George H. W. Bush Quotes

I can’t ever remember sitting around and saying, ‘gosh let’s hurry up and get these debates going, that’ll win it for me.’ Nope.

Our God is a forgiving God.

What’s wrong with being a boring kind of guy?

As his vice president for eight years, I learned more from Ronald Reagan than from anyone I encountered in all my years of public life.

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

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

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

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

Gulf Lesson One is the value of airpower.

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

America is never wholly herself unless she is engaged in high moral principle. We as a people have such a purpose today. It is to make kinder the face of the nation and gentler the face of the world.

I can tell you this: If I’m ever in a position to call the shots, I’m not going to rush to send somebody else’s kids into a war.

I’ll be glad to reply to or dodge your questions, depending on what I think will help our election most.

I do not like broccoli. And I haven’t liked it since I was a little kid and my mother made me eat it. And I’m President of the United States and I’m not going to eat any more broccoli.

I think the 24-hour news cycle has helped exaggerate the differences between the parties. You can always find someone on TV somewhere carping about something. That didn’t happen 20 years ago.

I hope my own children never have to fight a war.

I think I’d be a better president because I was in combat.

I am not one who – who flamboyantly believes in throwing a lot of words around.

I will keep America moving forward, always forward, for a better America, for an endless enduring dream and a thousand Points of Light. This is my mission, and I will complete it.

We are not the sum of our possessions.

But let me tell you, this gender thing is history. You’re looking at a guy who sat down with Margaret Thatcher across the table and talked about serious issues.