Let us remember the wisdom of our 43rd president with a few of his nuggets of truth.
I’m hopeful. I know there is a lot of ambition in Washington, obviously. But I hope the ambitious realize they are more likely to succeed with success as opposed to failure.
-AP, January 18, 2001
We need an energy bill that encourages consumption.
-Trenton, New Jersey, September 23, 2002
The administration I’ll bring is a group of men and women who are focused on what’s best for America. Honest men and women. Decent men and women. Women who will see service to our country as a great privilege and who will not stain the house
-Des Moines, Iowa, January 15, 2000
Do you have blacks too?
-To Brazilian President Fernando Cardoso, Nov 8, 2001
The legislature’s job is to write law. It’s the executive branch’s job to interpret law.
-Austin, TX, November 22, 2000
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, MI, Jan 29, 2002
Free societies are hopeful societies. And free societies will be allies against these hateful few who have no conscience, who kill at the whim of a hat.
-Washington DC, September 17, 2004
My thoughts are, we’re going to get someone who knows what they’re talking about when it comes to rebuilding cities.
-Biloxi Mississippi, Sep 2, 2005
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, IL October 24, 2000
This foreign policy stuff is a little frustrating.
-April 23, 2002
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 the country.
-Poplar Bluff, MO, Sep 6, 2004
They want the federal government controlling Social Security like it’s some kind of federal program.
-St. Charles, Missouri, Nov 2, 2000
Recession means that people’s incomes, at the employer level, are going down, basically, relative to costs, people are getting laid off
-Washington DC, Feb 24, 2004
We ended the reign of one of history’s worst tyrants, and in so doing, we not only freed the American people, we made our own people more secure.
-Crawford, TX, May 3, 2003
He was a state sponsor of terror. In other words, the government had declared, ‘you are a state sponsor of terror.’
-Manhattan, KS, Jan 23, 2006
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.
-Washington DC, Aug 5, 2004
More and more of our imports come from overseas.
-Beaverton, OR, Sep 25, 2000
You know I don’t spend a lot of time thinking about myself, about why I do things.
-June 4, 2003
The vast majority of Iraqis want to live in a peaceful, free world. And we will find these people and we will bring them to justice.
-Washington DC, October 28, 2003
Well, I think if you say you’re going to do something and you don’t do it, that’s trustworthyness.
-CNN, August 30, 2000