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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“There are Muslims in China? Does that mean there's genies? I wish I had a pony.”

~ George Bush on Islam

“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

“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

“I was proud the other day when both Republicans and Democrats stood with me in the Rose Garden to announce their support for a clear statement of purpose: you disarm, or we will.”

~ George Bush on disarming Saddam Hussein

“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

“Well, when you think about autism, you have to think about...you have to think, what is it that makes these children not do what they're not supposed to do when they're not doing it? And when you ask that preposition, that's when you know you're retarded.”

~ George Bush on autism

“We need an energy bill that encourages consumption.”

~ George Bush on energy

“It's amazing I won. I was running against peace, prosperity, and incumbency.”

~ George Bush on the unlikelihood of his being elected to his first term

“The California crunch really is the result of not enough power-generating plants and then not enough power to power the power of generating plants.”

~ George Bush on California energy crisis

“With the growing threat of terrorism in this great nation, terror upon this great nation is becoming a increasing threat. How's my suit?”

~ George Bush on his suit

“Iran would be dangerous if they have a nuclear weapon.”

~ George Bush on Iran