Bush War Quotes and Sayings
Bush War quotes and links to Bush War quotes:
"No question that the enemy has tried to spread sectarian violence. They use violence as a tool to do that."
"I can look you in the eye and tell you I feel I've tried to solve the problem diplomatically to the max, and would have committed troops both in Afghanistan and Iraq knowing what I know today."
"I strongly believe what we're doing is the right thing. If I didn't believe it — I'm going to repeat what I said before — I'd pull the troops out, nor if I believed we could win, I would pull the troops out."
"America is a friend to the people of Iraq. Our demands are directed only at the regime that enslaves them and threatens us. When these demands are met, the first and greatest benefit will come to Iraqi men, women and children."
"Great tragedy has come to us, and we are meeting it
with the best that is in our country, with courage and concern for others
because this is America. This is who we are."
"You took an oath to defend our flag and our freedom, and you kept that oath underseas and under fire."
"After the chaos and carnage of September 11th, it is not enough to serve our enemies with legal papers."
"As you can possibly see, I have an injury myself — not here at the hospital, but in combat with a cedar. I eventually won. The cedar gave me a little scratch."
"I believe the most solemn duty of the American president is to protect the American people. If America shows uncertainty and weakness in this decade, the world will drift toward tragedy. This will not happen on my watch."
"You can fool some of the people all the time, and those are the ones you want to concentrate on."
"Saddam Hussein is a homicidal dictator who is addicted to weapons of mass destruction."
"What I'm against is quotas. I'm against hard quotas, quotas that basically delineate based upon whatever. However they delineate, quotas, I think, vulcanize society."
"Our enemies...never stop thinking about new ways to harm our country and our people, and neither do we."
"Our nation is somewhat sad, but we’re angry. There’s a certain level of blood lust, but we won’t let it drive our reaction. We’re steady, clear-eyed and patient, but pretty soon we’ll have to start displaying scalps."
"When I take action, I'm not going to fire a $2 million missile at a $10 empty tent and hit a camel in the butt. It's going to be decisive."
"I just want you to know that, when we talk about war, we're really talking about peace"