Bushism Quotes

“There's an old saying in Tennessee — I know it's in Texas, probably in Tennessee — that says, fool me once, shame on — shame on you. Fool me — you can't get fooled again.”
― George W. Bush

“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 W. Bush

“What really alarms me about President Bush's 'War on Terrorism' is the grammar. How do you wage war on an abstract noun? How is 'Terrorism' going to surrender? It's well known, in philological circles, that it's very hard for abstract nouns to surrender.”
― Terry Jones

“I reads every chance I can gets.”
― George W. Bush

“Too many OB/GYN’s aren’t able to practice their love with women all across the country.”
― George W. Bush

“See, in my line of work you got to keep repeating things over and over and over again for the truth to sink in, to kind of catapult the propaganda.”
― George W. Bush

“Teach a child to read and he/she will pass a literary test.”
― George W. Bush

“There is a huge trust. I see it all the time when people come up to me and say, 'I don't want you to let me down again.'
- Boston, Mass., Oct. 3, 2000”
― George W. Bush

“It's important for us to explain to our nation that life is important. It's not only life of babies, but it's life of children living in, you know, the dark dungeons of the Internet.”
― George W. Bush

“And there is distrust in Washington. I am surprised, frankly, at the amount of distrust that exists in this town. And I'm sorry it's the case, and I'll work hard to try to elevate it.”
― George W. Bush

“We'll let our friends be the peacekeepers and the great country called America will be the pacemakers.”
― George W. Bush

“Recognizing and confronting our history is important. Transcending our history is essential. We are not limited by what we have done, or what we have left undone. We are limited only by what we are willing to do.”
― George W. Bush

“I'm looking forward to a good night's sleep on the soil of a friend. [on an upcoming trip to Denmark]”
― George W. Bush

“The result is an absence of checks and balances in Russia, and the decision of one man to launch a wholly unjustified and brutal invasion of Iraq. I mean, of Ukraine.”
― George W. Bush

“George Walker Bush did not want to allow much research, probably sensing that science would do something awkward with the research. But GWB was right about it.”
― Mr. Alex Mel