The Best George Hw Bush quotes

No generation can escape history. — George H. W. Bush

There are singular moments in history, dates that divide all that goes before from all that comes after. — George H. W. Bush

History will point out some of the things I did wrong and some of the things I did right. — George H. W. Bush

Unlike Churchill, I have no plans to shape history. . . . Socrates gave advice — George H. W. Bush

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. — George H. W. Bush

But I see history as a book with many pages––and each day we fill a page with acts of hopefulness and meaning. — George H. W. Bush

I don’t like dynasty and legacy. But I think there’s a period in the U.S. history where Bushes have been in the forefront. — George H. W. Bush

When America is stronger, the world is safer. — George H. W. Bush

You do not reform a world by ignoring it. — George H. W. Bush

We don’t want an America that is closed to the world. What we want is a world that is open to America. — George H. W. Bush

You know I vowed when I became President not to talk about the loneliest toughest job in the world and I didn’t. — George H. W. Bush

America’s freedom is the example to which the world expires. — George H. W. Bush

Now we can see a new world coming into view, a world where there is a very real prospect of a New World Order. — George H. W. Bush

Every American expects and deserves clean air, and then we act on that belief, then we will set an example for the rest of the world to follow. — George H. W. Bush

The Persian Gulf crisis has forged a new world order in which the superpower adversaries of the Cold War now stand united to reverse Iraq’s conquest of Kuwait. — George H. W. Bush

I firmly believed we should not march into Baghdad …To occupy Iraq would instantly shatter our coalition, turning the whole Arab world against us and make a broken tyrant, into a latter–day Arab hero. — George H. W. Bush

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

We are not here to enjoy the things on earth, but to pass them around. The people who do it are the happiest people you know! — George H. W. Bush

I believe we should make use of what we know. We know that the future of the Earth must not be compromised. — George H. W. Bush

Our stewardship of the Earth is brief. We owe it to those who follow to keep that in perspective, to be responsible passengers along the way. — George H. W. Bush

The only time I had any butterflies was when I stood up and backed toward the open door and looked down. — George H. W. Bush

The fact is prosperity has a purpose. It’s to allow us to pursue ‘the better angels,’ to give us time to think and grow. — George H. W. Bush

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. — George H. W. Bush

Competence is a narrow ideal. Competence makes the trains run on time but doesn’t know where they’re going. — George H. W. Bush

A time of historic change is no time for recklessness. — George H. W. Bush

Many schools include a service project as part of their curriculum, and many corporations have in–house projects for their employees or give them time off to do volunteer work. — George H. W. Bush

By the year 2000, all Americans must be able to set the clocks on their VCRs. — George H. W. Bush

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. — George H. W. Bush

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

The United States is the best and fairest and most decent nation on the face of the earth. — George H. W. Bush

My vision of a ‘new world order’ foresees a United Nations with a revitalized peacekeeping function. — George H. W. Bush

America is never wholly herself unless she is engaged in high moral principle. We as a people have such a purpose today. It is to make kinder the face of the nation and gentler the face of the world. — George H. W. Bush

Out of these troubled times, our fifth objective–a new world order–can emerge… We are now in sight of a United Nations that performs as envisioned by its founders. — George H. W. Bush

Great nations of the world are moving toward democracy. — George H. W. Bush

American business can out–think, out–work, out–perform any nation in the world. But we can’t beat the competition if we don’t get in the ball game. — George H. W. Bush

A new breeze is blowing––and a nation refreshed by freedom stands ready to push on: there is new ground to be broken, and new action to be taken. — George H. W. Bush

The problem with the French is that they have no word for entrepreneur. — George H. W. Bush

Fluency in English is something that I’m often not accused of. — George H. W. Bush

In crucial things, unity. In important things, diversity. In ALL things, generosity. — George H. W. Bush

I’m going to be so much better a president for having been at the CIA that you’re not going to believe it. — George H. W. Bush

I think I’d be a better president because I was in combat. — George H. W. Bush

No president can easily commit our sons and daughters to war. — George H. W. Bush

There is no greater advocate of perestroika than the president of the United States. — George H. W. Bush

I’m President of the United States, and I’m not going to eat any more broccoli! — George H. W. Bush

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. — George H. W. Bush

Now that I am no longer President, I find I can no longer win every game of golf I play. — George H. W. Bush

A campaign is a disagreement, and disagreements divide. But an election is a decision, and decisions clear the way for harmony and peace. I mean to be president of all the people. — George H. W. Bush

It’s amazing how many people beat you at golf now that you’re no longer president. — George H. W. Bush

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. — George H. W. Bush

Study hard; and you might grow up to be President. But let’s face it: Even then, you’ll never make as much money as your dog. — George H. W. Bush

I believe with all my heart that one cannot be America’s president without a belief in God, without the strength that your faith gives you. — George H. W. Bush

I, George Bush, President of the United States of America, do hereby proclaim the decade beginning January 1, 1990, as the Decade of the Brain. — George H. W. Bush