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Quotes - This Day in Dubya History (August 23) (What did Dubya say on today's date in previous years?)
There are 16 quotes on this date.
REPORTER 1: You're not going to Athens this week, are you?
DUBYA: Athens, Texas? REPORTER 1: Ol — the Olympics, in Greece. DUBYA: Oh, the Olympics? No, I'm not. REPORTER 2: Have you been watching them? DUBYA: Oh, yeah, yeah, it's been exciting. REPORTER 2: Any particular moment stand out? DUBYA: Umm — particular moment? I like the — let's see — uhhhm — Iraqi soccer. I liked — I liked seein' the Afghan woman carryin' the flag comin' in. I loved, uhh — you know, our gymnasts. I've been watching the swimming. I like th' — I've seen a lot, yeah. Listen, thank you all. My call to people in this country is that if you want to join on the war on terror, if you want to fight evil, love your neighbor like you'd like to be loved yourself.
What? Santa Ana, California, Aug. 23, 2002 [The enemy] can't stand the thought of Republican and Democrat actually getting along.
Yes, I'm sure that's foremost on their minds, Santa Ana, California, Aug. 23, 2002 I believe the enemy has wakened a spirit in this country that understands in order to fight evil, in order to fight evil — that in order to fight evil, you can do so by loving your neighbor just like you'd like to be loved yourself.
What? Stockton, California, Aug. 23, 2002 And I picked my neighbor, somebody from Compton, to serve in an incredibly important position, particularly for the folks in this part of the world, and that is to serve as our Secretary of Agriculture. Ann Veneman is doing a fabulous job.
Stockton, California, Aug. 23, 2002 I'm so proud to be here to embrace his candidacy. ...Bill Simon is a proven businessman.
Showing support for the GOP gubernatorial candidate in California, whose firm had recently been convicted and ordered to pay $78 million in damages for defrauding a partner, Stockton, California, Aug. 23, 2002 The federal government and the state government must not fear programs who change lives, but must welcome those faith-based programs for the embetterment of mankind.
I'm familiar with "embitterment" and "embattlement", both of which Dubya supplies me with a sense of, but "embetterment"? Stockton, California, Aug. 23, 2002 We can achieve peace — we can achieve peace — by being strong and diligent, reminding people of the great, God-given values that are important to all humanity.
Crusader Dubya at it again, Stockton, California, Aug. 23, 2002 [The evildoers] can't stand the thought of a nation which recognizes that people can worship an Almighty God in different ways.
Dubya trying to sound religiously open while referring to the Almighty. He just doesn't get it. Stockton, California, Aug. 23, 2002 I think work is incredibly important. Work leads to dignity.
So apparently, if you don't have a job, you're out of luck in the dignity department, Stockton, California, Aug. 23, 2002 Because of a quirk in the Senate law, all the work that we did reverts back to normal in 10 years, normal being what it was prior to the tax relief. In other words it's kind of hard to explain. But you get tax relief and you don't get tax relief, see. It stays in place for 10 years and then it goes away.
I've heard Dubya try to explain this issue over and over, and he's never failed to drag it out unnecessarily, Stockton, California, Aug. 23, 2002 I'm thrilled to be here in the breadbasket of America.
Ah yes, the sprawling wheatfields of California, Stockton, California, Aug. 23, 2002 That's what America is about. ...We proudly call you an American. We don't say, show us your birth certificate, how you're born, where you're born.
Santa Ana, California, Aug. 23, 2002 In order to go to college or realize your dreams, you have to make right choices in life. As you grow up, you've got to learn to say yes to the good things and no to the bad things, like saying no to drugs. That's going to be important in order to realize your dreams. No to alcohol, excessive alcohol. You've got to learn to make the right choices when you get older.
Or you can make all the wrong choices by snorting cocaine and drinking excessively and still become President of the USA. Yes kids, I am a hypocrite. Crawford Elementary School, Crawford, Texas, Aug. 23, 2001 The White House is in Washington, D.C., it's up East.
Explaining that East is "Up" to students at Crawford Elementary School, Crawford, Texas, Aug. 23, 2001 DUBYA: Is everybody enjoying themselves here?
REPORTER: I only just got here, so... DUBYA: Yes, I know. Where have you been? REPORTER: Sucking up the salt air on the West Coast. DUBYA: Brie and cheese? REPORTER: No, tennis. Backfiring putdown of the West Coast, Waco, Texas, Aug. 23, 2001 |
