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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“Bill wrote a book at Yale. I read one.”

~ George Bush on William F. Buckley

“I think we agree, the past is over.”

~ George Bush on the past

“Sometimes when I sleep at night I think of (Dr. Seuss's) 'Hop on Pop'.”

~ George Bush on his dreams

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

~ George Bush on branches of government

“This notion that the United States is getting ready to attack Iran is simply ridiculous. And having said that, all options are on the table.”

~ George Bush on attacking Iran

“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

“I hear there's rumors on the Internets that we're going to have a draft.”

~ George Bush on Internets

“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

“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

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

~ George Bush on suicide bombings

“There's no question that the minute I got elected, the storm clouds on the horizon were getting nearly directly overhead.”

~ George Bush on metaphorical storm clouds