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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“It's clearly a budget. It's got a lot of numbers in it.”

~ George Bush on the budget

“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

“Don't forget Poland.”

~ George Bush on the Coalition of the Willing

“But I also made it clear to (Vladimir Putin) that it's important to think beyond the old days of when we had the concept that if we blew each other up, the world would be safe.”

~ George Bush on mutually assured destruction

“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

“It would be a mistake for the United States Senate to allow any kind of human cloning to come out of that chamber.”

~ George Bush on cloning in the Senate

“Brownie, you're doing a heck of a job.”

~ George Bush on Michael Brown and FEMA's "quick" reaction to Hurrican Katrina

“I think we agree, the past is over.”

~ George Bush on the past

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

~ George Bush on parenting

“I'm a follower of American politics.”

~ George Bush on American politics

“It's your money, you paid for it.”

~ George Bush on money