On Economy

"[B]y the way, we rank 10th amongst the industrialized world in broadband technology and its
availability. Thats not good enough !or "merica. Tenth is 10 s#ots too low as !ar as $m concerned."
%&'innea#olis, 'innesota, "#ril (), (00*
"The march to war a!!ected the #eo#les con!idence. $ts hard to make investment. +ee, i! youre a
small business owner or a large business owner and youre thinking about investing, youve got to be
o#timistic when you invest. ,-ce#t when youre marching to war, its not a very o#timistic thought, is
it. $n other words, its the o##osite o! o#timistic when youre thinking youre going to war." %&
+#ring!ield, 'issouri, /eb. 0, (00*
"1et me tell you my thoughts about ta- relie!. 2hen your economy is kind o! ooching along, its
im#ortant to let #eo#le have more o! their own money."&Boston, 3ct. *, (00(
"+ee, without the ta- relie! #ackage, there would have been a de!icit, but there wouldnt have been
the commiserate&not commiserate&the kick to our economy that occurred as a result o! the ta-
relie!."
"4oure working hard to #ut !ood on your !amily."
On Education
"2e e-#ect the states to show us whether or not were achieving sim#le ob5ectives&like literacy,
literacy in math, the ability to read and write." %&on !ederal education re6uirements, 2ashington,
7.8., "#ril (9, (00:
"[T]he illiteracy level o! our children are a##alling." %&2ashington, 7.8., ;an. (<, (00*
"=arely is the 6uestion asked> is our children learning."
"4ou teach a child to read, and he or her will be able to #ass a literacy test." &Townsend, Tenn.,
/eb. (1, (001
On Foreign Policy
"This notion that the ?nited +tates is getting ready to attack $ran is sim#ly ridiculous. "nd having
said that, all o#tions are on the table." %&Brussels, Belgium, /eb. ((, (00:
"/ree societies are ho#e!ul societies. "nd !ree societies will be allies against these hate!ul !ew who
have no conscience, who kill at the whim o! a hat."%&2ashington, 7.8., +e#t. 1@, (00*
"$ didnt 5oin the $nternational 8riminal 8ourt because $ dont want to #ut our troo#s in the hands o!
#rosecutors !rom other nations. 1ook, i! somebody has done some wrong in our military, well take
care o! it. 2e got #lenty o! ca#ability o! dealing with 5ustice." %&Aiceville, /la., "ug. 10, (00*
"+ee, !ree nations are #eace!ul nations. /ree nations dont attack each other. /ree nations dont
develo# wea#ons o! mass destruction." %&'ilwaukee, 2is., 3ct. <, (00<
"$ think war is a dangerous #lace." %&2ashington, 7.8., 'ay @, (00<
"$n my 5udgment, when the ?nited +tates says there will be serious conse6uences, and i! there isnt
serious conse6uences, it creates adverse conse6uences."
"Border relations between 8anada and 'e-ico have never been better." +e#tember (*, (001
On Health Care
"Too many good docs are getting out o! the business. Too many 3BBC4As arent able to #ractice
their love with women all across the country." %&+e#t. ), (00*, Do#lar Blu!!, 'o.
"'y #ro%li!e #osition is $ believe theres li!e. $ts not necessarily based in religion. $ think theres a li!e
there, there!ore the notion o! li!e, liberty, and #ursuit o! ha##iness." %%Euoted in the +an /rancisco
8hronicle, ;an. (<, (001
On Human Rights
"$t seemed like "mnesty $nternational based some o! their decisions on the word and allegations by
#eo#le who were held in detention, #eo#le who hate "merica, #eo#le had been trained in some
instances to disassemble F that means not tell the truth." %%2ashington, 7.8., <1 'ay, (00:
"'ore 'uslims have died at the hands o! killers than&$ say more 'uslims&a lot o! 'uslims have
died&$ dont know the e-act count&at $stanbul. 1ook at these di!!erent #laces around the world
where theres been tremendous death and destruction because killers kill." %&2ashington, 7.8., ;an.
