George H. W. Bush Quotes

The American Dream means giving it your all, trying your hardest, accomplishing something. And then I'd add to that, giving something back. No definition of a successful life can do anything but include serving others.

The anchor in our world today is freedom, holding us steady in times of change, a symbol of hope to all the world.

If the American people knew what we have done, they would string us up from the lamp posts.

Courage is a terribly important value. It means you don’t run away when things are tough. It means you don’t turn away from a friend when he or she is in trouble. It means standing up against the majority opinion... There’s a lot of people who won’t wear it on their sleeve, or display it through some heroic act. But courage is having the strength to do what’s honorable and decent.

Ageing's alright, better than the alternative, which is not being here.

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.

The defense budget is more than a piggy bank for people who want to get busy beating swords into pork barrels.

Real improvement in our schools is not simply a matter of spending more, it is a matter of expecting more.

The world can therefore seize the opportunity (the Persian Gulf crisis) to fulfill the long held promise of a New World Order where diverse nations are drawn together in common cause to achieve the universal aspirations of mankind.

Any definition of a successful life must include service to others.

If the people were to ever find out what we have done, we would be chased down the streets and lynched.

Nearly all Americans have ancestors who braved the oceans-liberty-loving risk takers in search of an ideal-the largest voluntary migrations in recorded history. Across the Pacific, across the Atlantic, they came from every point on the compass-many passing beneath the Statue of Liberty-with fear and vision, with sorrow and adventure, fleeing tyranny or terror, seeking haven, and all seeking hope...Immigration is not just a link to America's past; it's also a bridge to America's future.

In crucial things, unity. In important things, diversity. In ALL things, generosity.

Think about every problem, every challenge, we face. The solution to each starts with education.

I do not like broccoli. And I haven't liked it since I was a little kid and my mother made me eat it. And I'm President of the United States and I'm not going to eat any more broccoli.

We don't want an America that is closed to the world. What we want is a world that is open to America.

Freedom and the power to choose should not be the privilege of wealth. They are the birthright of every American.

Be bold in your caring, and be bold in your dreaming.

We need an independent media to hold people like me to account.

Let the shameful walls of exclusion finally come tumbling down.

Our stewardship of the Earth is brief. We owe it to those who follow to keep that in perspective, to be responsible passengers along the way.

Know what you're talking about.

I'm going to be so much better a president for having been at the CIA that you're not going to believe it.

There is a God and He is good, and his love, while free, has a self imposed cost: We must be good to one another.

This is a fact: Strength in the pursuit of peace is no vice; isolation in the pursuit of security is no virtue.

I have opinions of my own - strong opinions - but I don't always agree with them.

No, I don't know that atheists should be considered as citizens, nor should they be considered as patriots. This is one nation under God.

People say I'm indecisive, but I don't know about that.

We ought to increase legal immigration for our country's advantage. The high-tech world we are now dominating is dependent on educated folks, but we're short...of workers. It is to our nation's advantage to encourage high-powered, smart people to come into our country.

I'm President of the United States, and I'm not going to eat any more broccoli!

The notion of political correctness has ignited controversy across the land. And although the movement arises from the laudable desire to sweep away the debris of racism and sexism and hatred it replaces old prejudices with new one. It declares certain topics off-limits, certain expressions off-limits, even certain gestures off-limits. What began as a crusade for civility has soured into a cause of conflict and even censorship.

We have ...drawn a line in the sand.

I like a colorful sock. I'm a sock man.

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.

There are truckloads of broccoli at this very minute descending on Washington. My family is divided. For the broccoli vote out there: Barbara loves broccoli. She has tried to make me eat it. She eats it all the time herself. So she can go out and meet the caravan of broccoli that's coming in.

Education is not complete unless we teach our children not only how to read and write but the difference between right and wrong.

I stand for anti-bigotry, anti-Semitism, and anti-racism.

A good country song taps into strong undercurrents of family, faith, and patriotism.

We join Armenians around the world as we remember the terrible massacres suffered in 1915-1923 at the hands of the rulers of the Ottoman Empire. The United States responded to this crime against humanity by leading diplomatic and private relief efforts.

Law enforcement officials cannot place themselves above the law that they are sworn to defend.

International exchanges are not a great tide to sweep away all differences, but they will slowly wear away at the obstacles to peace as surely as water wears away a hard stone.

I remember when I was shot down in that war. I remember how terrified I was. And it made me feel close to my family, and to God, and to life, and I was scared.

We have had triumphs, we have made mistakes, we have had sex.

I will keep America moving forward, always forward, for a better America, for an endless enduring dream and a thousand Points of Light. This is my mission, and I will complete it.

We can find meaning and reward by serving some higher purpose than ourselves, a shining purpose, the illumination of a Thousand Points of Light...We all have something to give.

May God bless those who died and bless their families. With regards, George Bush.

Every problem that the country faces is being solved in some community by some group or some individual. The question is how to get connected so that the whole nation can solve problems. A volunteer is a person who can see what others cannot see; who can feel what most do not feel. Often, such gifted persons do not think of themselves as volunteers, but as citizens - citizens in the fullest sense; partners in civilization.

We are a nation of communities... a brilliant diversity spread like stars, like a thousand points of light in a broad and peaceful sky.

We cannot hope only to leave our children a bigger car, a bigger bank account. We must hope to give them a sense of what it means to be a loyal friend, a loving parent, a citizen who leaves his home, his neighborhood and town better than he found it.

Whoever says Americas best days are behind it are looking the wrong direction.