Quotes from George H. W. Bush

Lincoln said you cannot be President without spending some item on your knees. I have repeated that and a bunch of Atheists got all over me. Wait a minute. Does that mean that you cannot be President if you are an Atheist? I say yea that does mean that.

We are not the sum of our possessions.

I was offered a job on Wall Street by my uncle. But I wanted to get out. Make-it-on-my-own kinda thing.

I hope my own children never have to fight a war.

I'm going to be so much better a president for having been at the CIA that you're not going to believe it.

A President is neither prince nor pope, and I don't seek a window on men's souls. In fact, I yearn for a greater tolerance, an easy-goingness about each other's attitudes and way of life.

Ozone Man, Ozone. He's crazy, way out, far out, man.

I do not like broccoli. And I haven't liked it since I was a little kid and my mother made me eat it. And I'm President of the United States and I'm not going to eat any more broccoli.

When I need a little advice about Saddam Hussein, I turn to country music.

A good country song taps into strong undercurrents of family, faith, and patriotism.

International exchanges are not a great tide to sweep away all differences, but they will slowly wear away at the obstacles to peace as surely as water wears away a hard stone.

We are a nation of communities... a brilliant diversity spread like stars, like a thousand points of light in a broad and peaceful sky.

A campaign is a disagreement, and disagreements divide. But an election is a decision, and decisions clear the way for harmony and peace. I mean to be president of all the people.

People say I'm indecisive, but I don't know about that.

Unlike Churchill, I have no plans to shape history. . . . Socrates gave advice

Freedom and the power to choose should not be the privilege of wealth. They are the birthright of every American.

No, I don't know that atheists should be considered as citizens, nor should they be considered as patriots. This is one nation under God.

May God bless those who died and bless their families. With regards, George Bush.

Our God is a forgiving God.

By the grace of God, we won the Cold War.

We asked for God's help; and now, in this shining outcome, in this magnificent triumph of good over evil, we should thank God.

One of the good things about the way the Gulf War ended in 1991 is, you'd see the Vietnam veterans marching with the Gulf War veterans.

The longer our graduation lines are today, the shorter our unemployment lines will be tomorrow.

Study hard; and you might grow up to be President. But let's face it: Even then, you'll never make as much money as your dog.