George Bush’s Dumbest Remarks or also, George Bush’s Remarks
Dumb, Funny & Stupid Quotes from George Dubya Bush, Bushisms
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Confirmed Quotes
Our enemies are innovative and resourceful, and so are we. They
never stop thinking about new ways to harm our country and our people, and
neither do we.
- August 5, 2004
"I promise you I will listen to what has been said here, even though I wasn't here." - at the President's Economic Forum in Waco, Texas, Aug. 13, 2002
This very week in 1989, there were protests in East Berlin
and in Leipzig. By the end of that year, every communist dictatorship in Central
America had collapsed.
- November 6, 2003 in Washington, D.C.
"Security is the essential roadblock to achieving the road map to peace."—Washington, D.C., July 25, 2003
"I'm going to spend a lot of time on Social Security. I enjoy it. I enjoy taking on the issue. I guess, it's the Mother in me." —Washington D.C., April 14, 2005
"The war on terror involves Saddam Hussein because of the nature of Saddam Hussein, the history of Saddam Hussein, and his willingness to terrorize himself." - Grand Rapids, Mich., Jan. 29, 2003
"Columbia carried in its payroll classroom experiments from some of our students in America."—Bethesda, Md., Feb. 3, 2003
"This morning my administration released the budget numbers for fiscal 2006. These budget numbers are not just estimates; these are the actual results for the fiscal year that ended February the 30th."—Referring to the fiscal year that ended on Sept. 30, Washington, D.C., Oct. 11, 20 06.
"But Iraq has—have got people there that are willing to kill, and they're hard-nosed killers. And we will work with the Iraqis to secure their future." —Washington, D.C., April 28, 2005
"I understand that the unrest in the Middle East creates unrest throughout the region."—Washington, D.C., March 13, 2002
"And so, in my State of the—my State of the Union—or state—my speech to the nation, whatever you want to call it, speech to the nation—I asked Americans to give 4,000 years—4,000 hours over the next—the rest of your life—of service to America. That's what I asked—4,000 hours." —Bridgeport, Conn., April 9, 2002
"I want to thank my friend, Sen. Bill Frist, for joining us today. … He married a Texas girl, I want you to know. (Laughter.) Karyn is with us. A West Texas girl, just like me."—Nashville, Tenn., May 27, 2004
"I am here to make an announcement that this Thursday, ticket counters and airplanes will fly out of Ronald Reagan Airport." - Washington, D.C., Oct. 3, 2001
"One of the common denominators I have found is that expectations rise above that which is expected."—Los Angeles, Sept. 27, 2000
"I am a person who recognizes the fallacy of humans."—Oprah, Sept. 19, 2000
"I'm honored to shake the hand of a brave Iraqi citizen who had his hand cut off by Saddam Hussein."—Washington, D.C., May 25, 2004
"I want to thank the astronauts who are with us, the courageous spacial entrepreneurs who set such a wonderful example for the young of our country."—Washington, D.C., Jan. 14, 2004
"I regret that a private comment I made to the vice presidential candidate made it through the public airways."—Allentown, Pa., Sept. 5, 2000.
"The public education system in America is one of the most important foundations of our democracy. After all, it is where children from all over America learn to be responsible citizens, and learn to have the skills necessary to take advantage of our fantastic opportunistic society."—Santa Clara, Calif., May 1, 2002
"Haven't we already given money to rich people? Why are we going to do it again?" - to economic advisers discussing a second round of tax cuts, as quoted by former Treasury Secretary Paul O'Neil, Washington, D.C., Nov. 26, 2002
"When Iraq is liberated, you will be treated, tried, and persecuted as a war criminal."—Washington, D.C., Jan. 22, 2003
"I repeat, personal accounts do not permanently fix the solution."—Washington, D.C., March 16, 2005
"After standing on the stage, after the debates, I made it very plain, we will not have an all-volunteer army. And yet, this week - we will have an all-volunteer army!" —Daytona Beach, Fla., Oct. 16, 2004
"The only thing I know about Slovakia is what I learned first-hand from your foreign minister, who came to Texas."—To a Slovak journalist as quoted by Knight Ridder News Service, June 22, 1999. Bush's meeting was with Janez Drnovsek, the prime minister of Slovenia.
