George H. W. Bush Quotes - Page 2

Freedom and the power to choose should not be the privilege of wealth. They are the birthright of every American.

In crucial things, unity. In important things, diversity. In ALL things, generosity.

Lincoln said you cannot be President without spending some item on your knees. I have repeated that and a bunch of Atheists got all over me. Wait a minute. Does that mean that you cannot be President if you are an Atheist? I say yea that does mean that.

We have before us the opportunity to forge for ourselves and for future generations a new world order, a world where the rule of law, not the law of the jungle, governs the conduct of nations. When we are successful, and we will be, we have a real chance at this new world order, an order in which a credible United Nations can use its peacekeeping role to fulfill the promise and vision of the U.N.'s founders.

I have opinions of my own - strong opinions - but I don't always agree with them.

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.

Out of these troubled times, our fifth objective - a New World Order - can emerge. . . Now, we can see a New World Order coming into view. A world in which there is a very real prospect for a New World Order. . .A world where the United Nations, freed from a Cold War stalemate, is poised to fulfill the historic vision of its founders.

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

I will never apologize for the United States of America - I don't care what the facts are. Said after 'Vincennes' shot down an Iranian Airliner.

Communism didn't fall. It was pushed.

America needs to be a lot more like the Waltons and a lot less like The Simpsons.

The United States is the best and fairest and most decent nation on the face of the earth.

We are a nation of communities... a brilliant diversity spread like stars, like a thousand points of light in a broad and peaceful sky.

You do not reform a world by ignoring it.

This is a fact: Strength in the pursuit of peace is no vice; isolation in the pursuit of security is no virtue.

I've often thought that the process of aging could be slowed down if it had to go through Congress.

We know what works: freedom works. We know what's right: freedom is right. We know how to secure a more and just and prosperous life for man on earth: through free markets, free speech, free elections and the exercise of free will unhampered by the state.

We have had triumphs, we have made mistakes, we have had sex.

Competence is a narrow ideal. Competence makes the trains run on time but doesn't know where they're going.

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

My first act as president is a prayer. I ask you to bow your heads: Heavenly Father, we bow our heads and thank You for Your love. Accept our thanks for the peace that yields this day and the shared faith that makes its continuance likely. Make us strong to do Your work, willing to head and hear Your will, and write on our hearts these words: 'Use power to help people." For we know that we are given power, not to advance our own purposes, nor to make a great show in the world, nor a name. There is but one just use of power, and it is to serve people. Help us to remember it Lord, Amen.

Be strong,be kind,be generous of spirit, be understanding and let people know how grateful you are.Dont get even.Comfort the ones i've hurt and let down.Say your prayers and ask for Gods understanding and strength.Finish with a smile and some gustoand do what's' right and finish strong.

Let the shameful walls of exclusion finally come tumbling down.

Power can be very addictive, and it can be corrosive. And it's important for the media to call to account people who abuse their power, whether it be here or elsewhere.

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.