Quotes from George H. W. Bush

History will point out some of the things I did wrong and some of the things I did right.

You cannot be President of the United States if you don't have faith. Remember Lincoln, going to his knees in times of trial in the Civil War and all that stuff.

We can realise a lasting peace and transform the East-West relationship to one of enduring co-operation.

The U.S.S. George H. W. Bush is a great thing in my life. It's amazing. A great honor.

For a new breeze is blowing, and a world refreshed by freedom seems reborn...the day of the dictator is over.

Read my lips: no new taxes

I like a colorful sock. I'm a sock man.

I'm not trying to get myself up a notch on the ladder by shoving somebody else down on the ladder, whether it's a candidate or the president of the United States or anybody else. I just don't believe that's the way one oughta campaign, I've never done that.

I'm conservative, but I'm not a nut about it.

I'm a conservative, but I'm not a nut about it.

I have nothing but contempt and anger for those who betray the trust by exposing the name of [CIA] sources. They are, in my view, the most insidious, of traitors.

People must be free to work, to save, to own their own home, to take risks, to invest in each other and, in essence, to control their own lives.

Many schools include a service project as part of their curriculum, and many corporations have in-house projects for their employees or give them time off to do volunteer work.

American business can out-think, out-work, out-perform any nation in the world. But we can't beat the competition if we don't get in the ball game.

Appeasement does not work. As was the case in the 1930s, we see in Saddam Hussein an aggressive dictator threatening his neighbors.

Ageing's alright, better than the alternative, which is not being here.

Think about every problem, every challenge, we face. The solution to each starts with education.

Education is not complete unless we teach our children not only how to read and write but the difference between right and wrong.

It's no exaggeration to say that the undecideds could go one way or another.

I don't write letters anymore.

Education is the key to opportunity. It's a ticket out of poverty.

Our stewardship of the Earth is brief. We owe it to those who follow to keep that in perspective, to be responsible passengers along the way.

Every American expects and deserves clean air, and then we act on that belief, then we will set an example for the rest of the world to follow.

Equality begins with economic empowerment.