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 3 kinds of people in this world: Those who can count, and those who can't.”

~ George Bush on numeracy

“We have a firm commitment to NATO, we are a part of NATO. We have a firm commitment to Europe. We are a part of Europe.”

~ George Bush on geography

“We need to counter the shockwave of the evildoer by having individual rate cuts accelerated and by thinking about tax rebates.”

~ George Bush on countering evildoers

“I've coined new words, like, misunderstanding and Hispanically.”

~ George Bush on neologisms

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

~ George Bush on Iran

“The only way to protect freedom is to destroy it sometimes. Doesn't that make sense to you, or are you with the terrorists?”

~ George Bush on Freedom

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

~ George Bush on Islam

“The only way to protect freedom is to destroy it sometimes. Doesn't that make sense to you, or are you with the terrorists?”

~ George Bush on Freedom

“I know the human being and fish can coexist peacefully.”

~ George Bush on peace

“I think it's very important for world leaders to understand that when a new administration comes in, the new administration will be running the foreign policy.”

~ George Bush on new administration

“There's no question that the minute I got elected, the storm clouds on the horizon were getting nearly directly overhead.”

~ George Bush on metaphorical storm clouds