Quotes by President Bush

MUDDLEHEADED – OR WHAT?

"It isn't pollution that's harming the
environment. It's the impurities in our air and water that
are doing it."

"If we don't succeed, we run the risk of
failure."

"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."

"Well, I think if you say you're going to do
something and don't do it, that's
trustworthiness."

"The vast majority of our imports come from outside the
country."

HEAVEN ON HIS SIDE

"God told me to strike at al-Qaeda and I struck them, and
then he instructed me to strike at Saddam, which I did, and now I
am determined to solve the problem in the Middle East."

"I trust God speaks through me. Without that, I
couldn't do my job."

IGNORANCE IS BLISS

"Quite frankly, teachers are the only profession that
teach our children."

"The problem with the French is that they don't
have a word for ‘entrepreneur’."

"One word sums up probably the responsibility of any
Governor, and that one word is, ‘to be
prepared’."

CLOUD CUCKOO LAND

"Iraq and Afghanistan ... are now democracies and they
are allies in the cause of freedom and peace."

"Ariel Sharon ... is a man of courage and a man of
peace."

"See, in my line of work you got to keep repeating things
over and over and over again for the truth to sink in, to kind of
catapult the propaganda."

THE DECEIVING PACIFIST

"I just want you to know that, when we talk about war,
we're really talking about peace."

"This notion that the United States is getting ready
to attack Iran is simply ridiculous. And having said that, all
options are on the table."

"Free nations don't develop weapons of mass
destruction."

SELF-APPOINTED THEOLOGIAN

"Islam, as practiced by the vast majority of people, is a
peaceful religion."

"The Islam that we know is a faith devoted to the
worship of one God, as revealed through The Holy Qur'an. It
teaches the value and the importance of charity, mercy, and
peace."

DOUBLE-MINDED FLIP FLOPS

Flip – "I favor leaving up to a woman and her
doctor the abortion question."

Flop – "I am pro-life."

Flip – "The most important thing is for us to
find Osama bin Laden. It is our number one priority and we will
not rest until we find him."

Flop – "I don't know where bin Laden is. I have
no idea and really don't care. It's not that important.
It's not our priority."

Flip – "We found the weapons of mass destruction.
We found biological laboratories ... for those who say we
haven't found the banned manufacturing devices or banned
weapons, they're wrong, we found them."

Flop – "We haven’t found them."

THE SECULAR PROPHET

"Oh, no, we're not going to have any casualties [in
Iraq]."

"We are ready for any unforeseen event that may or
may not occur."

"I have made good judgments in the past. I have made good
judgments in the future."

THE ASTUTE OBSERVER

"A low voter turnout is an indication of fewer people
going to the polls."

"Brownie (Michael Brown of FEMA), you're doing a
heck of a job."

A MAN AND HIS ENVIRONMENT

"I know the human being and fish can coexist
peacefully."

THE DOUBLE-TALKER

"There's a lot of suffering in the Palestinian
territory, because militant Hamas is trying to stop the advance
of democracy." (N.B.: The Hamas government was elected)

"We look forward to analyzing and working with
legislation that will make and I would hope put a free
press's mind at ease that you're not being denied
information you shouldn't see."