Quotes from George W. Bush

Will the highways on the Internet become more few?

We'll let our friends be the peacekeepers and the great country called America will be the pacemakers.

I'm not the expert on how the Iraqi people think, because I live in America, where it's nice and safe and secure. --George W. Bush, Washington, D.C., Sept. 23, 2004

For every fatal shooting, there were roughly three non-fatal shootings. And, folks, this is unacceptable in America.

We will not tire, we will not falter, and we will not fail.

I can press when there needs to be pressed; I can hold hands when there needs to be -- hold hands.

But the truth is that I never had to search for a role model. I was the son of George Bush.

Thousands of lives were suddenly ended by evil, despicable acts of terror. The pictures of airplanes flying into buildings, fires burning, huge structures collapsing, have filled us with disbelief, terrible sadness and a quiet, unyielding anger.

As yesterday's positive report card shows, childrens do learn when standards are high and results are measured. —New York, Sept. 26, 2007

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

When I take action, I'm not going to fire a $2 million missile at a $10 empty tent and hit a camel in the butt. It's going to be decisive.

Terrorist attacks can shake the foundations of our biggest buildings, but they cannot touch the foundation of America. These acts shatter steel, but they cannot dent the steel of American resolve. America was targeted for attack because we're the brightest beacon for freedom and opportunity in the world. And no one will keep that light from shining.

I've got an 'eckilectic' reading list.

I will not forget this wound to our country or those who inflicted it. I will not yield; I will not rest; I will not relent in waging this struggle for freedom and security for the American people.

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

You know, one of the hardest parts of my job is to connect Iraq to the war on terror. --George W. Bush, interview with CBS News' Katie Couric, Sept. 6, 2006

Pray as if it all depends upon God, for it does. But work as if it all depends upon us, for it does.

Our nation must come together to unite.

I understand small business growth. I was one.

At that point in my life, I was not looking for a career. I viewed my first decade after college as a time to explore. I didn't want anchors to hold me down. If something caught my attention, I would try it. If not, I would move on.

I sent letters to the families of every service member who laid down his or her life in the war on terror. By the end of my presidency, I had written to almost five thousand families.

Heckuva job, Brownie!

So, I'm lying on the couch and Laura walks in and I say, 'Free at last,' and she says 'You're free all right, you're free to do the dishes.' So I say, 'You're talking to the former president, baby,' and she said, 'consider this your new domestic policy agenda.

Delivering the speech was a surreal experience. The delegates sat silent, almost frozen in place. It was like speaking to a wax museum.