Quotes from George W. Bush

Democracy will be transformative. It will help other societies realize the benefits of freedom. Nothing's as big as that, in terms of peace.

We believe in peace. We strongly believe in freedom. Where we see suffering we will help. And rather than try to offset a nation, why not join nations together to achieve kind of big objectives?

A president must make decisions based upon principle and stand by the principles by which he makes decisions in order to achieve peace.

On all vital measures, measures necessary to protect you, the Democrats in Washington follow a simple philosophy: Just say no.

A lot of times in politics you have people look you in the eye and tell you what's not on their mind.

I've been trying to tame our press corps ever since I got into politics, and I've failed miserably. They get to express their opinions sometimes in the form of news.

Free market capitalism is far more than economic theory. It is the engine of social mobility-the highway to the American Dream.

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

I've been in politics long enough to know that polls just go poof at times.

It's been a hard lesson for me , but contrary quite frankly to what is a common practice in politics, I can tell from my own experience, it is better to stay away from personalities.

No matter what your politics is, we ought to be thanking people for volunteering.

We spent time on Burma and the need for the military regime there to understand that they shouldn't fear the voices of people. And yet they do.

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

Adoption was such a positive alternative to abortion, a way to save one life and brighten two more: those of the adoptive parents.

Initiative and referendum make government more responsive to its citizens, neutralize the power of the special interests and stimulate public involvement in state issues.

I believe that God wants me to be president.

God told me to strike at al Qaeda and I struck them; then he instructed me to strike at Saddam, which I did.

May He guide us now. And may God continue to bless the United States of America.

We need common-sense judges who understand our rights were derived from God

I trust God speaks through me. Without that, I couldn't do my job.

I believe that God has planted in every heart the desire to live in freedom.

I've got God's shoulder to cry on. And I cry a lot. I do a lot of crying in this job. I'll bet I've shed more tears than you can count, as president.

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 believe God did create the world. And I think we're finding out more and more and more as to how it actually happened.