{"id":4372,"date":"2022-05-20T16:04:52","date_gmt":"2022-05-20T08:04:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/perdana4peace.org\/v2\/?p=4372"},"modified":"2023-07-12T14:00:06","modified_gmt":"2023-07-12T06:00:06","slug":"george-w-bush-may-i-quote-you-mr-president","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/perdana4peace.org\/v2\/george-w-bush-may-i-quote-you-mr-president\/","title":{"rendered":"George W. Bush: May I Quote You, Mr. President?"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"4372\" class=\"elementor elementor-4372\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-967fd4f elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"967fd4f\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-3751312\" data-id=\"3751312\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-064b3d7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"064b3d7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/perdana4peace.org\/v2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/01-200522.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-4373\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/perdana4peace.org\/v2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/01-200522.png 500w, https:\/\/perdana4peace.org\/v2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/01-200522-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/perdana4peace.org\/v2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/01-200522-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/perdana4peace.org\/v2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/01-200522-100x100.png 100w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">Illustration by Grant Pominville<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-91a8f7a elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"91a8f7a\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-2e67b91\" data-id=\"2e67b91\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-784f7f9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"784f7f9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"subtitle\"><strong><em>A selection of 50 quotes from President George W. Bush, for entertainment or meditation.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-80b7e99 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"80b7e99\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-0d36703\" data-id=\"0d36703\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8d2c8c4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"8d2c8c4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><em>In recent developments, a confused former president accuses Putin of invading Iraq.\u00a0<strong>Slip of the Tongue<\/strong>. This is not an isolated event.\u00a0<\/em><\/p><p><strong>Slip of the Tongue: Invade Iraq or Invade Ukraine<\/strong><\/p><p>See G. W. Bush Video Below where in his confusion, he accuses Vladimir Putin of \u201cinvasion of Iraq, I mean of Ukraine\u201d.<\/p><p><blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Former President George W. Bush: \u201cThe decision of one man to launch a wholly unjustified and brutal invasion of Iraq. I mean of Ukraine.\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/UMwNMwMnmX\">pic.twitter.com\/UMwNMwMnmX<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Sahil Kapur (@sahilkapur) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/sahilkapur\/status\/1527092111195226114?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 19, 2022<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p><p><em>This is not a slip of the tongue. In his subconscious mind he must have recalled his own \u201cunjustified and brutal\u201d decision as POTUS to invade Iraq in March 2003.<\/em><\/p><p><em>Below is a carefully research review of Bush\u2019s blunders by\u00a0<strong>Professor Rodrigue Tremblay<\/strong> first published in 2006.<\/em><\/p><p><em>The lack of knowledge and understanding by a president of the United States can lead to unthinkable mistakes in regards to US foreign policy.<\/em><\/p><div class=\"twitter-tweet twitter-tweet-rendered\"><p>Enjoy\u2026<\/p><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-c22f3a4 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"c22f3a4\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-51b2883\" data-id=\"51b2883\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-60e06f3 elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"60e06f3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-dd98e27 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"dd98e27\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-5069ade\" data-id=\"5069ade\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6459ef7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"6459ef7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Here is a selection of\u00a0 quotes from President George W. Bush with accompanying dates and sources:<\/p><p style=\"text-align: justify;\">#1:\u00a0<strong><em>\u201cInternational law? I better call my lawyer; he didn\u2019t bring that up to me.<\/em><\/strong>\u201d George W. Bush, December 12, 2003.