George H. W. Bush Quotes

Losing is tough.

Read my lips: no new taxes.

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 stand for anti-bigotry, anti-Semitism, and anti-racism.

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.

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.

Poland should be strong and prosperous and independent and play its proper role as a great nation in the heart of Europe.

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.

I can tell you this: If I’m ever in a position to call the shots, I’m not going to rush to send somebody else’s kids into a war.

Debates, I hate.

I was offered a job on Wall Street by my uncle. But I wanted to get out. Make-it-on-my-own kinda thing.

Gulf Lesson One is the value of airpower.

Think about every problem, every challenge, we face. The solution to each starts with education.

I’m President of the United States, and I’m not going to eat any more broccoli!

The day will come – and it is not far off – when the legacy of Lincoln will finally be fulfilled at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, when a black man or woman will sit in the Oval Office. When that day comes, the most remarkable thing about it will be how naturally it occurs.

I hope my own children never have to fight a war.

If the people were to ever find out what we have done, we would be chased down the streets and lynched.

Our God is a forgiving God.

I want to make sure everybody who has a job wants a job.

A new breeze is blowing, and a world refreshed by freedom seems reborn; for in man’s heart, if not in fact, the day of the dictator is over. The totalitarian era is passing, its old ideas blown away like leaves from an ancient, lifeless tree.

Whoever says Americas best days are behind it are looking the wrong direction.

The glory of being a carrier pilot has certainly worn off.

You cannot be President of the United States if you don’t have faith. Remember Lincoln, going to his knees in times of trial in the Civil War and all that stuff.

The anchor in our world today is freedom, holding us steady in times of change, a symbol of hope to all the world.

I will keep America moving forward, always forward, for a better America, for an endless enduring dream and a thousand Points of Light. This is my mission, and I will complete it.

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.

Be bold in your caring, and be bold in your dreaming.

It’s a very good question, very direct, and I’m not going to answer it.

It’s amazing how many people beat you at golf now that you’re no longer president.

Every loss of life is terrible.

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

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.

As his vice president for eight years, I learned more from Ronald Reagan than from anyone I encountered in all my years of public life.

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

I have survivor’s curiosity, I guess.

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

For 18 years I have resisted talking about current events. I am not going to start now.

I’m not trying to get myself up a notch on the ladder by shoving somebody else down on the ladder, whether it’s a candidate or the president of the United States or anybody else. I just don’t believe that’s the way one oughta campaign, I’ve never done that.

But let me tell you, this gender thing is history. You’re looking at a guy who sat down with Margaret Thatcher across the table and talked about serious issues.

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

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

History will point out some of the things I did wrong and some of the things I did right.

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

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

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

No, I don’t know that atheists should be considered as citizens, nor should they be considered as patriots. This is one nation under God.

I have been very happy in the House of Representatives.