Unquotable:George W. Bush

George W. Bush is widely regarded as one of the greatest masters of the English language in modern times. Below are a few of his most famous words of wisdom, randomly selected from the list of approximately 186,000. to see a different selection.

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“For every fatal shooting, there were roughly three non-fatal shootings. And, folks, this is unacceptable in America. It's just unacceptable. And we're going to do something about it.”

~ George Bush on nonfatal shootings

“Keep good relations with the Grecians.”

~ George Bush on relations with the Grecians

“I couldn't imagine somebody like Osama bin Laden understanding the joy of Hanukkah.”

~ George Bush on Hannukah

“Keep good relations with the Grecians.”

~ George Bush on relations with the Grecians

“There may be some tough times here in America. But this country has gone through tough times before, and we're going to do it again.”

~ George Bush on tough times

“The only way to protect freedom is to destroy it sometimes. Doesn't that make sense to you, or are you with the terrorists?”

~ George Bush on Freedom

“Jet fuel can't melt steel beams.”

~ George Bush on terrorism

“…the illiteracy level of our children are appalling.”

~ George Bush on Illiteracy

“I've been to war. I've raised twins. If I had a choice, I'd rather go to war.”

~ George Bush on parenting

“The only way to protect freedom is to destroy it sometimes. Doesn't that make sense to you, or are you with the terrorists?”

~ George Bush on Freedom

“There's only one person who hugs the mothers and the widows, the wives and the kids upon the death of their loved one. Others hug but having committed the troops, I've got an additional responsibility to hug and that's me and I know what it's like.”

~ George Bush on hugging widows and mothers