<\/p><p style=\"text-align: justify;\">#2: \u201c<strong><em>We know that dictators are quick to choose aggression, while free nations strive to resolve differences in peace<\/em><\/strong><em>.<\/em>\u201c\/George W.Bush\u2019s Address to the United Nations General Assembly, September 21, 2004.<\/p><p style=\"text-align: justify;\">#3: \u201c..<em>.<strong>for a century and a half now, America and Japan have formed one of the great and enduring alliances of modern times. From that alliance has come an era of peace in the Pacific.<\/strong><\/em>\u201c\/<em>R<\/em>emark made by President George W. Bush to the Diet, Tokyo, Japan. February 18, 2002, even though the U.S. and Japan have been openly at war with each other.<\/p><p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-4402 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/perdana4peace.org\/v2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/02-200522.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"700\" height=\"621\" srcset=\"https:\/\/perdana4peace.org\/v2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/02-200522.png 700w, https:\/\/perdana4peace.org\/v2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/02-200522-300x266.png 300w, https:\/\/perdana4peace.org\/v2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/02-200522-600x532.png 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/p><p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-4406 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/perdana4peace.org\/v2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/03-200522-300x234.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"234\" srcset=\"https:\/\/perdana4peace.org\/v2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/03-200522-300x234.png 300w, https:\/\/perdana4peace.org\/v2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/03-200522.png 500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>#4:\u00a0<strong>\u201c<em>One of the keys to being seen as a great leader is to be seen as a commander-in-chief\u2026.My father had all this political capital built up when he drove the Iraqis out of Kuwait and he wasted it\u2026.If I have a chance to invade\u2026, if I had that much capital, I\u2019m not going to waste it.<\/em>\u201c<\/strong>\/remarks made by\u00a0 Bush to author and Houston Chronicle journalist Mickey Herskowitz, who met GWB many times in 1999, to write a biography.<\/p><p style=\"text-align: justify;\">#5: \u201c<strong><em>These people are trying to shake the will of the Iraqi citizens, and they want us to leave\u2026I think the world would be better off if we did leave\u2026<\/em><\/strong><em>\u201c\/<\/em>This was said by Bush during the presidential debate of September 20, 2004]<\/p><p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><em>#6:<strong>\u00a0\u201cOur 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.<\/strong>\u201c\/<\/em>Bush\u2019s remarks video clipped in Washington, D.C., as he signed the Defense Appropriations Act for Fiscal Year 2005, on August 5, 2004.<\/p><p style=\"text-align: justify;\">#7: \u201c<strong><em>Well, I think if you say you\u2019re going to do something and don\u2019t do it, that\u2019s trustworthiness.<\/em><\/strong><em>\u201c<\/em>\u00a0[Bush\u2019s remark during a\u00a0<em>CNN Online Chat<\/em>, August 30, 2000]<\/p><p style=\"text-align: justify;\">#8: \u201c<strong><em>I believe God wants me to be president<\/em>\u201d\u00a0<\/strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-4408 size-thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/perdana4peace.org\/v2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Screenshot-47-150x150.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/perdana4peace.org\/v2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Screenshot-47-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/perdana4peace.org\/v2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Screenshot-47-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/perdana4peace.org\/v2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Screenshot-47-100x100.png 100w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/>is a Bush\u2019s statement that came during a meeting with Rev. Richard land, head of the public policy arm of the Southern Baptist Convention, in 1999.<\/p><p style=\"text-align: justify;\">#9: [I was]\u00a0<strong><em>\u201cchosen by the grace of God to lead at that moment\u201d<\/em><\/strong><em>,<\/em>\u00a0is a Bush\u2019s quotation reported by Michael Duffy in Time magazine immediately after 9\/11.<\/p><p style=\"text-align: justify;\">#10:\u00a0<em>\u201c<strong>God told me to strike at al-Qaeda and I struck them, and then he instructed me to strike at Saddam, which I did, and now I am determined to solve the problem in the Middle East. If you help me I will act, and if not, the elections will come and I will have to focus on them<\/strong>\u201c<\/em>\u00a0comes from a remark made by Bush to Palestinian negotiator Nabil Shaath, made to and reported by BBC News on Thursday, October 6 2005.<\/p><p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-4412 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/perdana4peace.org\/v2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/05-200522-300x200.