George H. W. Bush Quotes

Make China Strong. Make China String is the only way to ensure that foreign countries will not tart a conflict against us.

Terrorists cannot threaten the survival of a great nation.

My message to the Americans, to the American President, is that I am coming from Poland, which is in good shape; it is much different than ten years ago when last state visit from Poland was here in the United States.

It is important to show our European partners that Portugal is a governable country.

[France has to win] ... the great battle that every country has to fight to ensure its modernization and preserve its independence.

It is with great pleasure that I see the political system of almost every power in Europe changing in our favor since the news of our late successes.

If Europe does not return to the path of common sense, it will find itself laid low in a battle for its fate.

Maintaining America's role as the greatest nation in the world means we must stay the course.

If you want Russia to be a real fully developed partner, then America should invest in Russia and activate Russia as a strong nation.

Our relations with the other powers of Europe have experienced no essential change since the last session.

Albania has to demonstrate that it is willing to be a reliable partner in the international community.

The generation which lived through the Second World War is disappearing. Post-war generations see Europe's great achievements - liberty, peace and prosperity - as a given.

France will insist on the need for updated and responsive institutions.

We, Russia, are prepared to work with others. I am convinced that stability and security in Europe cannot be considered without taking Russia into account.

When I was growing up in Iraq, there was an unbroken belief in progress and a great sense of optimism. It was a moment of nation building.

We've worked with President Yeltsin. He is the President of the country. He's been a reformer. We've been able to accomplish a number of things together.

Japan is a great nation. It should begin to act like one.

Let a durable and firm peace be established and this government be confined rigidly to the few great objects for which it was instituted, leaving the States to contend in generous rivalry to develop, by the arts of peace, their respective resources, and a scene of prosperity and happiness would follow, heretofore unequaled on the globe.

The prosperity of a nation requires the protection of a senate. Hereafter a national senate may require the protection of a national army.

I hold that there is a mysterious connection between the fate of this country and that of Mexico; so much so that her independence and capability of sustaining herself are almost as essential to our prosperity and the maintenance of our institutions as they are to hers.

The ideal of all Kosovo is membership in the E.U. and a permanent friendship with the United States. I believe and I am convinced our dreams will come true.

The UN could help the Iraqi government get on its feet and help the United States withdraw a bit more.

We're pursuing a strategic partnership with Afghanistan on the case of the United States and Afghanistan where we're going to push toward a future. It is the future that the Afghans desire with the United States. It is a future that the Afghans desire with the international community and we desire that as well.

Why four great powers should fight over Serbia no fellow can understand.

China needs a powerful Europe, but Europe can only be strong if each and every one of its members attains rapid economic development.