George W. Bush

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

— George W. Bush

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

— George W. Bush

428. “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

429. “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

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

— George W. Bush

431. “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

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

— George W. Bush

437. “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

438. “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

439. “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

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

— George W. Bush

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

— George W. Bush

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

— George W. Bush

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

— George W. Bush

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

— George W. Bush

445. “When it comes time to protecting the homeland, the United States of America must be right 100 percent of the time. And the enemy, which desires to strike us again, only has to be right once.”

— George W. Bush

446. “The biggest threat facing America is terrorists with weapons of mass destruction.”

— George W. Bush

447. “I equate freedom and peace. And I believe America, given its position in the world, must use our power to promote freedom.”

— George W. Bush

448. “Saddam Hussein was a unique threat. And the world is better off without him in power.”

— George W. Bush

449. “It helps me sleep at night.”

— George W. Bush

450. “The business pages of American newspapers should not read like a scandal sheet.”

— George W. Bush