"Russia is no longer our enemy and therefore we shouldn't be locked into a Cold War mentality that says we keep the peace by blowing each other up. In my attitude, that's old, that's tired, that's stale."—Des Moines, Iowa, June 8, 2001
"Unfairly but truthfully, our party has been tagged as being against things. Anti-immigrant, for example. And we're not a party of anti-immigrants. Quite the opposite. We're a party that welcomes people."—Cleveland, July 1, 2000
"The law I sign today directs new funds and new focus to the task of collecting vital intelligence on terrorist threats and on weapons of mass production."—Washington, D.C., Nov. 27, 2002
"I think war is a dangerous place."—Washington, D.C., May 7, 2003
"You know, one of the hardest parts of my job is to connect Iraq to the war on terror."—Interview with CBS News, Washington D.C., Sept. 6, 2006
"But all in all, it's been a fabulous year for Laura and me." – while summing up his first year in office, just three months after the 9/11 attacks, Washington, D.C., Dec. 20, 2001
"I was proud the other day when both Republicans and Democrats stood with me in the Rose Garden to announce their support for a clear statement of purpose: you disarm, or we will."—Speaking about Saddam Hussein, Manchester, N.H., Oct. 5, 2002 (Thanks to George Dupper.)
"President Musharraf, he's still tight with us on the war against terror, and that's what I appreciate. He's a—he understands that we've got to keep al-Qaida on the run, and that by keeping him on the run, it's more likely we will bring him to justice."—Ruch, Ore., Aug. 22, 2002
"I think we agree, the past is over."—On his meeting with John McCain, Dallas Morning News, May 10, 2000
"Anyway, I'm so thankful, and so gracious—I'm gracious that my brother Jeb is concerned about the hemisphere as well."—Miami, Fla., June 4, 2001
"Natural gas is hemispheric. I like to call it hemispheric in nature because it is a product that we can find in our neighborhoods."—Austin, Texas, Dec. 20, 2000
"It's important for us to explain to our nation that life is important. It's not only life of babies, but it's life of children living in, you know, the dark dungeons of the Internet."—Arlington Heights, Ill., Oct. 24, 2000
"Our country puts $1 billion a year up to help feed the hungry. And we're by far the most generous nation in the world when it comes to that, and I'm proud to report that. This isn't a contest of who's the most generous. I'm just telling you as an aside. We're generous. We shouldn't be bragging about it. But we are. We're very generous."—Washington, D.C., July 16, 2003
"I know the human being and fish can coexist peacefully."—Saginaw, Mich., Sept. 29, 2000
"I'm the master of low expectations."—Aboard Air Force One, June 4, 2003
"I read the newspaper."—In answer to a question about his reading habits, New Hampshire Republican Debate, Dec. 2, 1999
"I was not pleased that Hamas has refused to announce its desire to destroy Israel."—Washington, D.C., May 4, 2006
"I'm thrilled to be here in the bread basket of America because it gives me a chance to remind our fellow citizens that we have an advantage here in America—we can feed ourselves."—Stockton, Calif., Aug. 23, 2002
"I think we are welcomed. But it was not a peaceful welcome."—Philadelphia, Dec. 12, 2005, on the reception of American forces in Iraq
"We need an energy bill that encourages consumption." —Trenton, N.J., Sept. 23, 2002
"There's no question that the minute I got elected, the storm clouds on the horizon were getting nearly directly overhead."—Washington, D.C., May 11, 2001
"They misunderestimated me."—Bentonville, Ark., Nov. 6, 2000
"There may be some tough times here in America. But this country has gone through tough times before, and we're going to do it again."
