George W. Bush Quotes, Thinking Quotes, President Quotes

I just didn't want to get out there anymore; I didn't want to get back into what I call 'the swamp.' And the other reason why is I don't think it's good for the presidency for a former president to be opining about his successor. President Obama's got plenty of critics - and I'm just not gonna be one.

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I want him [Saddam Hussein]. I want - I want justice. There is an old poster seen out west. As I recall, it said, Wanted Dead or Alive.

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When I talk about the assets, that was at the beginning of the talks. I was president then. I'm not president now. When I said it, this would be a sign of goodwill to begin the talks.

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Both President Kennedy and President Reagan were roundly criticized by parts of the foreign policy establishment that felt they were being weak by engaging our adversaries. So some of it is built into a political lexicon that makes you sound tougher if you don't talk to somebody, and rather, very loudly, wield a big stick.

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There is no telling how many wars it will take to secure freedom in the homeland.

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I don't want ever to be a president who is comfortable and at ease with killing people.

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I never dreamed about being President, I wanted to be Willie Mays.

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I understand I'm running against a person who is so anxious to become president, he will do whatever it takes.

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I'm forever a former president and I understand that, but at this point in my post-presidency, I don't want to be involved with politics.

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No other President ever enjoyed the Presidency as I did.

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I don`t think the Donald Trump`s qualified to be president of the United States, and every time he speaks, that opinion is confirmed.

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I heard somebody say, 'Where's (Nelson) Mandela?' Well, Mandela's dead. Because Saddam killed all the Mandelas. --George W. Bush, on the former South African president, who is still very much alive, Washington, D.C., Sept. 20, 2007

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There is no telling how many wars it will take to secure freedom in the homeland.

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One thing you learn in this job [being US President] is that even if something's not your fault, you're still responsible. And that's how it should be.

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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.

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THURSDAY, APRIL 5, 1894... I met with the Quorum and Presidency in the temple... President Woodruff then spoke... 'In searching out my genealogy I found about four hundred of my female kindred who were never married. I asked Pres. Young what I should do with them. He said for me to have them sealed to me unless there were more than 999 of them. The doctrine startled me, but I had it done.

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

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There's a reason why the NRA's not here. They're just down the street. And since this is the main reason they exist, you'd think that they'd be prepared to have a debate with a president.

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A dictatorship would be a heck of a lot easier, there's no question about it. Dealing with Congress is a matter of give and take. The president doesn't get everything he wants, the Congress doesn't get everything they want. But we're finding good common ground.

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The President of the United States has a much wider power than the German Kaiser had, for he depended on parliament.

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