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George W. Bush

George Walker Bush (born July 6, 1946) is the 43rd and current President of the United States. Prior to his political career, he was an entrepreneur in the oil industry and served as the managing general partner of the Texas Rangers baseball team. Bush, a Republican, was elected 46th Governor of Texas in 1994 and was reelected in 1998. From there, he moved on to win the nomination of the Republican Party for the 2000 presidential race and ultimately defeated Democratic Vice President Al Gore in a particularly close and controversial general election. In 2004, Bush was elected to a second term, defeating Democratic Senator John Kerry. This term expires January 20, 2009.

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After all, this is the guy [Saddam Hussein] who tried to kill my dad.

America's responsibility to history is to rid the world of evil.

And if you're interested in the quality of education and you're paying attention to what you hear at Laclede, why don't you volunteer? Why don't you mentor a child how to read?

And it's just going to take a while. And I'm confident the truth will come out.

And we live in an amazing world. and yet, in the midst of our world, there's a lot of folks who are dying and will die.

As a matter of fact, I brought Republicans and Democrats together to do just that in the state of Texas, to get a Patients Bill of Rights through.

As we hunt down the terrorists, we're committed to spending – spreading freedom in all parts of the world, including the Middle East.

At some point, we may be the only ones left. That's OK with me. We are america.

But the true strength of america is found in the hearts and souls of people like Travis, people who are willing to love their neighbor, just like they would like to love themselves.

Earlier today, the Libyan government released Fathi Jahmi. She's a local government official who was imprisoned in 2002 for advocating free speech and democracy.

First, we would not accept a treaty that would not have been ratified, nor a treaty that I thought made sense for the country.

God loves you, and I love you. and you can count on both of us as a powerful message that people who wonder about their future can hear.

Haven't we already given money to rich people? This second tax cut's gonna do it again … Why are we doing it again?

I am mindful not only of preserving executive powers for myself, but for predecessors as well.

I appreciate Lieutenant Governor Judi Kell for being here. Great to see you again, Judi.

I appreciate that question because I, in the state of Texas, had heard a lot of discussion about a faith-based initiative eroding the important bridge between church and state.

I appreciate [Florida Governor] Jeb [Bush] – talk about swamping somebody, he knows the definition of "swamp" when it comes to political campaigns.

I didn't – I swear I didn't – get into politics to feather my nest or feather my friends' nests.

I do not think witchcraft is a religion, and I do not think it is in any way appropriate for the U.S. military to promote it.

I do remain confident in Linda. She'll make a fine labor secretary. From what I've read in the press accounts, she's perfectly qualified.

I don't think that witchcraft is a religion. I wish the military would rethink this decision.

I know how hard it is for you to put food on your family.

I know the human being and fish can coexist peacefully.

I know they understand the proper role of government. and that is that government can't make people love one another.

I need to be able to move the right people to the right place at the right time to protect you, and I'm not going to accept a lousy bill out of the United Nations Senate.

I think if you know what you believe, it makes it a lot easier to answer questions. I can't answer your question.

I understand small business growth. I was one.

I want to remind you all that in order to fight and win the war, it requires an expenditure of money that is commiserate with keeping a promise to our troops to make sure that they're well-paid, well-trained, well-equipped.

I want to thank all my citizens for coming.

I want to thank the astronauts who are with us, the courageous spacial entrepreneurs who set such a wonderful example for the young of our country.

I was a prisoner too, but for bad reasons.

I'm a uniter not a divider. That means when it comes time to sew up your chest cavity, we use stitches as opposed to opening it up.

I'm hopeful. I know there is a lot of ambition in Washington, obviously. But I hope the ambitious realize that they are more likely to succeed with success as opposed to failure.

I'm the master of low expectations.

I've coined new words, like, misunderstanding and Hispanically.

If this were a dictatorship, it'd be a heck of a lot easier, just so long as I'm the dictator.

If we wait for threats to fully materialize, we will have waited too long.

In an economic recession, I'd rather that in order to get out of this recession, that the people be spending their money, not the government trying to figure out how to spend the people's money.

In my judgment, when the United States says there will be serious consequences, and if there isn't serious consequences, it creates adverse consequences.