(0, (00*
On Iraq
"But $ra6 has&have got #eo#le there that are willing to kill, and theyre hard%nosed killers. "nd we
will work with the $ra6is to secure their !uture." %%2ashington, 7.8., "#ril (9, (00:
"$m honored to shake the hand o! a brave $ra6i citizen who had his hand cut o!! by +addam
Gussein." %&2ashington, 7.8., 'ay (:, (00*
"The ambassador and the general were brie!ing me on the&the vast ma5ority o! $ra6is want to live in
a #eace!ul, !ree world. "nd we will !ind these #eo#le and we will bring them to 5ustice." %&
2ashington, 7.8., 3ct. (@, (00<
"2e ended the rule o! one o! historys worst tyrants, and in so doing, we not only !reed the "merican
#eo#le, we made our own #eo#le more secure." %&8raw!ord, Te-as, 'ay <, (00<
"4oure !ree. "nd !reedom is beauti!ul. "nd, you know, itll take time to restore chaos and order&
order out o! chaos. But we will." %&2ashington, 7.8., "#ril 1<, (00<
"The war on terror involves +addam Gussein because o! the nature o! +addam Gussein, the history o!
+addam Gussein, and his willingness to terrorize himsel!." %&Crand =a#ids, 'inn., ;an. (0, (00<
"There is no such thing necessarily in a dictatorial regime o! iron%clad absolutely solid evidence. The
evidence $ had was the best #ossible evidence that he had a wea#on."
On National Security and War on Terror
"$ts in our countrys interests to !ind those who would do harm to us and get them out o! harms
way." %&2ashington, 7.8., "#ril (9, (00:
""!ter standing on the stage, a!ter the debates, $ made it very #lain, we will not have an all%volunteer
army. "nd yet, this week&we will have an all%volunteer army. 1et me restate that."%&7aytona
Beach, /la., 3ct. 1), (00*
"3ur enemies are innovative and resource!ul, and so are we. They never sto# thinking about new
ways to harm our country and our #eo#le, and neither do we." %&2ashington, 7.8., "ug. :, (00*
"The law $ sign today directs new !unds and new !ocus to the task o! collecting vital intelligence on
terrorist threats and on wea#ons o! mass #roduction." %&2ashington, 7.8., Aov. (@, (00(
"$ was #roud the other day when both =e#ublicans and 7emocrats stood with me in the =ose Carden
to announce their su##ort !or a clear statement o! #ur#ose> you disarm, or we will." %&+#eaking
about +addam Gussein, 'anchester, A.G., 3ct. :, (00(
"Theres no doubt in my mind that we should allow the world worst leaders to hold "merica hostage,
to threaten our #eace, to threaten our !riends and allies with the worlds worst wea#ons." %&+outh
Bend, $nd., +e#t. :, (00(
"[T]he best way to !ind these terrorists who hide in holes is to get #eo#le coming !orth to describe the
location o! the hole, is to give clues and data."
"$ think % tide turning % see, as $ remember, $ was raised in the desert, but tides kind o!, its easy to see
a tide turn % did $ say those words." ;une 1*, (00)
On Social Security
"$n terms o! timetables, as 6uickly as #ossible&whatever that means." %&3n the #residents time
!rame !or shoring u# +ocial +ecurity, 2ashington 7.8., 'arch 1), (00:
"$! youre a younger #erson, you ought to be asking members o! 8ongress and the ?nited +tates
+enate and the #resident what you intend to do about it. $! you see a train wreck coming, you ought
to be saying, what are you going to do about it, 'r. 8ongressman, or 'adam 8ongressman." %&
7etroit, /eb. 9, (00:
"Aow, we talked to ;oan Ganover. +he and her husband, Ceorge, were visiting with us. They are
near retirement&retiring&in the #rocess o! retiring, meaning theyre very smart, active, ca#able
#eo#le who are retirement age and are retiring." %&"le-andria, Ha., /eb. 1(, (00<
Logic
"$t is better to have lost and .. er to have loved and lost than to have lost.. to have loved never be!ore
to have er .. lost." %%7allas, ;uly 11., (00)
"The !uture will be better tomorrow."
