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Latest Additions (Sort of like a change log, this page lists of all the quotes, new and old, that have been added to the quote collection in recent days)
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Let me talk about energy very quickly. I'm fully aware that people are paying dearly at the pump. The other day at a press conference I said it's like a tax. It's a tax on you. The more that gasoline goes up, the more you're paying — the more you're paying for the pump, the less money you have in your pocket to spend for your family. I will tell you it's taken us a while to get in this fix, and therefore it's going to take us a while to get out of the fix. Average price in the U.S. for a gallon of gasoline in May 2000: $1.55, January 2001: $1.53, beginning of May 2008: $3.61 (U.S. Department of Labor/Consumer Reports). Seems like it took about the time of Dubya's presidency to get in this fix. Maryland Heights, Missouri, May 2, 2008
I've been — since I've been your President, I want to remind you we have been through a recession, we have been through a terrorist attack, we have been at war, we have had corporate scandals, we have had major natural disasters. Yes, I'm pretty sure everyone is aware... Maryland Heights, Missouri, May 2, 2008
Just think about what life was like in Afghanistan under the Taliban, with al Qaeda driving the agenda. This is where girls have no rights. You can't worship freely. This is a very dark, grim vision that they believe they must spread far and wide. That's what they think. And one way they achieve their objectives, of course, is to intimidate by death. There's no rules with these people. There's just — so America has got to understand that in order to find them we've got to get in their heads. If you're facing a nation, you can find the nation. If you're facing people that burry in failed states you've got to understand how to find them. Burry... not sure what that means, and neither did the White House transcriber who left it in as-is with a "(sic)" after it. Maryland Heights, Missouri, May 2, 2008
An agreement with Colombia would level the playing field. And a failure to pass an agreement would send a terrible signal to our neighborhood. The Speaker of the United States Congress has killed this bill unless she gives us a date certain for a vote. It's a bad decision on her part. Dubya comes up with a new title for the Speaker of the United States House of Representatives, New Orleans, Louisiana, Apr. 22, 2008
And by the way, opening up ANWR is not long term, it's intermediate term. But it sends a clear signal, is what it does. It sends a clear signal to the markets that the United States is not going to restrict exploration. The United States is going to encourage exploration. And in the meantime we have done, increasing CAFTA, for example. But the market is going to do as much for encouraging conservation as anything else is now. And so I firmly believe that — you know, if there was a magic wand to wave, I'd be waving it, of course. ...I think that if there was a magic wand, and say, okay, drop price, I'd do that. ...But there is no magic wand to wave right now. Double triples up on his magic wand repeat offense, and as an added bonus, substitutes CAFTA for CAFE. White House, Apr. 29, 2008 Thank you, your Holiness. Awesome speech. Rock on, Pontiff! Dubya kicks it with Pope Benedict XVI. White House, Apr. 16, 2008
And I met a guy named Tom Sawner. Now, he's an old fighter pilot, which means, umm, there's no wall he can run through, you know, he's a, he's a, you know, he's a — he's a doer, an achiever, and he's got him a small business called Educational Options. Sounds like The Decider's got him a kindred spirit called Tom Sawner, Washington, D.C., Apr. 18, 2008 Father Alex, good to see you again, sir, thanks. I appreciate very much my Greek — fellow Greek American citizens coming, as well as those who wear the uniform. Wow, Dubya's a Greek American? White House, Mar. 25, 2008
Uhh, Mr. Ambassador, thanks for comin'. Ambassador, uh, Meh, Ma, Mallias is will us today. Mister Amb — there you are, right there, Ambassador. Thank you. It's good to see your wife. Appreciate you all bein' here. Ambassador, uhh, Kukouris of, umm — uhh, to Cyprus is with us — from Cyprus to U.S. is with us. Senator, thank you for comin'. It's good to see you again. Dubya attempts to keep all the ambassadors straight in a ceremony celebrating Greek Independence Day, White House, Mar. 25, 2008   I thought it was important to welcome these champs here to the White House, so that, uhh — you know, it's, to encourage people to fish. There's nothin' better than fishin', I had a fantastic experience — uhh — with, uhh, Alton and our friend, umm, Charlie Pack. He was a — he was a famous local fisherman. And, uhh, he said, do you wanna go fishin' with a fella named Jones? I say yeah, I've never heard of him, there's a lotta people named Jones. It turns out the man I was fishin' with is the — wins the Bassmaster Classic. An "aw shucks" moment with Dubya... White House, Mar. 25, 2008 And as we keep pressure on the enemy, we must always remember that the ultimate path to peace will come from the spread of freedom and liberty, that freedom is the great alternative to the ideology of the murderers and the radicals, that but workin' help — to work — to help others become free, that our noble military is lavin' — layin' the foundation for peace for generations to come. A long, long sentence with a poor payoff for ol' Dubya. Fort Jackson, South Carolina, Nov. 2, 2007
