Bush
on Himself
"Actually, I, this
may sound a little West Texan to you, but I like it. When I'm talking
about, when I'm talking about myself, and when he's talking about myself,
all of us are talking about me."
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"I am a person who
recognizes the fallacy of humans."
Oprah, Sept. 19, 2000
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"I think if you know what you believe, it makes it a lot easier to answer
questions. I can't answer your question."
In response to a question about whether he wished he could take back
any of his answers in the first debate. Reynoldsburg, Ohio, Oct. 4,
2000
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"They have miscalculated
me as a leader."
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"The most important
job is not to be governor, or first lady in my case."
Concord, N.H., Jan
29, 2000
~~~~~~~~~~
"Laura and I really
don't realize how bright our children is sometimes until we get an objective
analysis."
Meet the Press,
April 15, 2000
Bush's
politics for the people
"Who cares what
you think?"
George W. Bush, July 4, 2001 In response to a citizen who told him that
he's doing a poor job.
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"They want the federal
government controlling Social Security like it's some kind of federal
program."
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"I am not part of
the problem, I am a Republican."
~~~~~~~~~~
"It's clearly a
budget. It's got a lot of numbers in it."
Rueters, May 5, 2000
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"I don't think there
is any correlation at all between pay of teachers and quality of education...there
might even be a negative connotation."
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"I hope to show
Hispanics that Republicans do have a heart, but I also want to send
a message to people from around the country as to how to pick up the
Hispanic vote"
~~~~~~~~~~
"I know how hard
it is for you to put food on your family."
Greater Nashua,
N.H, Chamber of Commerce, Jan. 27, 2000
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"We're going to
have the best educated American people in the world."
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"States should have
the right to enact reasonable laws and restrictions particularly to
end the inhumane practice of ending a life that otherwise could live."
Cleveland, June
29, 2000
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"The only things
that I can tell you is that every case I have reviewed I have been comfortable
with the innocence or guilt of the person that I've looked at. I do
not believe we've put a guilty ... I mean innocent person to death in
the state of Texas."
All Things Considered,
NPR, June 16, 2000
~~~~~~~~~~
"The important question
is, How many hands have I shaked?"
Answering a question about why he hasn't spent more time in New Hampshire,
in the New York Times, Oct. 23, 1999
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"The Senate needs
to leave enough money in the proposed budget to not only reduce all
marginal rates, but to eliminate the death tax, so that people who build
up assets are able to transfer them from one generation to the next,
regardless of a person's race."
Washington, D.C.,
April 5, 2001
Bush
on Space
"For NASA, space
is still a high priority."
~~~~~~~~~~
"It's time for the
human race to enter a solar system."
~~~~~~~~~~
"Mars is essentially
in the same orbit…Mars is somewhat the same distance from the Sun, which
is very important. We have seen pictures where there are canals, we
believe, and water. If there is water, that means there is oxygen. If
oxygen, that means we can breathe."
Bush
on Professionals
"Quite frankly,
teachers are the only profession that teach our children."
~~~~~~~~~~
"I want you to know
that farmers are not going to be secondary thoughts to a Bush administration.
They will be in the forethought of our thinking."
Salinas, Calif.,
Aug. 10, 2000
Bush
on the environment
"It isn't pollution
that's harming the environment. It's the impurities in our air and water
that is doing it."
~~~~~~~~~~
"After all, ozone
is not a poison or a carcinogen."
~~~~~~~~~~
"Anyway, I'm so
thankful, and so gracious—I'm gracious that my brother Jeb is concerned
about the hemisphere as well."
Miami, Fla., June
4, 2001
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"Thirdly, the explorationists
are willing to only move equipment during the winter, which means they'll
be on ice roads, and remove the equipment as the ice begins to melt,
so that the fragile tundra is protected."
Conestoga, Pa.,
May 18, 2001
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"There are some
monuments where the land is so widespread, they just encompass as much
as possible. And the integral part of the - the precious part, so to
speak - I guess all land is precious, but the part that the people uniformly
would not want to spoil, will not be despoiled. But there are parts
of the monument lands where we can explore without affecting the overall
environment."
Media round table,
Washington, D.C. March 13, 2001
Bush
on Geography and general knowledge
"The only thing
I know about Slovakia is what I learned first-hand from your foreign
minister, who came to Texas."
To a Slovak journalist
as quoted by Knight Ridder News Service, June 22, 1999. Bush's meeting
was with Janez Drnovsek, the prime minister of Slovenia.
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"Keep good relations
with the Grecians."
Quoted in the Economist,
June 12, 1999
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"I was raised in
the west. The west of Texas. It's pretty close to California. In more
ways than Washington, D.C., is close to California."
In Los Angeles as
quoted by the Los Angeles Times, April 8, 2000
~~~~~~~~~~
"We have a firm
commitment to NATO, we are a part of NATO. We have a firm commitment
to Europe. We are a part of Europe."
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"Neither in French
nor in English nor in Mexican."
Declining to answer
reporters' questions at the Summit of the Americas, Quebec City, Canada,
April 21, 2001
Bush's
pearls of wisdom
"Well, I think if
you say you're going to do something and don't do it, that's trustworthiness."
~~~~~~~~~~
"Families is where
our nation finds hope, where wings take dream."
LaCrosse, Wis.,
Oct. 18, 2000
~~~~~~~~~~
"We must all hear
the universal call to like your neighbor like you like to be liked yourself."
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"A low voter turnout
is an indication of fewer people going to the polls."
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"When I was coming
up, it was a dangerous world, and you knew exactly who they were," he
said. "It was us vs. them, and it was clear who them was. Today, we
are not so sure who the they are, but we know they're there."
Iowa Western Community
College, Jan 21, 2000
Bush's
inner thoughts and doubts
"I would have to
ask the questioner. I haven't had a chance to ask the questioners the
question they've been questioning.
~~~~~~~~~~
"Will the highways
on the Internet become more few?"
Concord, N.H., Jan. 29, 2000
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"I'm gonna talk
about the ideal world, Chris. I've read, I understand reality. If you're
asking me as the president, would I understand reality, I do."
Hardball, MSNBC;
May 31, 2000
