George Walker Bush (born July 6, 1946) is an American politician who served as the 43rd President of the United States from 2001 to 2009. He was also the 46th Governor of Texas from 1995 to 2000.
The peaceful transfer of authority is rare in history, yet common in our country. With a simple oath, we affirm old traditions and make new beginnings.
We're getting rid of the D [in PTSD]. PTS is an injury; it's not a disorder. The problem is when you call it a disorder, [veterans] don't think they can be treated. An employer says, 'I don't want to hire somebody with a disorder.
America is addicted to oil and increasing amounts of this oil comes from abroad. Some of the nations we depend on for oil have unstable governments or are hostile towards the United States.
I can look you in the eye and tell you I feel I've tried to solve the problem diplomatically to the max, and would have committed troops both in Afghanistan and Iraq knowing what I know today.
I am mindful not only of preserving executive powers for myself, but for predecessors as well.
We're concerned about AIDS inside our White House - make no mistake about it.
I know we need more nuclear power in order - nuclear power, after all, is not dependent on fossil fuels and emits no greenhouse gases. I believe we're going to be able to have coal-fired plants that have zero emissions. We need to work on carbon sequestration technologies. I mean, there's a lot we can do together and achieve the objective, which a lot of people want, which is the reduction of greenhouse gases, and at the same time, have viable economic growth.
I mean, there needs to be a wholesale effort against racial profiling, which is illiterate children.
Denying Al Qaeda safe haven was the right decision.
My post-presidency is evolving.
I believe the world would have been a lot worse off if Saddam [Hussein] were in power today.
America must not ignore the threat gathering against us. Facing clear evidence of peril, we cannot wait for the final proof, the smoking gun that could come in the form of a mushroom cloud.
It's a time of sorrow and sadness when we lose a loss of life.
I realize I will never regain my anonymity but I can certainly give it a try. And it's a lot of fun to give it a try.
I really don't want to in the press, genuinely don't want to be in the press.
The United States and our allies are determined: we refuse to live in the shadow of this ultimate danger.
God told me to smite Osama bin Laden, so I invaded Afghanistan. Then He told me to smite Saddam Hussein, so I invaded Iraq. Now He wants me to work on the Middle East problem.
I don't worry about long-term history. I won't be around to read it.
I strongly believe what we're doing is the right thing. If I didn't believe it -- I'm going to repeat what I said before -- I'd pull the troops out, nor if I believed we could win, I would pull the troops out.
There's not as much money in Washington as they're used to be!