George H. W. Bush Quotes
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Please don't ask me to do that which I've just said I'm not going to do, because you're burning up time. The meter is running through the sand on you, and I am now filibustering.
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The day will come - and it is not far off - when the legacy of Lincoln will finally be fulfilled at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, when a black man or woman will sit in the Oval Office. When that day comes, the most remarkable thing about it will be how naturally it occurs.
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You cannot be President of the United States if you don't have faith. Remember Lincoln, going to his knees in times of trial in the Civil War and all that stuff.
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I think when you see an aircraft fire, these angry, black puffs of smoke, knowing that one of them could kill you that you - you - you understand the seriousness of the mission. And you understand your own mortality.
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One of the good things about the way the Gulf War ended in 1991 is, you'd see the Vietnam veterans marching with the Gulf War veterans.
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But let me tell you, this gender thing is history. You're looking at a guy who sat down with Margaret Thatcher across the table and talked about serious issues.
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Old guys can still do fun things.
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We can realise a lasting peace and transform the East-West relationship to one of enduring co-operation.
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Lincoln said you cannot be President without spending some item on your knees. I have repeated that and a bunch of Atheists got all over me. Wait a minute. Does that mean that you cannot be President if you are an Atheist? I say yea that does mean that.
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I was offered a job on Wall Street by my uncle. But I wanted to get out. Make-it-on-my-own kinda thing.
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We know what works. Freedom Works. We know what's right. Freedom is right.
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The glory of being a carrier pilot has certainly worn off.
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It's much worse to read criticism about your son than yourself.
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Every loss of life is terrible.
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We don't want an America that is closed to the world. What we want is a world that is open to America.
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It's a very good question, very direct, and I'm not going to answer it.
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A new breeze is blowing, and a world refreshed by freedom seems reborn; for in man's heart, if not in fact, the day of the dictator is over. The totalitarian era is passing, its old ideas blown away like leaves from an ancient, lifeless tree.
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I'll be glad to reply to or dodge your questions, depending on what I think will help our election most.
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For 18 years I have resisted talking about current events. I am not going to start now.
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I am not one who - who flamboyantly believes in throwing a lot of words around.
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Gulf Lesson One is the value of airpower.
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I'm not trying to get myself up a notch on the ladder by shoving somebody else down on the ladder, whether it's a candidate or the president of the United States or anybody else. I just don't believe that's the way one oughta campaign, I've never done that.
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I stand for anti-bigotry, anti-Semitism, and anti-racism.
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I know my serve stinks, but I was a pretty good tennis player.