103 George W. Bush Quotes for You to Enjoy

George W. Bush, a charming and utterly gracious man, was a catastrophic twofer. He took the United States to war in Iraq, a wrenching debacle: more than 4,000 Americans dead, nearly 32,000 wounded, and the Middle East destabilized with Iranian influence enhanced. Richard Cohen

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From John Kennedy to Ronald Reagan and George W. Bush, presidents have rhetorically opened the door to the frontier for us, and each time, we have turned away to fight over destinations, technologies, and timing. Rick Tumlinson

Time Fight Timing Presidents Destinations John John Kennedy Opened Over Reagan George George W George W. Bush Frontier Door Ronald Reagan Bush Turned Us Each Each Time Away Kennedy Technologies

I'd make a better U.S. president than George W. Bush. Bush is an idiot. I'm a better public speaker than him. It makes you wonder about the voters. Robbie Williams

You Better Idiot President About Voters Make Him Makes George George W George W. Bush Wonder Than Public Bush Speaker

If George W. Bush is elected president, I'm leaving for France. Robert Altman

President France Leaving George George W George W. Bush Bush Elected

Shock, confusion, fear, anger, grief, and defiance. On Sept. 11, 2001, and for the three days following the worst terrorist attack on U.S. soil, President George W. Bush led with raw emotion that reflected the public's whipsawing stages of acceptance. Ron Fournier

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Back when George W. Bush was identifying his Axis of Evil, it struck me that a longer and more instructive list could be compiled of the Axis of the Humiliated (or Insulted and Injured, to borrow from Dostoevsky). Serge Schmemann

Me Evil Humiliated Back Borrow Struck More Could Longer Identifying Insulted George His George W George W. Bush List Bush Injured Axis

Neither the George W. Bush nor the Obama administrations volunteered to bail out G.M., Chrysler and other parts of the auto sector. Both subscribed firmly to the longstanding American principle that government should resolutely avoid these kinds of interventions, particularly in the industrial sector. Steven Rattner

Government Other Chrysler Sector Out Neither Obama Administration Kinds Both Volunteered Firmly Bail Particularly Industrial Principle Parts George Nor George W George W. Bush Subscribed American Auto Bush Should Avoid Resolutely

The role of president, as George W. Bush commented in 2000, requires vision, management, and an eye for talent - not so different from that of CEO. But during the first years of Carter's presidency, his Cabinet was anything but businesslike, beset by infighting and meetings that ambled. Tahl Raz

The public's evaluation of the job George W. Bush is doing as president changed dramatically as a result of the horrific attacks of September 11 and his response in leading the country on a campaign against terrorism. Thomas E. Mann

Terrorism Result Job Country September Changed President Dramatically Response Horrific Attacks Leading Doing George His George W Campaign George W. Bush Against Public Bush Evaluation

Under the administration of George W. Bush, you will recall, federal spending grew pretty significantly. At the same time, the number of people directly employed by the federal government shrank. One of the factors that explained the difference was contracting. Thomas Frank

Government Time You People Will Spending Administration Pretty Directly Federal Factors Federal Government Federal Spending Employed George George W George W. Bush Contracting Same Same Time Difference Grew Explained Bush Recall Number

I'm not tempted to write a song about George W. Bush. I couldn't figure out what sort of song I would write. That's the problem: I don't want to satirise George Bush and his puppeteers, I want to vaporise them. Tom Lehrer

Song Problem Out Would About Tempted Write Sort George George Bush His George W George W. Bush Want Them Bush Figure

Clinton's successor in the White House, George W. Bush, was committed to expanding government spending for faith-based initiatives. Tony Campolo

Government White White House Spending House Faith-Based George Clinton George W Government Spending George W. Bush Expanding Committed Bush Successor Initiatives

George W. Bush broke a mold four years ago: Even though he lost the popular vote, he governed as if he had won by acclamation. Tony Snow

Vote Lost Though Broke Had He Governed George Years Years Ago George W George W. Bush Won Bush Mold Popular Even Four

I am grateful to President George W. Bush for PEPFAR, which is saving the lives of millions of people in poor countries and to both Presidents Bush for the work we've done together after the South Asia tsunami, Hurricane Katrina and the Haitian earthquake. William J. Clinton

Work Together Grateful People President Saving President George W. Bush Earthquake Presidents Hurricane Hurricane Katrina Both Countries Haitian Am George South George W George W. Bush South Asia Done After Which Asia Bush Poor Poor Countries Katrina Lives Millions Millions Of People

I hate to make this point too often, but imagine for a moment George W. Bush were on his sixth vacation, and he was asked about Iraq, and he said 'I'm buying shrimp.' You think that wouldn't be a headline everywhere? Willie Geist

You Hate Think Too Everywhere About Point He Headline Make Said George Were His George W Iraq George W. Bush Often Sixth Bush Asked Moment Shrimp Vacation Buying Imagine

George W. Bush is very popular in Sub-Saharan Africa. Why? Because of PEPFAR, the President's Emergency Program for AIDS Relief. Hillary Clinton

President AIDS Relief Emergency Because Sub-Saharan Sub-Saharan Africa George George W George W. Bush Very Africa Bush Popular Why Program

No doubt the ridiculous politicians are right to like politics. They have found careers in which success can be achieved by being ridiculous. Imagine Jimmy Carter or George W. Bush rising to the top of any other profession. P. J. O'Rourke

Success Politics Politicians Doubt Other Jimmy Top Jimmy Carter Carter No Doubt Rising Like George George W George W. Bush Any Achieved Being Which Bush Profession Ridiculous Found Right Imagine Careers

George W. Bush attended the intelligence briefing every day. Obama has not even attended half of them. He sends surrogates. That to me is significant. Rush Limbaugh

Day Me Every Day Intelligence Half Every Significant Obama He Attended George George W George W. Bush Sends Them Bush Even Briefing

In his first term, President Barack Obama played a cautious manager navigating the worst economic disaster since the Great Depression and cleaning up the messes left by President George W. Bush in Iraq and Afghanistan. Kevin O'Leary

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When George W. Bush came into office, North Korea had maybe one nuclear weapon and verifiably wasn't producing any more. Noam Chomsky

Weapon More Had Korea Came George George W George W. Bush North Office North Korea Any Maybe Bush Producing Nuclear Nuclear Weapon

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