"I've got very good relations with President Mubarak and Crown Prince Abdallah and the King of Jordan, Gulf Coast countries."—Washington, D.C., May 29, 2003
“We're working with Chancellor Schröder on what's called 10-plus-10-over-10: $10 billion from the U.S.,$10 billion from other members of the G7 over a 10-year period, to help Russia securitize the dismantling—the dismantled nuclear warheads."—Berlin, Germany, May 23, 2002
"He was a state sponsor of terror. In other words, the government had declared, you are a state sponsor of terror."—On Saddam Hussein, Manhattan, Kan., Jan. 23, 2006
"One of the most meaningful things that's happened to me since I've been the governor—the president—governor—president. Oops. Ex-governor. I went to Bethesda Naval Hospital to give a fellow a Purple Heart, and at the same moment I watched him—get a Purple Heart for action in Iraq—and at that same—right after I gave him the Purple Heart, he was sworn in as a citizen of the United States—a Mexican citizen, now a United States citizen."—Washington, D.C., Jan. 9, 2004
"And so during these holiday seasons, we thank our blessings. ... "—Fort Belvoir, Va., Dec. 10, 2004
"This notion that the United States is getting ready to attack Iran is simply ridiculous. And having said that, all options are on the table."—Brussels, Belgium, Feb. 22, 2005
"I'm looking forward to a good night's sleep on the soil of a friend."—On the prospect of visiting Denmark, Washington D.C., June 29, 2005
"We spent a lot of time talking about Africa, as we should. Africa is a nation that suffers from incredible disease." - Gothenburg, Sweden, June 14, 2001
"You never know what your history is going to be like until long after you're gone."—Washington, D.C., May 5, 2006
"I mean, these good folks are revolutionizing how businesses conduct their business. And, like them, I am very optimistic about our position in the world and about its influence on the United States. We're concerned about the short-term economic news, but long-term I'm optimistic. And so, I hope investors, you know—secondly, I hope investors hold investments for periods of time—that I've always found the best investments are those that you salt away based on economics."—Austin, Texas, Jan. 4, 2001
"I don't know why you're talking about Sweden. They're the neutral one. They don't have an army." - during a Dec. 2002 Oval Office meeting with Rep. Tom Lantos, as reported by the New York Times
"If it were to rain a lot, there is concern from the Army Corps of Engineers that the levees might break. And so, therefore, we're cautious about encouraging people to return at this moment of history."—Washington, D.C., Sept. 19, 2005
"I always jest to people, the Oval Office is the kind of place where people stand outside, they're getting ready to come in and tell me what for, and they walk in and get overwhelmed by the atmosphere. And they say 'man, you're looking pretty.' "—Washington, D.C., Nov. 4, 2004
"You took an oath to defend our flag and our freedom, and you kept that oath underseas and under fire."—Addressing war veterans, Washington, D.C., Jan. 10, 2006
"The point now is how do we work together to achieve important goals. And one such goal is a democracy in Germany."—Washington, D.C., May 5, 2006
"That's why I went to the Congress last September and proposed fundamental—supplemental funding, which is money for armor and body parts and ammunition and fuel."—Erie, Pa., Sept. 4, 2004
"It's very important for folks to understand that when there's more trade, there's more commerce."—Quebec City, Canada, April 21, 2001
"Secondly, the tactics of our—as you know, we don't have relationships with Iran. I mean, that's—ever since the late '70s, we have no contacts with them, and we've totally sanctioned them. In other words, there's no sanctions—you can't—we're out of sanctions."—Annandale, Va., Aug. 9, 200 4
"I just want you to know that, when we talk about war, we're really talking about peace."- Washington, D.C. June 18, 2002
