quotes

It's my honor to speak to you as the leader of your country. And the great thing about America is you don't have to listen unless you want to.

There's no question that the minute I got elected, the storm clouds on the horizon were getting directly overhead.

You never know what your history is going to be like until long after your're gone.

Those weapons of mass destruction have got to be here somewhere.

My mom used to say, "The trouble with W" -- although, she didn't put that into words.

Families are where our nation finds hope, where wings take dream.

The more important question is, how many hands have I shaked?

More and more of our imports come from overseas.

... then your soldiers must be likened to spoiled children; they are useless for any practical purpose.

Laws that forbid the carrying of arms . . . disarm only those who are neither inclined nor determined to commit crimes . . . Such laws make things worse for the assaulted and better for the assailants; they serve rather to encourage than to prevent homicides, for an unarmed man may be attacked with greater confidence than an armed man.

Politics consists of choosing between the disastrous and the unpalatable.

After you get your freedom, your enemy will respect you.

Nobody can give you freedom. Nobody can give you equality or justice or anything. If you are a man, you take it.

Power never takes a back step—only in the face of more power.

I believe in the brotherhood of man, all men, but I don't believe in brotherhood with anybody who doesn't want brotherhood with me. I believe in treating people right, but I'm not going to waste my time trying to treat somebody right who doesn't know how to return that treatment.