Unquotable:George W. Bush

George W. Bush is widely regarded as one of the greatest masters of the English language in modern times. Below are a few of his most famous words of wisdom, randomly selected from the list of approximately 186,000. to see a different selection.

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“There's only one person who hugs the mothers and the widows, the wives and the kids upon the death of their loved one. Others hug but having committed the troops, I've got an additional responsibility to hug and that's me and I know what it's like.”

~ George Bush on hugging widows and mothers

“We hold dear what our Declaration of Independence says, that all have got uninalienable rights, endowed by a Creator”

~ George Bush on uninalienable rights of man

“It's amazing I won. I was running against peace, prosperity, and incumbency.”

~ George Bush on the unlikelihood of his being elected to his first term

“When I was coming up, it was a dangerous world, and you knew exactly who they were. It was us versus them, and it was clear who them was. Today we are not so sure who the they are, but we know they're there.”

~ George Bush on Us and Them

“The war on terror involves Saddam Hussein because of the nature of Saddam Hussein, the history of Saddam Hussein, and his willingness to terrorize himself.”

~ George Bush on Saddam Hussein

“It is my job to make decisions; I am the decider.”

~ George Bush on deciding

“Rarely is the question asked: is our children learning?”

~ George Bush on Education

“Our enemies are innovative and resourceful, and so are we. They never stop thinking about new ways to harm our country and our people, and neither do we.”

~ George Bush on harming our country

“Families is where our nation finds hope, where wings take dream.”

~ George Bush on families

“Don't forget Poland.”

~ George Bush on the Coalition of the Willing

“I'm the master of low expectations.”

~ George Bush on low expectations