Even more great quotes by Dubya

  "I fully understand that the job of the president is and must always be protecting the great right of people to worship or not worship as they see fit. That's what distinguishes us from the Taliban. The greatest freedom we have or one of the greatest freedoms is the right to worship the way you see fit.
  "On the other hand, I don't see how you can be president at least from my perspective, how you can be president, without a relationship with the Lord."
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  "What we are going to do in the second term is to make sure that the grant money is available for faith communities to bid on, to make sure these faith-based offices are staffed and open. But the key thing is, is that we do have the capacity to allow faith programs to access enormous sums of social service money, which I think is important."
--George W. Bush, January 11, 2005

"I feel like God wants me to run for President. I can't explain it, but I sense my country is going to need me. Something is going to happen... I know it won't be easy on me or my family, but God wants me to do it."
--George W. Bush commenting to Texas evangelist James Robinson in the run-up to his presidential campaign

"We share common goals and a common faith."
--George W. Bush, addressing the Christian Coalition's "Road To Victory" convention

"God told me to strike at al Qaeda and I struck them, and then he instructed me to strike at Saddam [Hussein], which I did, and now I am determined to solve the problem in the Middle East. If you help me I will act, and if not, the elections will come and I will have to focus on them."
--Palestinian Authority Prime Minister Abu Mazen quoting Bush when they met in Aqaba; reported in The Haaretz Reporter by Arnon Regular

"I'm the Commander, see ...  I do not need to explain why I say things.  That's the interesting thing about being the President ... [I] don't feel like I owe anybody an explanation."
--Speaking to the National Security Council

"I call upon all nations to do everything they can to stop these terrorist killers. Thank you. Now watch this drive."
--August 4, 2002, on violence in the Middle East... and his golf game

  "Somebody told me there's a story floating around that somehow I am blaming the Clinton administration for what's going on in the Middle East right now. … I appreciate what President Clinton tried to do. He tried to bring peace to the Middle East."
--April 6 press conference in Crawford, Texas with British Prime Minister Tony Blair.
  "Well, we've tried summits in the past, as you may remember. It wasn't all that long ago where a summit was called and nothing happened, and as a result we had significant intifada in the area."
--Interview with Britain's ITV, as reported by the Associated Press's Ron Fournier on April 5.

  Bush promised during the presidential campaign to avoid tapping Social Security except in cases of war, recession or a national emergency.
  "Lucky me. I hit the trifecta,'' Bush told [Mitch] Daniels shortly after the Sept. 11 attacks, according to the budget director.
--Miami Herald, Nov. 29, 2001

He [Bush] recalled the last time he was in Florida, on the morning of Sept. 11, and what went through his mind when the first plane hit New York's World Trade Center: "I used to fly myself, and I said, 'Well, there's one terrible pilot.'"
--Associated Press, Dec. 4, 2001

"I don't think that witchcraft is a religion. I wish the military would rethink this decision." - to ABC NEWS, June 1999, regarding Ft. Hood's decision to allow Wiccan rituals

"I do not think witchcraft is a religion, and I do not think it is in any way appropriate for the U.S. military to promote it." - October 15, 2000

"I urge all Texans to answer the call to serve those in need. By volunteering their time, energy or resources to helping others, adults and youngsters follow Christ's message of love and service in thought and deed."
     Therefore, I, George W. Bush, Governor of Texas, do hereby proclaim June 10, 2000, Jesus Day in Texas and urge the appropriate recognition whereof,
     In official recognition whereof,
     I hereby affix my signature this
     17th day of April, 2000.
"Jesus Day 2000" Proclamation

"There's no such thing as legacies. At least, there is a legacy, but I'll never see it." - Jan. 31, 2001

"I am mindful not only of preserving executive powers for myself, but for predecessors as well." - Jan. 29, 2001

"My pro-life position is I believe there's life. It's not necessarily based in religion. I think there's a life there, therefore the notion of life, liberty and pursuit of happiness." - Jan. 23, 2001

"Redefining the role of the United States from enablers to keep the peace to enablers to keep the peace from peacekeepers is going to be an assignment." - Jan. 14, 2001

"The California crunch really is the result of not enough power-generating plants and then not enough power to power the power of generating plants." - Jan. 14, 2001

"I hope the ambitious realize that they are more likely to succeed with success as opposed to failure." - Jan. 18, 2001

"If he's—the inference is that somehow he thinks slavery is a—is a noble institution I would—I would strongly reject that assumption—that John Ashcroft is a open-minded, inclusive person." - Jan. 14, 2001

"She's just trying to make sure Anthony gets a good meal—Antonio."—On Laura Bush inviting Justice Antonin Scalia to dinner at the White House. - Jan. 14, 2001

"I am mindful of the difference between the executive branch and the legislative branch. I assured all four of these leaders that I know the difference, and that difference is they pass the laws and I execute them." - Dec. 18, 2000

"They want the federal government controlling Social Security like it's some kind of federal program." - Nov. 2, 2000

"I mean, there needs to be a wholesale effort against racial profiling, which is illiterate children." - Oct. 11, 2000

"I do know I'm ready for the job. And, if not, that's just the way it goes." - Aug. 21, 2000

"I know the human being and fish can coexist peacefully." - Sep. 29, 2000

"I will have a foreign-handed foreign policy." - Sep. 27, 2000

"I think we ought to raise the age at which juveniles can have a gun."

"Families is where our nation finds hope, where wings take dream." - Oct. 18, 2000

"The woman who knew that I had dyslexia--I never interviewed her." - Sept. 15, 2000

"We cannot let terriers and rogue nations hold this nation hostile" - Sep. 9, 2000

"If most of the breaks go to wealthy people it's because most of the people who pay taxes are wealthy."

"I don't need to be subliminabable" - Sep. 12, 2000