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"$ believe we are called to do the hard work to make our communities and 6uality o! li!e a better
#lace." %&8ollinsville, $ll., : ;an., (00:
"$ts a time o! sorrow and sadness when we lose a loss o! li!e." %&2ashington, 7.8., 7ec. (1, (00*
"$m so #leased to be able to say hello to Bill +cranton. Ges one o! the great Dennsylvania #olitical
!amilies." %&7re-el Gill, Denn., +e#t. 1:, (00<
"3ur country #uts I1 billion a year u# to hel# !eed the hungry. "nd were by !ar the most generous
nation in the world when it comes to that, and $m #roud to re#ort that. This isnt a contest o! whos
the most generous. $m 5ust telling you as an aside. 2ere generous. 2e shouldnt be bragging about
it. But we are. 2ere very generous." %&2ashington, 7.8., ;uly 1), (00<
"Theres an old saying in Tennessee&$ know its in Te-as, #robably in Tennessee&that says, !ool
me once, shame on&shame on you. /ool me&you cant get !ooled again." %&Aashville, Tenn.,
+e#t. 1@, (00(
"$m ho#e!ul. $ know there is a lot o! ambition in 2ashington, obviously. But $ ho#e the ambitious
realize that they are more likely to succeed with success as o##osed to !ailure." %%$nterview with the
"ssociated Dress, ;an. 19, (001
"The 8ali!ornia crunch really is the result o! not enough #ower%generating #lants and then not
enough #ower to #ower the #ower o! generating #lants."%%$nterview with the Aew 4ork Times, ;an.
1*, (001
On Pollution
"$t is not #ollution that is ruining the earth. $t is im#urities in the water and air."
isc
"$ always 5est to #eo#le, the 3val 3!!ice is the kind o! #lace where #eo#le stand outside, theyre
getting ready to come in and tell me what !or, and they walk in and get overwhelmed by the
atmos#here. "nd they say man, youre looking #retty. " %&2ashington, 7.8., Aov. *, (00*
"Tribal sovereignty means that, its sovereign. 4oure a&youve been given sovereignty, and youre
viewed as a sovereign entity. "nd, there!ore, the relationshi# between the !ederal government and
tribes is one between sovereign entities." %&2ashington, 7.8., "ug. ), (00*
"$ want to thank my !riend, +en. Bill /rist, !or 5oining us today. J Ge married a Te-as girl, $ want
you to know. K1aughter.L Maryn is with us. " 2est Te-as girl, 5ust like me. K'ore laughter.L" %&
Aashville, Tenn., 'ay (@, (00*
"3ne o! the most meaning!ul things thats ha##ened to me since $ve been the governor&the
#resident&governor&#resident. 3o#s. ,-%governor. $ went to Bethesda Aaval Gos#ital to give a
!ellow a Dur#le Geart, and at the same moment $ watched him&get a Dur#le Geart !or action in $ra6
&and at that same&right a!ter $ gave him the Dur#le Geart, he was sworn in as a citizen o! the
?nited +tates&a 'e-ican citizen, now a ?nited +tates citizen."&2ashington, 7.8., ;an. 0, (00*
"Aow, there are some who would like to rewrite history&revisionist historians is what $ like to call
them." %&,lizabeth, A.;., ;une 1), (00<
"$m the master o! low e-#ectations." %&"board "ir /orce 3ne, ;une *, (00<
"+trategery"
"$ recently met with the !inance minister o! the Dalestinian "uthority, was very im#ressed by his
gras# o! !inances." %&2ashington, 7.8., 'ay (0, (00<
"$ think the "merican #eo#le&$ ho#e the "mericanF$ dont think, let me&$ ho#e the "merican
#eo#le trust me." %&2ashington, 7.8., 7ec. 19, (00(
"$ know something about being a government. "nd youve got a good one." %&+tum#ing !or Cov.
'ike Guckabee, Bentonville, "rk., Aov. *, (00(
"They misunderestimated me"
"8ongress was right to renew the terrorist act...ah #atriot act. KwinksL" cli# #layed on 1ou 7obbs
TonightK+e#tember, (00)L
""re these your childrens." %%2ashington, 7.8., 'ar. 1(, (00@