Quotes from George W. Bush

Some have argued that confronting the threat from Iraq could detract from the war against terror. To the contrary, confronting the threat posed by Iraq is crucial to winning the war on terror.

The course of this conflict is not known, yet its outcome is certain. Freedom and fear, justice and cruelty, have always been at war, and we know that God is not neutral between them.

I know it's going to be the private sector that leads this country out of the current economic times we're in. You can spend your money better than the government can spend your money.

People forget... that we structured it so that the government, or the people, would be repaid with a really good rate of return. And as it turns out, that aspect of TARP, that's what happened.

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

I believe in the transformational power of liberty. I believe that the free Iraq is in this nation's interests. I believe a free Afghanistan is in this nation's interest.

People make suggestions on what to say all the time. I'll give you an example I don't read what's handed to me. People say, 'Here, here's your speech, or here's an idea for a speech.' They're changed. Trust me.

We know that dictators are quick to choose aggression, while free nations strive to resolve differences in peace.

I told you I'm not going to criticize my successor. I'll just tell you that there are people at Gitmo that will kill American people at a drop of a hat and I don't believe that persuasion isn't going to work. Therapy isn't going to cause terrorists to change their mind.

The momentum of freedom in our world is unmistakable - and it is not carried forward by our power alone. We can trust in that greater power Who guides the unfolding of the years. And in all that is to come, we can know that His purposes are just and true.

America will never run... And we will always be grateful that liberty has found such brave defenders.

America will never seek a permission slip to defend the security of our country.

Americans are a free people, who know that freedom is the right of every person and the future of every nation. The liberty we prize is not America's gift to the world it is God's gift to humanity.

Grief and tragedy and hatred are only for a time. Goodness, remembrance and love have no end.

History is moving, and it will tend toward hope, or tend toward tragedy.

You know what's interesting about Washington It's the kind of place where second-guessing has become second nature.

One of the great things about books is sometimes there are some fantastic pictures.

They misunderestimated me.

Our enemies are innovative and resourceful, and so are we. They never stop thinking about new ways to harm our country and our people, and neither do we.

If this were a dictatorship it would be a heck of a lot easier... as long as I'm the dictator. Hehehe.

I think war is a dangerous place.

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

I reads every chance I can gets.

It has come to my attention, that air pollution is polluting the air!