It would be helpful if we opened up aNWR. I think it's a mistake not to. and I would urge you all to travel up there and take a look at it and you can make the determination as to how beautiful that country is.

It's clearly a budget. It's got a lot of numbers in it.

It's important for us to explain to our nation that life is important. It's not only life of babies, but it's life of children living in, you know, the dark dungeons of the Internet.

It's not the governor's role to decide who goes to heaven. I believe that God decides who goes to heaven, not George W. Bush.

It's very important for folks to understand that when there's more trade, there's more commerce.

It's very important for there to be stability in a marketplace. I've read som comments from the OPEC ministers who said this was just a matter to make sure the market remains stable and preditable.

It's your money. You paid for it.

Just remember it's the birds that's supposed to suffer, not the hunter.

King abdullah of Jordan, the King of Morocco, I mean, there's a series of places – Qatar, Oman – I mean, places that are developing – Bahrain – they're all developing the habits of free societies.

Maybe [Kerry] was hoping Saddam Hussein would lose the next Iraqi election.

My advice is, don't peak too early.

My views are one that speaks to freedom.

Natural gas is hemispheric. I like to call it hemispheric in nature because it is a product that we can find in our neighborhoods.

Oh, please don't kill me.

One of the interesting initiatives we've taken in Washington, D.C., is we've got these vampire-busting devices. a vampire is a – a cell deal you can plug in the wall to charge your cell phone.

Our nation must come together to unite.

Part of having a secure homeland is to have a good airport system, that's safe for people to travel, an airport system that is inspecting bags by inspectors who are qualified to inspect bags.

Probably wearing a red tie too many times.

Rarely is the question asked: Is our children learning?

Redefining the role of the United States from enablers to keep the peace to enablers to keep the peace from peacekeepers is going to be an assignment.

See, without the tax relief package, there would have been a deficit, but there wouldn't have been the commiserate – not "commiserate" – the kick to our economy that occurred as a result of the tax relief.

She's just trying to make sure anthony gets a good meal – antonio.

So thank you for reminding me about the importance of being a good mom and a great volunteer as well.

Sometimes, boys and girls would rather watch TV than read. When your teachers say read, they are giving you pretty damn good advice.

Targeting innocent civilians for murder is always and everywhere, wrong. Brutality against women is always and everywhere, wrong.

The best way to find these terrorists who hide in holes is to get people coming forth to describe the location of the hole, is to give clues and data.

The California crunch really is the result of not enough power-generating plants and then not enough power to power the power of generating plants.

The great thing about america is everybody should vote.

The illiteracy level of our children are appalling.

The Iraqi regime is a threat to any american and to threats who are friends of america.

The more money they have in their more pockets – in their pockets, the more likely it is that somebody will find work.

The most important job is not to be governor, or first lady in my case.

The senator [McCain] has got to understand if he's going to have – he can't have it both ways. He can't take the high horse and then claim the low road.

The world is more peaceful as a result of Saddam Hussein not being in power.

Then I went for a run with the other dog and just walked. and I started thinking about a lot of things. I was able to – I can't remember what it was. Oh, the inaugural speech, started thinking through that.

There is no such thing necessarily in a dictatorial regime of iron-clad absolutely solid evidence. The evidence I had was the best possible evidence that he had a weapon.

There ought to be limits to freedom. We're aware of this [web] site, and this guy is just a garbage man, that's all he is.

There's an old saying in Tennessee – I know it's in Texas, probably in Tennessee – that says: Fool me once, shame on [pause] shame on you. [Pause] Fool me [long pause] you can't get fooled again.

There's no question that the minute I got elected, the storm clouds on the horizon were getting nearly directly overhead.

They misunderestimated me.

They [opponents of privatization] want the federal government controlling Social Security like it's some kind of federal program.

This administration is doing everything we can to end the stalemate in an efficient way. We're making the right decisions to bring the solution to an end.

Those weapons of mass destruction have got to be somewhere!

We ought to make the pie higher.

We spent a lot of time talking about africa, as we should. africa is a nation that suffers from incredible disease.

Well, I think if you say you are going to do something and don't do it, that's trustworthiness.

You teach a child to read and he or her will be able to pass a literacy test.