"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."—After visiting with wounded veterans from the Amputee Care Center of Brooke Army Medical Center, San Antonio, Texas, Jan. 1, 200 6
"Redefining the role of the United States from enablers to keep the peace to enablers to keep the peace from peacekeepers is going to be an assignment."—Interview with the New York Times, Jan. 14, 2001
"It is white." —after being asked by a child in Britain what the White House was like, July 19, 2001
"You teach a child to read, and he or her will be able to pass a literacy test.'' —Townsend, Tenn., Feb. 21, 2001
"The most important thing is for us to find Osama bin Laden. It is our number one priority and we will not rest until we find him." —Washington, D.C., Sept. 13,
2001 & "I don't know where bin Laden is. I have no idea and really don't care. It's not that important. It's not our priority." —Washington, D.C., March 13, 2002
"I'm also honored to be here with the speaker of the House—just happens to be from the state of Illinois. I'd like to describe the speaker as a trustworthy man. He's the kind of fellow who says when he gives you his word he means it. Sometimes that doesn't happen all the time in the political process."—Chicago, March 6, 2001
"We're concerned about AIDS inside our White House—make no mistake about it."—Washington, D.C., Feb. 7, 2001
"I confirmed to the prime minister that we appreciate our friendship."—After meeting with Prime Minister Jean Chrétien of Canada, Feb. 5, 2001
"For every fatal shooting, there were roughly three non-fatal shootings. And, folks, this is unacceptable in America. It's just unacceptable. And we're going to do something about it." —Philadelphia, Penn., May 14, 2001
"I think younger workers—first of all, younger workers have been promised benefits the government—promises that have been promised, benefits that we can't keep. That's just the way it is."—Washington, D.C., May 4, 2005
"If this were a dictatorship, it'd be a heck of a lot easier, just so long as I'm the dictator." —Washington, D.C., Dec. 19, 2000
"See, in my line of work you got to keep repeating things over and over and over again for the truth to sink in, to kind of catapult the propaganda."—Greece, N.Y., May 24, 2005
"That's George Washington, the first president, of course. The interesting thing about him is that I read three—three or four books about him last year. Isn't that interesting?"—Showing German newspaper reporter Kai Diekmann the Oval Office, Washington, D.C., May 5, 2006
"I wish you'd have given me this written question ahead of time so I could plan for it…I'm sure something will pop into my head here in the midst of this press conference, with all the pressure of trying to come up with answer, but it hadn't yet….I don't want to sound like I have made no mistakes. I'm confident I have. I just haven't — you just put me under the spot here, and maybe I'm not as quick on my feet as I should be in coming up with one." - when asked to name the biggest mistake he had made, Washington, D.C., April 3, 2004
"This administration is doing everything we can to end the stalemate in an efficient way. We're making the right decisions to bring the solution to an end."—Washington, D.C., April 10, 2001
"If the Iranians were to have a nuclear weapon they could proliferate."—Washington D.C., March 21, 2006
"Major combat operations in Iraq have ended. In the battle of Iraq, the United States and our allies have prevailed." - speaking underneath the "Mission Accomplished" banner aboard the USS Abraham Lincoln, May 1, 2003
"We both use Colgate toothpaste." - when a reporter asked what he had in common with Tony Blair, Camp David, Md., Feb. 23, 2001
"I am mindful not only of preserving executive powers for myself, but for predecessors as well."—Washington, D.C., Jan. 29, 2001
"Too many good docs are getting out of the business. Too many OB-GYNs aren't able to practice their love with women all across this country." - Poplar Bluff, Mo., Sept. 6, 2004
"After the bombing, most Iraqis saw what the perpetuators of this attack were trying to do."—(On the bombing of the Golden Mosque of Samarra in Iraq) March 13, 2006, Washington, D.C.
