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 understand small business growth. I was one.”

~ George Bush on small business growth

“I mean, there needs to be a wholesale effort against racial profiling, which is illiterate children.”

~ George Bush on racial profiling and illiterate children

“There are 3 kinds of people in this world: Those who can count, and those who can't.”

~ George Bush on numeracy

“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

“There are 3 kinds of people in this world: Those who can count, and those who can't.”

~ George Bush on numeracy

“The suicide bombings have increased. There's too many of them.”

~ George Bush on suicide bombings

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

~ George Bush on opportunity

“I know the human being and fish can coexist peacefully.”

~ George Bush on peace

“I understand that the unrest in the Middle East creates unrest throughout the region.”

~ George Bush on unrest in the Middle East

“This foreign policy stuff is a little frustrating.”

~ George Bush on foreign policy stuff

“There are 3 kinds of people in this world: Those who can count, and those who can't.”

~ George Bush on numeracy