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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“A dictatorship would be a heck of a lot easier, just so long as I'm the dictator.”

~ George Bush on a dictatorship

“For every fatal shooting, there were roughly three non-fatal shootings. And, folks, this is unacceptable in America. It's just unacceptable. And we're going to do something about it.”

~ George Bush on nonfatal shootings

“This foreign policy stuff is a little frustrating.”

~ George Bush on foreign policy stuff

“There may be some tough times here in America. But this country has gone through tough times before, and we're going to do it again.”

~ George Bush on tough times

“I know how hard it is for you to put food on your family.”

~ George Bush on the difficulty of putting food on one’s family

“When I was coming up, it was a dangerous world, and you knew exactly who they were. It was us versus them, and it was clear who them was. Today we are not so sure who the they are, but we know they're there.”

~ George Bush on Us and Them

“I think anybody who doesn't think I'm smart enough to handle the job is misunderestimating.”

~ George Bush on being smart enough to handle the job

“For every fatal shooting, there were roughly three non-fatal shootings. And, folks, this is unacceptable in America. It's just unacceptable. And we're going to do something about it.”

~ George Bush on nonfatal shootings

“It is my job to make decisions; I am the decider.”

~ George Bush on deciding

“My answer is bring them on.”

~ George Bush on the strategy for fighting the insurgency

“Jet fuel can't melt steel beams.”

~ George Bush on terrorism