"There's an old saying in Tennessee - I know it's in Texas, probably in Tennessee - that says, fool me once, shame on - shame on you. Fool me - you can't get fooled again." - Nashville, Tenn., Sept. 17, 2002
"My plan reduces the national debt, and fast. So fast, in fact, that economists worry that we're going to run out of debt to retire." - Radio address, Feb. 24, 2001
“See, in my line of work you got to keep repeating things over and over and over again for the truth to sink in, to kind of catapult the propaganda” - Greece, N.Y., May 24, 2005
"I'm the commander - see, I don't need to explain — I do not need to explain why I say things. That's the interesting thing about being president." - as quoted in Bob Woodward's Bush at War
"It's in our country's interests to find those who would do harm to us and get them out of harm's way." - Washington, D.C., April 28, 2 005
"We're spending money on clean coal technology. Do you realize we've got 250 million years of coal?" - Washington, D.C., June 8, 2005 ( it can last 250 years)
"I am here to make an announcement that this Thursday, ticket counters and airplanes will fly out of Ronald Reagan Airport." - Washington, D.C., Oct. 3, 2001
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Alleged Quotes
I have opinions of my own - strong opinions- but I don't always agree with them.
This is Pearl Harbor Day. 47 years ago to this very day, we were hit and hit hard at Pearl Harbor. " - Bush addressing the American Legion in Louisville, Kentucky, on Sept 7, '88, 3 months off target - George Bush
[I want to] make sure everybody who has a job wants a job - George Bush, during his 1st campaign for the presidency
"Redefining the role of the United States from enablers to keep the peace to enablers to keep the peace from peacekeepers is going to be an assignment."
"I am mindful of the difference between the executive branch and the legislative branch. I assured all four of these leaders that I know the difference, and that difference is they pass the laws and I execute them."
"I think we ought to raise the age at which juveniles can have a gun."
"I think we agree, the past is over."
"The vast majority of our imports come from outside the country."
If the terriers and bariffs are torn down, this economy will grow.
Now for some imaginary (but quite likely) George Bush quotes:
“I love human beings, but not all human beings - I love all women but not men. If I loved men, I’d be gay.”
“Osama bin Laden? Yes, I have seen him. We studied together at Harvard, but there the similarity ends - he completed the course in Harvard”
“Saddam is evil, Saddam is the devil, you can ask the former American president, who also happened to be my dad at that time, who had waged a 10-year war with Iraq.”
“I am firmly of the opinion that India and Pakistan should solve their problems peacefully. Only this will ensure that other African countries try to follow the path to peace.”
“I ask Hugo Chavez who called me a devil – ‘Hugo, do you know that devils do not have feet? Here, see, I have four feet like all live human beings’”
“Bring them on”…after a few moments, “just get them off”
“Mission accomplished, congrats! We have screwed up a country in record time”
In a written note to Americans, “My enemies acyuse me that I am not well-diversified in English. I ask you, my fallow countymen, have you known an American Precedent who can right English as well as I can?”
“World over, people are saying that Israel lost the recent war with the Hezbollah in Lebanon. Nothing can be farther from truth. Israel won, and I will tell you why – it’s because the President of America says so. Can anyone dispute this?”
“I’m constantly asked why America still has military bases in so many countries. And I tell them the simple reason - that American army people enjoy traveling around the world.”
“America should cut its dependence on oil and should instead focus on renewable energy sources – such as coal & natural gas.”
Speaking in front of a group of blind people: “Read my lips, we will not lose the war in Iraq”
“Yes, my daughters look beautiful…yes, it is indeed surprising.”
“I believe that men should marry women and vice versa. Because, if women start marrying women and men start marrying men, there will be no men left to marry women and vice versa.”
“When I went to Iraq yesterday, I met their old dictator, Saddam Hussein. I asked him, “Fella, how does it feel to be in the cooler?”. He told me, “Ask your countrymen how it feels to be in America today, and you have had the answer.” Stupid fellow, he does not known America is a vast country with vastly differing climates, and how one feels in California on a day will be very different from how one feels on the same day in New York.”
A note from Bush to American people – “America is the greatest nation on earth”. Someone had scribbled below his note – “So will you please push off so that it continues to be?”
“And now I will tell you the secret behind the Iraq war that we had so far hid from the public. I had actually asked our army chief to attack Iran, and he mistook Iraq for Iran. And today Iran is working towards building a nuclear weapon. Now you know how right I had been all the time.”
