Famous Quotes & Sayings

For the first term of his presidency, the Bush administration had a long list of complaints about Syria that got longer after Iraq.

Joe Lieberman

There's clearly a Democratic dilemma, ... But while other Democrats are debating how to change the Bush tax cut, we're changing the debate entirely. Instead of just talking about what Bush has done, we are focusing on reforming the income tax system as a whole, ensuring fairness and integrity for middle-class taxpayers.

There is virtually nothing going on under the Bush administration that wasn't going on under the Nixon administration. For younger people, this seems new. It's really a rerun of '68-72.

There's an internal conflict as Bush tries to satisfy two different constituencies. The public finds reassurance in government taking a harsher stance, but big business is a little conflicted in that it traditionally doesn't want government putting too many regulations on it.

At a time when we are trying to keep countries such as Iran from expanding their nuclear programs, it is irresponsible for the Bush administration to push this dangerous technology worldwide. We have better, cleaner, and cheaper energy solutions that can be used to meet our energy needs and protect the environment.

As President Bush said, we fight to spread freedom so the freedoms of Americans will be made more secure.

Argus Hamilton

ABC's Monday Night Football held a telethon for hurricane victims Monday when the Giants played the Saints. It went just as expected. Two days later, President Bush called and volunteered to conduct the pre-game coin toss.

The more President Bush talks about releasing strategic reserves, the more we understand that weve got no more production to give.

I had forgotten that Mrs. Bush had worked as a school teacher and librarian, and there couldn't be a more important job than teaching our children,

Laura Bush

I think all of those remarks were disgusting, to be perfectly frank. Of course President Bush cares about everyone in our country.

Ryan Stiles

I support freeing Iraqi's from tyranny. I came here to show there are American who support what bush is doing in Iraq.

Dick Gephardt

Clearly, the election is going to be won in the Midwest and the Rust Belt, places where President Bush has been campaigning -- Michigan, Pennsylvania, Ohio -- places very similar to Iowa.

Dimitri Simes

Clearly, the Bush administration is going to welcome her with open arms. She is not Schroeder, and that is a welcome change.

Al Sharpton

Clearly Bush has become that, especially after Katrina, ... We've gone from fire hoses to levees.

Claims like the one that Bush will be the first president to end a term with fewer jobs than when he started are nothing more than 'myths.'

Impeachment should not be used simply because you disagree with a person's policies. If you disagree with someone's policy, you vote them out. But President Bush has committed crimes, and that's what impeachment is for.

If not, we have trouble in River City, ... You wouldn't want Bush to step in right away -- you'd hope you go back and see if there's something that can be changed to win approval. It's never good to have a contract imposed.

I flew down to Crawford from California. I made it convenient for him. If George Bush wants to meet with a group of hand-picked families who share his politics, then he's still in denial.

Adam Michnik

If I were American I would never have voted for Reagan, but as a Pole, I liked the tough position of Reagan toward Brezhnev. Perhaps Reagan did not quite understand what he was doing, and maybe Bush doesn't understand either.

LenDale White

I have no clue at all what's going on. You've got Bush on the team and that's what happens.

The collaboration of right-wing NGOs and the Bush administration far exceeds any collaboration between pro-choice family groups and the Clinton administration. We never had that kind of hand-in-glove relationship.

The challenge for Bush (and his Indian hosts) will be to prevent possible disappointments over nuclear matters from overshadowing the positives during the visit.

The first priority that we are all focused on is people, ... Over time we are going to have to rebuild the economy of the Gulf Coast. We have to get momentum into what was once a very vibrant economy. Ultimately, what we have, if we look long-term, is the highest opportunity economically in the country once we get through the phase of helping people of cleaning up the city. The more we can help entrepreneurs to reinvest in this area, the sooner we will get to the point, as President Bush said, of making this an even better place than it once was.

The first President Bush was very effective with the U.N..

The character of the Bush administration is such that the U.S. delegation to the United Nations will -- in practice -- indignantly refuse to recognize a single standard of human rights whenever such a standard would put the U.S. record in a negative light.

Roger Wicker

The growth of our economy has been fueled by tax relief enacted by Congress and signed into law by President Bush over the past four years.

The idea that the federal government can control the economy like a master can control a pet is erroneous, ... There's no magic wand that Bush can wave.

Ken Khachigian

You've got to have some distinctions. Whether Bush leaves office on a big high or leaves in sort of the way he is now, slogging through a lot of battles, it doesn't matter?. It's the way the seasons work. A little change is good.

Jay Rockefeller

And really there was no sense of urgency. That was vastly frustrating to a 30-year professional who had been doing counterterrorism for four different presidents. ... He wanted to get things done and was frustrated by the Bush administration.

And I think President Bush is going to get his tax cut, which also is going to help. But the consumer is a big part of what's important here. So far the consumer confidence has been okay, but it's the cautiousness of the consumer, I think, that's making a lot of corporations more cautious in their spending.

A lot has changed between 2004 and 2006. President Bush is not nearly as popular. There are scandals in Washington. The war in Iraq is lingering on. And there are other policy problems. So it may very well be that Republicans will look to social issues, and phenomena like the marriage amendments, as being especially important in an environment where they don't have as many things going for them.

The economy's going to be doing well enough that Bush is going to have a big advantage.

Gary Bauer

The court is the most important division between the two candidates. When Gov. Bush mentioned Scalia and Thomas, it sent an unmistakable message to grass-roots conservatives he will do the right thing.