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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“First, let me make it very clear, poor people aren't necessarily killers. Just because you happen to be not rich doesn't mean you're willing to kill.”

~ George Bush on poor people

“Make me smarter... very easy. Make me even smarter... you're a good man.”

~ George Bush on sharing information

“What I am against is quotas. I am against hard quotas, quotas they basically delineate based upon whatever. However they delineate, quotas, I think vulcanize society.”

~ George Bush on quotas

“I couldn't imagine somebody like Osama bin Laden understanding the joy of Hanukkah.”

~ George Bush on Hannukah

“The legislature's job is to write law. It's the executive branch's job to interpret law.”

~ George Bush on branches of government

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

~ George Bush on aiding pre-schools

“…the illiteracy level of our children are appalling.”

~ George Bush on Illiteracy

“We are fully committed to working with both sides to bring the level of terror down to an acceptable level for both.”

~ George Bush on bringing down the level of terror to an acceptable level

“First, let me make it very clear, poor people aren't necessarily killers. Just because you happen to be not rich doesn't mean you're willing to kill.”

~ George Bush on poor people

“We cannot let terrorists and rogue nations hold this nation hostile or hold our allies hostile.”

~ George Bush on terrorists and rogue nations

“I've coined new words, like, misunderstanding and Hispanically.”

~ George Bush on neologisms