Some of the incentives in the pro-growth package are for small businesses and businesses with accelerated appreciation, incentives to invest. Or depreciation... the White House transcript didn't bother to correct this one. White House, Apr. 17, 2008
And so, so long as I'm the President, my measure of success is victory and success. Dubya presents us with a grammatical paradox, White House, Apr. 17, 2008
During the recent fighting in the Basra province, our nations coordinated our support for the Iraqi security forces as they took on extremists and criminals. Most thankful for the brilliance of the British helicopter crews that fired under courage and helped evacuate wounded Iraqi soldiers. If that makes sense to you, that makes one of us. White House, Apr. 17, 2008
STEVEN LEE MYERS (New York Times): Thank you, Mr. President. I wonder if you could talk a little bit more about Iraq and how it's — you mentioned criminal elements that are being fought against now. How concerned are you that the violence now reflects, in fact, a deepening political and civil, even ethnic conflict inside of Iraq? How much now are American forces being drawn into the fighting in the last just few hours even? And how is it going to affect your decision looming on the way ahead? And if I could ask you both, please, to talk a little bit about the crackdown in Tibet and how you see that affecting relations with China. Thank you.
DUBYA: Any other subjects you want to wedge in there? Repeat some of those things. You had about five different things. I'm getting old, Steven. Wait a minute, look — yes, I talked about criminal elements. And one of those things that's been well known is that Basra has been a place where criminality has thrived. It's a port, a lot of goods and services go through there. And there was — from the beginning of liberation, there have been criminal elements that have had a pretty free hand in Basra. It was just a matter of time before the government was going to have to deal with it.... And so we are taking troops out, just like the Australians are, because we're being successful. And his question — Steven Lee's question was, well, are you going to bring any further out? Not, are you going to bring any out; are you going to bring any further troops out — from that which we committed to do earlier. And the answer is, it depends on what our commanders say, and the folks in Washington say, and it depends upon conditions on the ground. His real question was, have the conditions changed such that you believe your commander is going to make a different recommendation that he might have two days ago? And I can't answer that question. Not only does he attribute a different question than what was asked him by the reporter, he also declines to answer it! White House, Mar. 28, 2008 |
And by the way, opening up ANWR is not long term, it's intermediate term. But it sends a clear signal, is what it does. It sends a clear signal to the markets that the United States is not going to restrict exploration. The United States is going to encourage exploration. And in the meantime we have done, increasing CAFTA, for example. But the market is going to do as much for encouraging conservation as anything else is now. And so I firmly believe that — you know, if there was a magic wand to wave, I'd be waving it, of course. ...I think that if there was a magic wand, and say, okay, drop price, I'd do that. ...But there is no magic wand to wave right now. (Apr. 29, 2008) And this is a good test for them [the Iraqis]. And of course, routing out these folks who've burrowed in society, who take advantage of the ability to be criminals, or the ability to intimidate citizens, is going to take a while. (Mar. 28, 2008) I mean, who wants to join an ideology that say women don't have rights, you can't express yourself freely, religious beliefs are — the only religious belief you can hold is the one we tell you — and, oh, by the way, it's great, you can be a suicider. (Feb. 14, 2008) Folks who were involved in the insurgency have now decided they want to be a part of their government. (Mar. 11, 2008) And as a return on our success — in other words, as we get more successful, troops are able to come home. They're not coming home based upon defeat, or based upon opinion polls, or based upon focus groups, or based upon politics. They're coming home because we're successful. (Mar. 11, 2008) What's going to matter is not the past, but the future when it comes to campaigns and if the Democrat Party feels like they can win an election by focusing on me, I think they'll be making a huge tactical mistake. (Feb. 10, 2008) I think we're going to get a good bipartisan bill and so I applaud