Quotes from George W. Bush

The Iraqi regime is a threat of unique urgency. [...] It has developed weapons of mass death.

We will export death and violence to the four corners of the earth in defense of our great nation.

There are some similarities, of course (between Iraq and Vietnam). Death is terrible.

I can change, but as we speak now, I really have zero desire to see my name in the press.

I have zero desire to be in the limelight.

The Geneva Convention . . . says that there will be no outrages upon human dignity. It's very vague. What does that mean, 'outrages upon human dignity'?

Only a liberal senator from Massachusetts would say that a 49 percent increase in funding for education was not enough.

One of the common denominators I have found is that expectations rise above that which is expected.

We have enough coal to last for 250 years, yet coal also prevents an environmental challenge.

German people are essentially pacifists. Many still remember the experience of World War II. And they may not have seen Saddam Hussein as evil a person as a lot of other people have.

When it comes to the education of our children... failure is not an option.

Faith gives the assurance that our lives and our history have a moral design.

Our Founding Fathers understood that our country would survive and flourish if our Nation was committed to good character and an unyielding dedication to liberty and justice for all.

Our enemies believed America was weak and materialistic, that we would splinter in fear and selfishness. They were as wrong as they are evil.

I know how hard it is for you to put food on your family.

Golf is a game of integrity. And golf is a game of forgiveness. I think the high standards of golf remind people of how lucky they are, or how fortunate they are, to be able to play the game.

We can't allow the world's worst leaders to blackmail, threaten, hold freedom-loving nations hostage with the world's worst weapons.

One principle is the universality of freedom. I'm a freedom lover.

Everywhere that freedom stirs, let tyrants fear.

The terrorists are fighting freedom with all their cunning and cruelty because freedom is their greatest fear - and they should be afraid, because freedom is on the march.

The wisest use of American strength is to advance freedom.

The advance of freedom is the great story of our time

We're still being challenged in Iraq and the reason why is a free Iraq will be a major defeat in the cause of freedom.

Our Nation's founding commitment is still our deepest commitment: In our world, and here at home, we will extend the frontiers of freedom.