George H. W. Bush Quotes

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

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

The U.S.S. George H. W. Bush is a great thing in my life. It’s amazing. A great honor.

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.

Every loss of life is terrible.

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

For 18 years I have resisted talking about current events. I am not going to start now.

No, I’m not anguished and tormented.

A new breeze is blowing, and a world refreshed by freedom seems reborn; for in man’s heart, if not in fact, the day of the dictator is over. The totalitarian era is passing, its old ideas blown away like leaves from an ancient, lifeless tree.

We know what works. Freedom Works. We know what’s right. Freedom is right.

History will point out some of the things I did wrong and some of the things I did right.

The day will come – and it is not far off – when the legacy of Lincoln will finally be fulfilled at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, when a black man or woman will sit in the Oval Office. When that day comes, the most remarkable thing about it will be how naturally it occurs.

We are not the sum of our possessions.

You have to understand that people that are hurting are going to criticize.

Lincoln said you cannot be President without spending some item on your knees. I have repeated that and a bunch of Atheists got all over me. Wait a minute. Does that mean that you cannot be President if you are an Atheist? I say yea that does mean that.

I have opinions of my own, strong opinions, but I don’t always agree with them.

Gulf Lesson One is the value of airpower.

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.

I think in defeat you grope for things that are happy, and it’s hard.

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

Old guys can still do fun things.