those Democrats. I'm not going after those Democrats. But there is a big part of the Democrat Party that is against giving our intelligence officers the tools necessary to protect America. (Feb. 10, 2008) Most Americans feel overtaxed, and I promise you the Democrat Party is going to field a candidate who says I'm going to raise your tax. (Feb. 10, 2008) And so we spend a lot of time doing everything we can to keep the pressure on these folks. (Jan. 31, 2008) These thugs didn't believe in freedoms, they didn't believe in women having equal status, they didn't believe young girls should be educated. And if you dared express your opinion that didn't mesh with theirs, you'd be whipped in the public square or killed. These are brutal people. That's the vision that these folks have for the world. (Jan. 31, 2008) The enemy we face can only convince people to join their cause is when they find hopelessness. And so our strategy is threefold. One, protect the homeland. Two, stay on the offense against these folks. And three, provide an alternative — a hopeful alternative to despair and doubt and hopelessness. (Jan. 31, 2008) The second part of our strategy is to stay on the offense against these folks — I mean every day stay on the offense. (Jan. 31, 2008) We've sanctioned Syria, and I'm looking at different ways to keep sending a tough message, because so far, he has shown no willingness to be constructive on Lebanon or in dealing with a militant Hamas or in stopping suiciders from heading into Iraq. (Jan. 6, 2008) I'm so honored that mayors from around our country have come. First of all, I want to thank you all very much for serving. I've often said being mayor is a lot tougher than being President — I don't have to fill the potholes and empty the garbage. (Jan. 23, 2008) I don't know how he [President Assad] interprets these meetings, but one thing he can't be mistaken about is the position of the U.S. government, the White House. And our position is, is that you [Syria] can have better relations, a better way forward with the United States, but you have got to get out of Lebanon, in terms of the presidential elections, and stop harboring Hamas, stop letting suiciders go into Iraq, and there's a better way forward. (Jan. 6, 2008) I'm proud to be here with Jim Ryun. He's a decent, honorable man who works hard on behalf of the people from Kansas. He deserves to be reelected congressman. He is a compassionate conservative. He has run his own business. By the way, we've got plenty of lawyers in Washington. Send somebody up there who has made a payroll. He started Sounds of Success, that helped children with hearing difficulties realize their full potential. He doesn't need a poll or a focus group to tell him what to believe. (Nov. 5, 2006) You know, there's just too much partisan bickering that goes on in the Statehouse. You need somebody who is going to rise above it all, somebody who doesn't need a poll or a focus group to tell him how to think, somebody who stands on principle. Somebody that's going to be the governor of everybody when he wins. And that person is Mark Sanford. (Oct. 24, 2002) Jeb Bush is a great Governor for Florida. He's led with conviction. You know, one thing about him, you don't have to worry about where he stands. In other words, he's not one of these politicians who is going to take a poll or run a focus group, trying to figure out what to tell you. (Oct. 23, 2004) John Sununu was with me from the beginning. There was no question in my mind where he stood. He didn't need to take a poll, or a focus group, to make his decision about tax relief. (Oct. 5, 2002) You need somebody who can make a tough decision who doesn't need a poll or a focus group to tell him how to think. Somebody who stands on principle, somebody who will do in office what he says he will do. And when he says he won't raise your taxes, he won't raise your taxes. I appreciate the fact that Governor Ehrlich will set education as the number one priority for this state. (Oct. 2, 2002) I am very proud of my brother, the Governor of Florida, Jeb Bush. He is a strong, consistent leader. You do not have to worry about him shifting his political thoughts because of a poll or a focus group. (Oct. 19, 2004) America must lead when it comes to fighting the war on terror. We must continue to rally a coalition of the willing to stay tough and determined, and rout out al Qaeda before they hit us again. That's our obligation. That means when we say we're going to lead, we do, without hesitation, without fear of a political poll or a focus group. (Apr. 20, 2004) The thing about Jim Nussle is he doesn't need to take a poll or have a focus group to tell him what to believe. (Nov. 3, 2006) Listen, you've got a great United States Senator in George Voinovich. He doesn't need a poll or a focus group to tell him what to think. (Oct. 22, 2004) There's a debate going on in Washington, D.C., which it should, and it's an important debate about our troop levels. Here's my answer to you. I'm not going to make decisions based upon polls and focus groups. (Apr. 6, 2006) |
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