“My American people ask me what happens to the people unemployed due to outsourcing to countries like India. I tell them not to worry. The American army presents attractive opportunities. And oh yes, there are a few more wars coming up.”
“Can the will of the American people ever be defeated? In precisely two words: Impossible”
Speaking to American schoolchildren – “You know, math is an interesting topic that is there all around us. For instance, when you are playing baseball and the ball goes high up in the air in a parabolic curve, that’s arithmetic for you.”
“Don’t take kidney disease casually. It can easily spread to its neighboring parts, such as the brain”.
“People who don’t like me call me the Texas cowboy. Do they know that cow is considered a holy animal in the Indus religion?”
“I’m always very close to God. Because…I’m God.”
“Yes, I have had a Blackberry, but only once. I thought it tasted awful.”
“When I met the Japanese Prime Minister I told him, “America has a great economy. Japan has a great economy. Just imagine the potential if our countries can work together. So why can’t Japan become a part of America? Think about it”
“I like diamonds, I like their brilliance. I’m told they are made of phosphorus, which is why they emit that light.”
“The mobile revolution is upon us. Within a decade, everyone in the country, even perhaps babies – both born and unborn – will be using mobile phones.”
“America is at the forefront of scientific progress. And your president is at the forefront of scientific progress too – yesterday at a school laboratory I mixed hydrogen with oxygen and got carbon-di-oxide. Science is wonderful, isn’t it? It just keeps producing unexpected results.”
“I’m constantly asked what I think of the state of the economy. And I always tell them it is not one of our forty states, so it is none of my business to think about it”
“You think I deliberately refused to serve in the Vietnam War? Ha, how little you know. What happened was that all of that time I was sitting and trying to fix a problem in the aircraft I was supposed to have flown. After three years of my trying, it still didn’t fly. A colleague finally told me the reason – it was an aircraft model, apparently.”
“My pop might be rich, but I’m a poor man’s son”
“Fidel Castro says America tried to assassinate him forty five times but failed. I tell him, just give us one more opportunity.”
“I’m a visionary. I keep having visions for hours at a stretch. After that, my eyes ache.”
“Don’t trust Italian bankers. They are worse than Russian bankers, and Russian bankers, as you probably know, are the worst.”
“I don’t think Google is a good search engine. I once did a search on Google for my name. And the first result was titled Long Live Osama bin Laden, Castro & Chavez.”
“I once asked the Indian prime minister why there were so many poor people in India. He told me that poverty was astronomically difficult problem to solve. I offered to lend him some of our space scientists’ expertise.”
“When I mean something, I actually mean it.”
“Those who can only think about losing can only think about losing.”
“When I was a young man, I played Chess against Bobby Fischer. And won. It was really simple – at one point in the match I simply got up and said that I had won the match. That was it.”
“Of course Iraq had, and still has, weapons of mass destruction. Don’t you that there are torches in Iraq whose flames can create a temperature of five thousand degrees and completely vaporize & destroy even a mass of hard stone within seconds? If these are not weapons of mass destruction, tell me what are.”
“I liked my recent trip to Austria. It is such a beautiful country, and its neighbour New Zealand is even more beautiful.”
“A famous psychiatrist once told me that the enemy is within us. I am only saying what he told me – that we have enemies within our population.”
“I trust my political colleagues. I do not wish to employ someone like the famous fictional detective Padlocked Homes to do some spying on my colleagues.”
“Look, the logic is simple. As you know, weapons of mass destruction are a subset of weapons, which means some weapons are weapons of mass destruction. Iraq had weapons, which implies some of the weapons it had were weapons of mass destruction. Isn’t it obvious?”
“Sprinting very fast is good for our hearts. Which was why I advised that exercise to the 90-year old prime minister of the Asian country I visited a few weeks ago. Sadly, I came to know he passed away yesterday.”
“I read somewhere more people die of obesity than from heart disease. What does it tell you? Heart disease is not even as dangerous as eating food is.”
