George H. W. Bush Quotes

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

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

We are a nation of communities… a brilliant diversity spread like stars, like a thousand points of light in a broad and peaceful sky.

I’m going to be so much better a president for having been at the CIA that you’re not going to believe it.

One of the good things about the way the Gulf War ended in 1991 is, you’d see the Vietnam veterans marching with the Gulf War veterans.

Well, I think everybody is frustrated by the finances of the U.N. and the inability to solve problems of war and peace.

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.

You know I vowed when I became President not to talk about the loneliest toughest job in the world and I didn’t.

I have survivor’s curiosity, I guess.

No, I’m not anguished and tormented.

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

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

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

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

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

Please don’t ask me to do that which I’ve just said I’m not going to do, because you’re burning up time. The meter is running through the sand on you, and I am now filibustering.

I think when you see an aircraft fire, these angry, black puffs of smoke, knowing that one of them could kill you that you – you – you understand the seriousness of the mission. And you understand your own mortality.

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 don’t write letters anymore.

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

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