America is never wholly herself unless she is engaged in high moral principle. We as a people have such a purpose today. It is to make kinder the face of the nation and gentler the face of the world.
George H. W. Bush

But let me tell you, this gender thing is history. You're looking at a guy who sat down with Margaret Thatcher across the table and talked about serious issues.
George H. W. Bush

Gulf Lesson One is the value of airpower.
George H. W. Bush

I am not one who - who flamboyantly believes in throwing a lot of words around.
George H. W. Bush

I can tell you this: If I'm ever in a position to call the shots, I'm not going to rush to send somebody else's kids into a war.
George H. W. Bush

I do not like broccoli. And I haven't liked it since I was a little kid and my mother made me eat it. And I'm President of the United States and I'm not going to eat any more broccoli.
George H. W. Bush

I have opinions of my own, strong opinions, but I don't always agree with them.
George H. W. Bush

I think I'd be a better president because I was in combat.
George H. W. Bush

I'll be glad to reply to or dodge your questions, depending on what I think will help our election most.
George H. W. Bush

I'm conservative, but I'm not a nut about it.
George H. W. Bush


I'm going to be so much better a president for having been at the CIA that you're not going to believe it.
George H. W. Bush

It's a very good question, very direct, and I'm not going to answer it.
George H. W. Bush

It's no exaggeration to say that the undecideds could go one way or another.
George H. W. Bush

Please don't ask me to do that which I've just said I'm not going to do, because you're burning up time. The meter is running through the sand on you, and I am now filibustering.
George H. W. Bush

Read my lips: no new taxes.
George H. W. Bush

We are a nation of communities... a brilliant diversity spread like stars, like a thousand points of light in a broad and peaceful sky.
George H. W. Bush

We are not the sum of our possessions.
George H. W. Bush

We don't want an America that is closed to the world. What we want is a world that is open to America.
George H. W. Bush

What's wrong with being a boring kind of guy?
George H. W. Bush

You cannot be President of the United States if you don't have faith. Remember Lincoln, going to his knees in times of trial in the Civil War and all that stuff.
George H. W. Bush