George W. Bush Quotes

Whether you're president or speaker, if you're wrong, we need to stand up and point it out. That's what Martin Luther King had talked about: being judged by the content of our character and not the color of our skin. So some of us pounded away on some of the ridiculous policies of Pelosi - and lo and behold, over time, the public began to see.

I understand everybody in this country doesn't agree with the decisions I've made. And I made some tough decisions. But people know where I stand.

If you [as a Presidential candidate] identify a problem, you are going to be expected to have a solution.

Criticizing presidents for weakess is standard in Washington because the world is a messy place and when bad things happen, Washington and the President can easily be blamed for them.

I do not necessarily support the president's decision.

I cringe every time I see no evidence of push-back by the Republican Party on Obama policies.

Every President has to have a scapegoat.

I think Bensen’s farm policy is insane.

The Presidency is a four-year contract with the American electorate. But with television news, the American people can more easily monitor that contract, being sure every "i" is dotted and every "t" crossed.

The problem for a politician of listening to the people, is that they don’t always agree.

Whenever you take a stand on an issue, people will line up around the block to kick your ass over it. By having an opinion, you make yourself a target. Why do you think Congress likes to hide behind closed doors at decision-making time?

The people can never understand why the President does not use his powers to make them behave. Well all the president is, is a glorified public relations man who spends his time flattering, kissing, and kicking people to get them to do what they are supposed to do anyway.

I am not on trial here, Mr. Chairman. This committee is on trial here before the American people. Let us get that straight.

The public, by and large, trusts its leaders not only to tell the truth, but to get the job done. When they don’t get the job done, they get punished, and when they don’t get the job done and it comes out that they lied, they’re in really serious trouble. This is what happened to [Lyndon] Johnson and it’s what happened to [George W,] Bush. If you’re going to tell a lie, make sure the policy works out.

I believe that every leader has a right to implement his own policy. But when I see things that are done that are not right - abuse of power, wrong approaches, wrong strategies, making use of foreign consultants, including those discarded by other countries - I feel that I have to have my say.

If you're governor of a state, and you have nothing to say when the president attacks the people that you represent, you are complicit.

I am not a fan of President Trump, I should say. I wouldn't try to comment on every particular issue in which we disagree, but there are plenty of them.

Politicians need to realise that words have consequences.

And I would like to have a good, productive relationship with members of the City Council, but I'm not going to allow them to undermine what the people's choice was and what the people want, which is change.

The disconnect between what people think and what the political leaders are actually doing is something that we really need to start raising.

I think what we have to do is speak about the issues and speak about my record.

As a politician, I should expect sharp challenge from those who disagree with my decisions.

I'll listen to the people. I will not put my party ahead of what the people want.

Why should anybody who doesn't like Donald Trump think, oh, well, I should think he is legitimate now?

Mr. President, I love you, but you're wrong. (To Richard Nixon, on the Vietnam War)