I will say to countries in the Middle East,
don't you dare hold us hostile.
-- In case you were wondering, "hostile" should be read as
"hostage", The Economist, Mar. 3, 2000
I'm the master of low expectations.
-- You said it, Dubya, aboard Air Force One, Jun. 4, 2003
There was bombings today in Egypt." (Apr. 24, 2006)
I want to be the peace president.
-- I dare say he might be going about it the wrong way, Cedar Rapids, Iowa,
Jul. 20, 2004
I understand taking tests aren't fun.
-- Spoken like a true scholar, Hamilton High School, Hamilton, Ohio, Jan. 8,
2002
It's going to require a president who
understands it's in our strategic interests to have a peaceful and economically vile
hemisphere.
-- Nov. 30, 1999
Mr. Vice President, in all due respect, it is
-- I'm not sure 80 percent of the people get the death tax. I know this: 100
percent will get it if I'm the president.
-- Putting the public at ease, Nov. 30, 1999
I think there's some uncertainty out there
that's beginning to kind of creep into the conscious of investors.
-- Speaking on potential for faltering economy to launch him into the Oval
Office, as only he can, Apr. 27, 2000
It is important for the Iraqi leadership and Iraqi generals to clearly understand that if they take innocent life, if they destroy infrastructure, they will be held to account as war criminals. Washington, D.C., Feb 25, 2003
Of all the people in the world who understand
Texas, it's probably Australians.
-- En route to Australia, aboard Air Force One, Oct. 22, 2003
[We're] working hard to convince both the
Indians and the Pakis there's a way to deal with their problems without
going to war.
-- Casually throwing an ethnic slur into the mix, White House, Jan. 7, 2001
Coalition forces have encountered serious
violence in some areas of Iraq. Our military commanders report that this
violence is being insticated by three groups.
-- Not instigated, but insticated, Prime Time Press Conference #3, White
House, Apr. 13, 2004
If need be, we'll just reduce unilaterally to
a level commiserate with keeping a deterrence and keeping the peace.
-- Still failing to learn difference between "commiserate" and
"commensurate", White House, Mar. 13, 2002
If you put your mind to it, the first-time
home buyer, the low-income home buyer can have just as nice a house as anybody
else.
-- Apparently wealth is "all in the mind", Washington, D.C., Oct.
15, 2002
For every fatal shooting, there are roughly
three nonfatal shootings. Folks, this is unacceptable in America, We're going to
do something about it.
-- Another Dubya gem... Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, May 14, 2001
And we need a full affront on an energy
crisis that is real in California and looms for other parts of our country if we
don't move quickly.
-- That didn't really make sense, Presidential press conference, Washington,
D.C., Mar. 29, 2001
The same Creator who names the stars also
knows the names of the seven souls we mourn today.
-- Remarks on the loss of the Space Shuttle Columbia, Washington, D.C., Feb.
1, 2003
I don't want nations feeling like that they
can bully ourselves and our allies. I want to have a ballistic defense system so
that we can make the world more peaceful, and at the same time I want to reduce
our own nukyular capacities to the level commiserate with keeping
the peace.
-- Des Moines, Iowa, Oct. 23, 2000
First, we would not accept a treaty that would
not have been ratified, nor a treaty that I thought made sense for the country.
-- On the Kyoto accord in an interview with the Washington Post, Apr. 24,
2001
This doesn't have nothing to do with
reputation.
-- Statement made about whether or not to call a summit, in Dubya's
grammatically challenged fashion, as quoted in the New York Times, Apr. 8, 2002
I support current efforts to make Amtrak more
efficient and competitive. I believe these efforts will result in better, more
extensive and more reliant rail service for the millions of Americans who
travel by train.
-- Associated Press, Sep. 17, 2000
After all, it is where children from all over
America learn to be responsible citizens, and learn to have the skills necessary
to take advantage of our fantastic opportunistic society.
-- Definition of "opportunistic" from the Merriam-Webster
dictionary: "Exploiting opportunities with little regard to principle or
consequences", as in "An opportunistic politician", Santa Clara,
California, May 1, 2002
I'm the commander -- see, I don't need to
explain -- I do not need to explain why I say things. That's the interesting
thing about being the president. Maybe somebody needs to explain to me why they
say something, but I don't feel like I owe anybody an explanation.
-- As quoted by Bob Woodward in "Bush at War", Crawford, Texas,
Aug. 20, 2002
We want to reduce greenhouse gases. Ours is a
large economy. We used to generate more wealth than we are today. And as a
result, we do contribute greenhouse gases to the atmosphere.
-- Did that even make sense to him? Press conference with Tony Blair, London,
England,, Jul. 19, 2001
I'm not going to play like I've been a person
who's spent hours involved with foreign policy. I am who I am.
-- Not even hours? News Hour with Jim Lehrer, Apr. 27, 2000
I think if you know what you believe, it makes
it a lot easier to answer questions. I can't answer your question.
-- In response to a question about whether he wished he could take back any
of his answers in the first debate. Reynoldsburg, Ohio, Oct. 4, 2000