George W. Bush Quotes, Challenges Quotes, President Quotes

One of the things I learned as president is that your life is just not going to unfold the way you want it to. There will be surprises, challenges, and therefore the question is how you deal with the unexpected.

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We hope that diplomacy works before you ever use force. The hardest decision a president makes is ever to use force.

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I came to this office to solve problems, and not pass them on to future Presidents and future generations.

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You know, one of the things I think you understand as president is you're held responsible for everything, but you don't always have control of everything, right?

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I think Donald Trump should cool down a little bit. To pay more attention to the history. To really understand what U.S.'s value is about. I think, as a president, those things you always have to ask.

6 years ago

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Nobody has ever expected me to be President. In my poor, lean, lank face, nobody has ever seen that any cabbages were sprouting out.

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We need earmark reform, and when I'm President, I will go line by line to make sure that we are not spending money unwisely.

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I do solemnly swear that I will faithfully execute the Office of President of the United States, and will to the best of my Ability, preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of the United States

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In fact, the American people did decide, back in 2012, when they elected me president of the United States.

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[If not re-elected in 1864] then it will be my duty to so co-operate with the President elect, as to save the Union between the election and the inauguration; as he will have secured his election on such ground that he can not possibly save it afterwards.

6 years ago

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If you're asking me as the President, would I understand reality, I do.

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I do solemnly swear that I will faithfully execute the Office of President of the United States, and will to the best of my Ability, preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of the United States

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I want to be the peace president.

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[My father] taught me (at least he showed me) a dignified way to be a former president is that once you're off the stage, you're off the stage.

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The only legitimate right to govern is an express grant of power from the governed.

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Hunger, disease and poverty can lead to global instability and leave a vacuum for extremism to fill. So instead of just managing poverty, we must offer nations and people a pathway out of poverty. And as president I've made development a pillar of our foreign policy, alongside diplomacy and defense.

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I'd been concerned all along that the character of the president in the West Wing pilot would throw the ensemble out of whack, that that character would simply take up all the oxygen in a room. I wanted to hold off bringing this character in until the last possible moment.

6 years ago

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I want everybody to hear loud and clear that I'm going to be the president of everybody.

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The president and the executive branch are always going to have greater latitude and greater authority when it comes to protecting America because sometimes you just have to respond quickly and not everything that is a danger can be publicized and be subject to open debate, but there have to be some guardrails.

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We spend less time with each other now than we did during the presidency. When you're president, you're usually out and back in the same day - at least I was. I just came from a trip to the Middle East last week, where I was gone for five nights, and when I left, Laura [Bush] was out of town.

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