“Education is critical for the upshipment of the poor.”
“Energy independence is critical to the United States and its people. For this reason I have asked my secretary of state to identify oil rich countries we can invade, annex, and make their energy assets our own”
“While visiting a school, a third-grade kid asked this question, “If I give you half a dollar and you pay back half of that to me, how much money would you have?” I told her I would have hundreds of billions of dollars, because I was the president and I owned the United States economy.”
“You caught Saddam Hussein in a spiderhole? How did he get into such a tiny hole, I wonder.”
“Organic foods are not good for health. And I’ll tell you why – many organic chemicals can produce toxic effects in our body.”
“I love the American people. I even love their dogs and cats. Sometimes I ask myself, do they love me?”
“A top management consultant suggested that our Iraq operations required a complete restructuring. I have hence asked my defense secretary to work on a plan that will restructure Iraq into three separate countries”
“Donald Rumsfeld is a great human being. Sometimes he gets angry, other times he gets even more angry, and all the rest of the time he is angriest.”
“Some people say that I do not have any management and leadership credentials. Do they know that I was leader of my class in kindergarten?”
“I never said I was ordered by God to invade Iraq. No one orders the Bush family around - I only mentioned that God requested me to do so.”
Bush, in one of his private letters to Condy Rice: “Dear Condy, I trusted your knowledge about geographical oil assets distribution, but you let me down. When I asked you in early 2003 which country had the most oil reserves, you told me it was Iraq. I am now told it is Saudi Arabia. Yours…George. PS: You know it is difficult to start another war right now, what reasons do I come up with…”
“Many of our family members are smart. Except that the intelligence normally skips a generation. My dad was smart.”
“I’m not a man who forgets anything easily. Perhaps there are others who do, for instance, our Vice President, now what’s his name…?”
“In order to achieve great success, it is imperative that you apply enormous physical and mental excretion.”
“We will be in Iraq as long as it is necessary for us to achieve our goals. It takes time to find new oil reserves in a foreign land, be patient.”
“I’m sure you know the moral of the school fable of the hare and the tortoise, ‘Slow and sturdy wins the race’”
“Some Democrats accuse me of trying to change the constitutional limit for the number of times I can be president. I tell them that I don’t do anything as silly and complicated as that. I plan to simply declare myself the United States President for Life and continue ruling this country for as long as I like.”
“My enemies accuse me of smoking pot when I was young. Rubbish, nothing can be more untrue. Do they know how I would be looking now had I smoked pot while I was a young. Of course they don’t, only a person who had smoked pot would know that. I suggest they ask me about it.”
“My rivals say that I invaded Afghanistan because I liked my bit of snuff now and then and Afghanistan grows a lot of poppy. They say I invaded Iraq because I liked oil. Are they then saying I would invade Russia next because I like women?”
“The Iranian president says that the Holocaust never happened. It’s the most insensitive remark I have ever heard. How would the Iranians feel if I told them that Stalin never murdered millions of their fellow countrymen?”
“I wanted to test the knowledge of American school children. I hence asked a four year old kid the following question: ‘If I put one man and one woman in a room, how many people are there in the room?’ The kid replied, ‘Three - one man, one woman and a kid that they would have produced in quick time.’ I came back convinced that American kids are highly knowledgeable.”
“A friend asked me how many US Republican Congressmen it would take to change a light bulb. I told him one hundred – one to hold the chair, one to change the bulb, and ninety eight to tell the whole world what a wonderful thing the two had accomplished.”
“I always advise children not to go near cobras - crocodiles are dangerous animals.”
“Today in Iraq, people have enormous freedom. Just look at the way people are going about freely killing each other.”
In a “thank-you letter” to Tony Blair: “We Americans have always considered Britain to be a great fiend”
“Of course I’m not immodest enough to write my own autobiography”
“In politics, you may have to sometime sleep with your enemies. Just make sure I have my condoms on.”
