George H. W. Bush Quotes
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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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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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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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We know what works. Freedom Works. We know what's right. Freedom is right.
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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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Old guys can still do fun things.
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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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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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Every loss of life is terrible.
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The glory of being a carrier pilot has certainly worn off.
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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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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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We can realise a lasting peace and transform the East-West relationship to one of enduring co-operation.
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It's much worse to read criticism about your son than yourself.
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I am not one who - who flamboyantly believes in throwing a lot of words around.
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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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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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It's no exaggeration to say that the undecideds could go one way or another.
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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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I stand for anti-bigotry, anti-Semitism, and anti-racism.
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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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Many schools include a service project as part of their curriculum, and many corporations have in-house projects for their employees or give them time off to do volunteer work.
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Ageing's alright, better than the alternative, which is not being here.