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Thread ID: 8013 | Posts: 1 | Started: 2003-07-09
2003-07-09 21:40 | User Profile
*In an effort to lighten the mood I offer the following comic relief, courtesy of the inimitable ââ¬Åtitular captainââ¬Â of America, as some people have aptly put it. Now I donââ¬â¢t think that anyone demands that the skipper be the epitome of eloquence at all times, but surely there ought to be a threshold requiring basic ability to express oneself prior to rating consideration for the presidency. On second thought, perhaps there is such a thing but I err in assuming it is a threshold when upper limit is the more appropriate description concerning requirements.
Whoââ¬â¢s for Democracy?*
I'm also not very analytical. You know I don't spend a lot of time thinking about myself, about why I do things. -- aboard AirForce One, June 4 2003
I recently met with the finance minister of the Palestinian Authority, was very impressed by his grasp of finances. -- Washington, DC, May 29, 2003
First, let me make it very clear, poor people aren't necessarily killers. Just because you happen to be not rich doesn't mean you're willing to kill. -- Washington, DC, May 19, 2003
So one of my visits -- one of the reasons I'm visiting here is to ask the question to people. Because if there's -- moving too slow, or people are saying one thing and the other thing is not happening, now is the time to find out. -- Pierce City, MO, May 13, 2003
I think war is a dangerous place. -- Washington, DC, May 7, 2003
I don't bring God into my life to -- to, you know, kind of be a political person. -- interview with Tom Brokaw aboard Air Force One, April 24, 2003
We're fighting an enemy ... that will wear civilian uniforms.... -- Washington, DC, March 25, 2003
...If we use military force, in the post-Saddam Iraq the UN will definitely need to have a role. And that way it can begin to get its legs, legs of responsibility back. -- Lajes, Azores, March 16, 2003
We appreciate our own support for ensuring that the just demands of the world are enforced. -- Washington, DC, March 13, 2003
I know there's some concern about overstating of numbers, you know, invest in my company because the sky's the limit. We may not be cash flowing much, but the sky's the limit. Well, when you pay dividends, that sky's the limit business doesn't hunt. -- Kennesaw, GA, February 20, 2003
...[A]s we insist that Congress be wise with your money, we're going to make sure we spend enough to win this war. And by spending enough to win a war, we may not have a war at all. -- Kennesaw, Georgia, February 20, 2003
So today I ask you to challenge your listeners ... to start a ministry, which will find the children of those who are incarcinated and love them. -- Addressing the National Religious Broadcasters' Convention, Opryland Hotel, Nashville, TN, February 10, 2003. The quote was cleaned up before the speech was posted on the White House web site.
Should any Iraqi officer or soldier receive an order from Saddam Hussein or his sons or any of the killers who occupy the high levels of their government, my advice is don't follow that order. If you choose to do so, when Iraq is liberated, you will be treated, tried and persecuted as a war criminal. -- St. Louis, MO, January 22, 2003
I had a cordial meeting at that meeting last night. We greeted each other, cordially. -- Prague, Czech Republic, November 21, 2002
One of the problems we have is that enough people can't find work in America. -- Bentonville, AR, November 4, 2002
The solid truth of the matter is, when you find -- if you want to help heal the hurt -- if you want to hurt people and help people in pain, the best way to do so is to call upon the great strength of the country, which is the compassion of our fellow Americans. -- Bentonville, AR, November 4, 2002
All of us here in America should believe, and I think we do, that we should be, as I mentioned, a nation of owners. Owning something is freedom, as far as I'm concerned. It's part of a free society... It's a part of -- it's of being a -- it's a part of -- an important part of America. -- Washington, D.C., October 15, 2002
You need to listen carefully to the debates that goes on in our nation's capital. You see, some of them are -- goes on with people trying to get to the nation's capital. Some of them, they talk about the government's money. -- Manchester, NH, October 5, 2002
The definition of a patriot in the face of the evil done to America is to serve something greater than yourself in life, is to help somebody in need, is to love a person one at a time, as we remember that -- which I know we will. -- Manchester, NH, October 5, 2002
We need an energy bill that encourages consumption. -- Trenton, NJ, September 23, 2002
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. -- East Literature Magnet School, Nashville, Tennessee, September 17, 2002. Couldn't quite get out "... fool me twice, shame on me."
...[T]here is a value system that cannot be compromised, and that is the values that we praise. And if the values are good enough for our people, they ought to be good enough for others, not in a way to impose because these are God-given values. These aren't United States-created values. These are values of freedom and the human condition and mothers loving their children. -- interviewed by Bob Woodward, Crawford, TX, August 20, 2002
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