The best Quotes by George H. W. Bush

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The best Quotes by George H. W. Bush

George Herbert Walker Bush (June 12, 1924 – November 30, 2018) was an American politician, diplomat, and businessman who served as the 41st president of the United States from 1989 to 1993. A member of the Republican Party, he also served as the 43rd vice president from 1981 to 1989 under Ronald Reagan, and in various other federal positions prior to that.

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We are not the sum of our possessions.

Wealth & Richness

We don't want an America that is closed to the world. What we want is a world that is open to America.

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.

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

Never ask anyone over 70 how they feel. They'll tell you.

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'USA Today' once did a big article called, 'Who said it? Was it Norm or George Bush?' They had quotes of mine and quotes of his, and they went to some congressmen and senators and said, 'Who said it?' It was hysterical.

Norm Crosby

I married the first man I ever kissed. When I tell this to my children, they just about throw up.

Barbara Bush

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Never lose sight of the fact that the most important yardstick of your success will be how you treat other people - your family, friends, and coworkers, and even strangers you meet along the way.

Barbara Bush

I think togetherness is a very important ingredient to family life.

Barbara Bush

At the end of your life, you will never regret not having passed one more test, not winning one more verdict or not closing one more deal. You will regret time not spent with a husband, a friend, a child, or a parent.

Barbara Bush

Cherish your human connections - your relationships with friends and family.

Barbara Bush

To us, family means putting your arms around each other and being there.

Barbara Bush

The future of this nation does not depend on what happens at the White House, but what happens at your house.

Barbara Bush

The home is the child's first school, the parent is the child's first teacher, and reading is the child's first subject.

Barbara Bush

Peace is not absence of conflict, it is the ability to handle conflict by peaceful means.

Ronald Reagan

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Life is one grand, sweet song, so start the music.

Ronald Reagan

Mr. Gorbatschow, tear down this wall!

Ronald Reagan

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I call upon the scientific community in our country, those who gave us nuclear weapons, to turn their great talents now to the cause of mankind and world peace: to give us the means of rendering these nuclear weapons impotent and obsolete.

Ronald Reagan

Nuclear Weapons

Would you rather reduce deficits and interest rates by raising revenue from those who are not now paying their fair share, or would you rather accept larger budget deficits, higher interest rates, and higher unemployment? And I think I know your answer.

Ronald Reagan

Ladies and gentlemen, this is a difficult moment for America. I, unfortunately, will be going back to Washington after my remarks. Today we've had a national tragedy. Two airplanes have crashed into the World Trade Center in an apparent terrorist attack on our country.

George W. Bush - September 2001

2001 September 11th

The result is an absence of checks and balances in Russia. The decision of one man to launch a wholly unjustified and brutal invasion of Iraq...- I mean of Ukraine.

George W. Bush - May 2022

I have a different vision of leadership. A leader is someone who brings people together.

George W. Bush

Terrorist attacks can shake the foundations of our biggest buildings, but they cannot touch the foundation of America. These acts shatter steel, but they cannot dent the steel of American resolve.

George W. Bush

This was not an act of terrorism, but it was an act of war.

George W. Bush

2001 September 11th

I love California, I practically grew up in Phoenix.

The future will be better tomorrow.

To date, we have not seen fraud on a scale that could have effected a different outcome in the election.

William Barr - December 2020

Dante: "[seeing a Confederate flag] What? Are you serious?"
Lila: "Newsflash, we're in deep Texas."

Texas Chainsaw Massacre - 2022

The stars at night, are big and bright,
deep in the heart of Texas,
The prairie sky is wide and high,
deep in the heart of Texas.

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Of course, nobody I knew in East-Texas in 1989 cared about Newtonian Physics. The only Newtons they cared about were Wayne and Fig.

Sheldon Cooper in Young Sheldon - Season 1 Episode 1

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My parents didn't want to move to Florida, but they turned sixty and that's the law.

Jerry Seinfeld

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All I'm going to say is I put my hand on a Bible, and I raised my right hand and swore to uphold the Constitution of the state of Florida.

I grew up in Florida, where if you weren't comfortable dancing, you weren't going to get any girls.

Channing Tatum

You're gonna like Massachusetts. It's very patriotic - perfect for a fresh start.

Georgia Miller in Ginny & Georgia - Season 1 Episode 1

I'm lucky to have been raised in the most beautiful place - Amherst, Massachusetts, state of my heart. I'm more patriotic to Massachusetts than to almost any place.

Uma Thurman

I will work my heart out to earn the trust of the people of Massachusetts.

Elizabeth Warren

Old is when people compliment your alligator shoes, and you're not wearing any.

Norm Crosby

It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune must be in want of a wife.

Jane Austen in Pride and Prejudice

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Wealth & Richness

If there is a country that has committed unspeakable atrocities in the world, it is the United States of America. They don’t care for human beings.

Nelson Mandela

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You're not drunk if you can lie on the floor without holding on.

Dean Martin

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This is how liberty dies - with thunderous applause!

Padmé Amidala in Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith

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All grown-ups were once children... but only few of them remember it.

Antoine de Saint-Exupéry in The Little Prince

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Children & Childhood Birthday Age

These days, I look in the mirror and I have to admit, I'm not the strapping young Muslim socialist that I used to be.

Barack Obama - White House Correspondents' Dinner 2013

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