“I like animals. Which is why I have them for breakfast, lunch and dinner.”
“I read ten newspapers a day. It’s so hectic I don’t even see the dates on them”
“My advice to fellows who are about to join the US army: Get a thorough knowledge of all the countries in the Middle East and South America – also Central America and Africa”
“I do not approve of GM Foods. I do not see why an auto company should be manufacturing foods.”
“We will never cut and run in Iraq with the whole world watching us. We will move out quietly during the night, when the world is asleep”
“I have always been a keen student of science. I regularly attended public lectures by Albert Einstein, the inventor of the electric lamp.”
“Iraq has been a peace-loving country since the time it was ruled by Alexander the Great.”
“I told you Americans will be greeted with garlands and rose petals in Baghdad. True to this, when I secretly landed at Baghdad airport in the middle of yesterday night, the US ambassador to Iraq greeted me with garlands and a plate full of rose petals.”
“I don’t wish to give the impression to the Iraqis that the American president is their actual boss. This is why I always go to Iraq secretively, in the middle of the night.”
Bush’s printed poster for the Americans – “Iraq will be a peaceful country in two years’ time.” Someone had scribbled underneath – “Yeah, just like Afghanistan is today.”
“I rarely go wrong when it comes to interactions with my close colleagues like Chick Deney & Ronald Dumsfeld.”
“Iraq has nothing to do with American elections. Iraqis vote in their elections, Americans vote in ours, what has one got to do with the other?”
“I spoke to our American ambassador in Baghdad and he is confident everything is positive and peaceful – bar some minor rockets that were falling on his residence everyday.”
Speaking to the Turkish prime minister during a UN meeting: “I flew over Turkey a few days ago. Yours is a beautiful and wealthy country.” The Turkish prime minister, on reaching his capital the next day, orders that litter be thrown all over Ankara, and the buildings be painted with dusty colours. He tells the bemused Interior minister, “The last thing I’d like Bush to think is that my country is rich. He is looking to wage more wars.”
“Use condoms. Save your children.”
“I was told that women’s rights have been curtailed in Iraq, while they had more freedom during Saddam Hussein’s time. Nothing can be farther from truth. When I was in Baghdad last week, I spoke to many women freely. It was just that I couldn’t see their faces, because the religious heads has ordered them to cover themselves fully.”
“God created Americans to fight the evildoers. God created evildoers to fight the Americans. It fits, doesn’t it?”
To his Defense Secretary: “I was visiting a farmyard with the Indian prime minister last week while in India. I saw a large object fully covered up. Do you think India has WMDs? Why else would they cover it up while I was visiting?”
…To be continued, so you might want to bookmark this page?
Iraq War Specific Quotes by the Dubya Cartel (includes transatlantic gang members) – Confirmed Quotes
“It is not knowable how long that conflict would last, it
could last, you know, six days, six weeks. I doubt six months.” Secretary of
Defense Donald Rumsfeld, 2/7/03
“My belief is we will, in fact, be greeted as liberators.” Cheney 3/16/03
“We know where (the weapons) are, they’re in the area around Tikrit and Baghdad
and east, west, north and south somewhat.” Rumsfeld, 3/30/03
“Major combat operations have ENDED.” George W. Bush, 5/1/03
“We’re dealing with a country that can really finance its own reconstruction,
and relatively soon.” Deputy Secretary of Defense, Paul Wolfowitz, 3/27/03
“Iraq will not require sustained aid.” O.M.B. Director Mitch Daniels, 3/28/03
“A year from now, I’d be surprised if there’s not some grand square in Baghdad
that is named after President Bush.” Former Pentagon Advisor Richard Perle,
9/22/03
“Saddam Hussein has WMDs that can reach UK in just 45 minutes.” UK Prime Minister Tony Blair in 2003.
"The British government has learned that Saddam Hussein recently sought significant quantities of uranium from Africa." —State of the Union Address, Jan. 28, 2003, making a claim that administration officials knew at the time to be false
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