Unquotable:George W. Bush

George W. Bush is widely regarded as one of the greatest masters of the English language in modern times. Below are a few of his most famous words of wisdom, randomly selected from the list of approximately 186,000. to see a different selection.

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“It's hard work.”

~ George Bush on debating John Kerry

“There's only one person who hugs the mothers and the widows, the wives and the kids upon the death of their loved one. Others hug but having committed the troops, I've got an additional responsibility to hug and that's me and I know what it's like.”

~ George Bush on hugging widows and mothers

“It is white.”

~ George Bush on what the White House is like

“We will make sure our troops have all that is necessary to complete their missions. That's why I went to the Congress last September and proposed fundamental — supplemental funding, which is money for armor and body parts and ammunition and fuel.”

~ George Bush on Body parts

“We have a firm commitment to NATO, we are a part of NATO. We have a firm commitment to Europe. We are a part of Europe.”

~ George Bush on geography

“We hold dear what our Declaration of Independence says, that all have got uninalienable rights, endowed by a Creator”

~ George Bush on uninalienable rights of man

“I think we agree, the past is over.”

~ George Bush on the past

“Well, when you think about autism, you have to think about...you have to think, what is it that makes these children not do what they're not supposed to do when they're not doing it? And when you ask that preposition, that's when you know you're retarded.”

~ George Bush on autism

“I became totally inebriated with hitting the big one.”

~ George Bush on his days in the oil industry

“I am hereby securing the future of US soldier count in Iraq.”

~ George Bush on aiding pre-schools

“I'm occasionally reading, I want you to know, in the second term.”

~ George Bush on reading