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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“I've been to war. I've raised twins. If I had a choice, I'd rather go to war.”

~ George Bush on parenting

“Rarely is the question asked: is our children learning?”

~ George Bush on Education

“This administration is doing everything we can to end the stalemate in an efficient way. We're making the right decisions to bring the solution to an end.”

~ George Bush on ending the stalemate

“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

“Our enemies are innovative and resourceful, and so are we. They never stop thinking about new ways to harm our country and our people, and neither do we.”

~ George Bush on harming our country

“Mr. Vice President, in all due respect, it is--I'm not sure 80 percent of the people get the death tax. I know this: 100 percent will get it if I'm the president.”

~ George Bush on death tax

“I am a bulldog on the pantleg of opportunity.”

~ George Bush on opportunity

“Don't worry. I'm Great at Basketball. I'm the White Larry Bird.”

~ George Bush on Basketball

“We need an energy bill that encourages consumption.”

~ George Bush on energy

“Mr. Vice President, in all due respect, it is--I'm not sure 80 percent of the people get the death tax. I know this: 100 percent will get it if I'm the president.”

~ George Bush on death tax

“My trip to Asia begins here in Japan for an important reason. It begins here because for a century and a half now, America and Japan have formed one of the great and enduring alliances of modern times. From that alliance has come an era of peace in the Pacific.”

~ George Bush on the century-and-a-half alliance with Japan