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Quotes by George H. W. Bush

America is never wholly herself unless she is engaged in high moral principle. We as a people have such a purpose today. It is to make kinder the face of the nation and gentler the face of the world.
– George H. W. Bush
But let me tell you, this gender thing is history. You're looking at a guy who sat down with Margaret Thatcher across the table and talked about serious issues.
– George H. W. Bush
Gulf Lesson One is the value of airpower.
– George H. W. Bush
I am not one who - who flamboyantly believes in throwing a lot of words around.
– George H. W. Bush
I can tell you this: If I'm ever in a position to call the shots, I'm not going to rush to send somebody else's kids into a war.
– George H. W. Bush
I do not like broccoli. And I haven't liked it since I was a little kid and my mother made me eat it. And I'm President of the United States and I'm not going to eat any more broccoli.
– George H. W. Bush
I have opinions of my own, strong opinions, but I don't always agree with them.
– George H. W. Bush
I think I'd be a better president because I was in combat.
– George H. W. Bush
I'll be glad to reply to or dodge your questions, depending on what I think will help our election most.
– George H. W. Bush
I'm conservative, but I'm not a nut about it.
– George H. W. Bush
I'm going to be so much better a president for having been at the CIA that you're not going to believe it.
– George H. W. Bush
It isn't pollution that's harming the environment. It's the impurities in our air and water that are doing it.
– George H. W. Bush
It's a very good question, very direct, and I'm not going to answer it.
– George H. W. Bush
It's no exaggeration to say that the undecideds could go one way or another.
– George H. W. Bush
My grandkids say, Reality Bites. O.K., but it also challenges and rewards... I believe our best days are yet to come.
– George H. W. Bush
No, I don't know that atheists should be considered as citizens, nor should they be considered as patriots. This is one nation under God.
– George H. W. Bush
Please don't ask me to do that which I've just said I'm not going to do, because you're burning up time. The meter is running through the sand on you, and I am now filibustering.
– George H. W. Bush
There are things we can do to give us a little more attention... I've got to look more frantic.
– George H. W. Bush
We are not the sum of our possessions.
– George H. W. Bush
We don't want an America that is closed to the world. What we want is a world that is open to America.
– George H. W. Bush
What's wrong with being a boring kind of guy?
– George H. W. Bush
You cannot be President of the United States if you don't have faith. Remember Lincoln, going to his knees in times of trial in the Civil War and all that stuff.
– George H. W. Bush
Well, I think everybody is frustrated by the finances of the U.N. and the inability to solve problems of war and peace.
– George H. W. Bush
We know what works. Freedom Works. We know what's right. Freedom is right.
– George H. W. Bush
We can realise a lasting peace and transform the East-West relationship to one of enduring co-operation.
– George H. W. Bush
The U.S.S. George H. W. Bush is a great thing in my life. It's amazing. A great honor.
– George H. W. Bush
One of the good things about the way the Gulf War ended in 1991 is, you'd see the Vietnam veterans marching with the Gulf War veterans.
– George H. W. Bush
I hope my own children never have to fight a war.
– George H. W. Bush
History will point out some of the things I did wrong and some of the things I did right.
– George H. W. Bush
A new breeze is blowing, and a world refreshed by freedom seems reborn for in man's heart, if not in fact, the day of the dictator is over. The totalitarian era is passing, its old ideas blown away like leaves from an ancient, lifeless tree.
– George H. W. Bush