Just a Few Bushisms (an
adventure in BushSpeak):
As yesterday's positive report
card shows, childrens do learn when standards are high and results are
measured - New York, September 26, 2007
"Our enemies are
innovative and resourceful, and so are we. They never stop thinking about
new ways to harm our country and our people, and neither do we."
--Washington, D. C., August 5, 2004
"And I am
an optimistic person. I guess if you want to try to find something to be
pessimistic about, you can find it, no matter how hard you look, you
know?"—Washington, D.C., June 15, 2004
"I want to thank my friend, Sen. Bill Frist,
for joining us today. … He married a Texas girl, I want you to know.
(Laughter.) Karyn is with us. A West Texas girl, just like me."—Nashville,
Tenn., May 27, 2004
"I'm honored to shake the hand of a brave
Iraqi citizen who had his hand cut off by Saddam Hussein."—Washington,
D.C., May 25, 2004
"See, one of the interesting things in the
Oval Office—I love to bring people into the Oval Office—right around the
corner from here—and say, this is where I office, but I want you to know
the office is always bigger than the person."—Washington, D.C., Jan. 29,
2004
"More Muslims have died at the hands of
killers than—I say more Muslims—a lot of Muslims have died—I don't know
the exact count—at Istanbul. Look at these different places around the
world where there's been tremendous death and destruction because killers
kill."—Washington, D.C., Jan. 29, 2004
"One of the most meaningful things that's
happened to me since I've been the governor—the
president—governor—president. Oops. Ex-governor. I went to Bethesda Naval
Hospital to give a fellow a Purple Heart, and at the same moment I watched
him—get a Purple Heart for action in Iraq—and at that same—right after I
gave him the Purple Heart, he was sworn in as a citizen of the United
States—a Mexican citizen, now a United States citizen."—Washington, D.C.,
Jan. 9, 2004
"I want to thank the astronauts who are
with us, the courageous spacial entrepreneurs who set such a wonderful
example for the young of our country."—Washington, D.C., Jan. 14, 2004
"The ambassador and the general were
briefing me on the—the vast majority of Iraqis want to live in a peaceful,
free world. And we will find these people and we will bring them to
justice."—Washington, D.C., Oct. 27, 2003
"I glance at the headlines just to kind of
get a flavor for what's moving. I rarely read the stories, and get briefed
by people who are probably read the news themselves."—Washington, D.C.,
Sept. 21, 2003
"Our country puts $1 billion a year up to
help feed the hungry. And we're by far the most generous nation in the
world when it comes to that, and I'm proud to report that. This isn't a
contest of who's the most generous. I'm just telling you as an aside.
We're generous. We shouldn't be bragging about it. But we are. We're very
generous."—Washington, D.C., July 16, 2003
"It's very interesting when you think about
it, the slaves who left here to go to America, because of their steadfast
and their religion and their belief in freedom, helped change
America."—Dakar, Senegal, July 8, 2003
"I know what I believe. I will continue to
articulate what I believe and what I believe — I believe what I believe is
right." —Rome, July 22, 2001
"There's an old saying in Tennessee — I know it's in Texas, probably in
Tennessee — that says, fool me once, shame on — shame on you. Fool me —
you can't get fooled again." —Nashville, Tenn., Sept. 17, 2002
"I know the human being and fish can coexist peacefully." —Saginaw, Mich.,
Sept. 29, 2000
"They misunderestimated me." —Bentonville, Ark., Nov. 6, 2000
"Rarely is the questioned asked: Is our children learning?" —Florence,
S.C., Jan. 11, 2000