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" \/>#11:<strong><em>\u201cI trust God speaks through me. Without that, I couldn\u2019t do my job<\/em><\/strong><em>\u201d\u00a0<\/em>is a Bush\u2019s remark to a group of Amish people he met with privately on July 9, 2004, and as published by the Lancaster New Era, July 16, 2004.<\/p><p style=\"text-align: justify;\">#12: \u201cThe problem with the French is that they don\u2019t have a word for \u2018entrepreneur&#8217;\u201d comes from a remark made by Bush during a discussion of the French economy during the 2002 G8 summit in Kananaskis, Alberta, as reported in The Times (London), July 9, 2002,<\/p><p style=\"text-align: justify;\">#13: \u2018<strong><em>There\u2019s an old saying in Tennessee \u2014 I know it\u2019s in Texas, probably in Tennessee \u2014 that says, fool me once, shame on \u2014 shame on you. Fool me \u2014 you can\u2019t get fooled again.<\/em><\/strong><em>\u2018<\/em>\u00a0is taken from a video of Bush\u2019s remarks in Nashville, Tennessee, September 17, 2002.<\/p><p style=\"text-align: justify;\">#14: \u201c<strong><em>Ariel Sharon \u2026 is a man of courage and a man of peac<\/em><\/strong><em>e<\/em>\u201d is a quote reported by Glenn Kessler, in the Washington Post of Tuesday, June 3, 2003.<\/p><p style=\"text-align: justify;\">#15: \u201c<strong><em>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<\/em>.<\/strong>\u201d comes from\u00a0 remarks Bush made during a Social Security Conversation at the Athena Performing Arts Center in New York on May 24, 2005.<\/p><p style=\"text-align: justify;\">#16: \u201cI just want you to know that, when we talk about war, we\u2019re really talking about peace\u201d \u00a0is taken from a Bush\u2019s speech at the Department of Housing and Urban Development, Washington, D.C., June 18, 2002.<\/p><p style=\"text-align: justify;\">#17: \u201c<em>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<\/em><em>\u201d\u00a0<\/em>is a widely known remark that Bush made during a press conference, after a meeting with EU leaders, on February 22, 2005.<\/p><p style=\"text-align: justify;\">#18: \u201cFree nations don\u2019t develop weapons of mass destruction\u201d is taken from Bush\u2019s speech at the Midwest Airlines Center, in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, on October 3, 2003.<\/p><p style=\"text-align: justify;\">#19:\u00a0<strong><em>\u201cThe 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<\/em><\/strong><em>\u201d\u00a0<\/em>was recorded at a Bush\u2019s White House press conference in Washington, D.C., on September 13, 2001.<\/p><p style=\"text-align: justify;\">#20:\u00a0<strong>\u201cI don\u2019t know where bin Laden is. I have no idea and really don\u2019t care. It\u2019s not that important.<\/strong>\u00a0It\u2019s not our priority\u201d was recorded at George W. Bush\u2019s White House press conference in the James S. Brady Briefing Room, Washington, D.C., on\u00a0 March 13, 2002.<\/p><p style=\"text-align: justify;\">#21: \u201cWe found the weapons of mass destruction. We found biological laboratories\u2026for those who say we haven\u2019t found the banned manufacturing devices or banned weapons, they\u2019re wrong, we found them\u201d is a statement Bush made in Washington, D.C., on May 29, 2003.<\/p><p style=\"text-align: justify;\">#22:<strong><em>\u00a0\u201cOh, no, we\u2019re not going to have any casualtie<\/em><\/strong><em>s<\/em>\u00a0[in Iraq]\u201d is a statement made by Bush during a discussion in early 2003 about the Iraq war with Christian Coalition founder Pat Robertson in Nashville, Tennessee, and as quoted by Robertson himself.<\/p><p style=\"text-align: justify;\">#23:\u00a0<strong><em>\u201cMany Iraqis can hear me tonight in a translated radio broadcast, and I have a message for them: If we must begin a military campaign, it will be directed against the lawless men who rule your country and not against you\u201d<\/em>\u00a0<\/strong>comes from the transcript of a Bush\u2019s speech made on March 17, 2003, days before the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq.<\/p><p style=\"text-align: justify;\">#24:<strong><em>\u00a0\u201cBrownie (Michael Brown of FEMA), you\u2019re doing a heck of a job\u201d<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0is still fresh in everybody\u2019s memory; it is a public\u00a0 statement made by Bush about Michael D. Brown, head of Fema, following Hurricane Katrina, at Mobile Regional Airport in Mobile, Alabama. on September 2, 2005.<\/p><p style=\"text-align: justify;\">#25:\u00a0<em>\u201c<strong>I\u2019m also not very analytical. You know I don\u2019t spend a lot of time thinking about myself, about why I do things<\/strong>\u201d\u00a0<\/em>was recorded by journalists aboard Air Force One, on June 4, 2003.<\/p><p style=\"text-align: justify;\">#26:\u00a0<strong><em>\u201cIf this were a dictatorship, it\u2019d be a heck of a lot easier, just so long as I\u2019m the dictator<\/em><\/strong><em>\u201c<\/em>\u00a0is taken from an audio clip of President-elect George W. Bush, at a photo-op with congressional leaders during his first trip to Capitol Hill, Washington, D.C., Dec. 18, 2000; it was also reported on\u00a0<em>Online NewsHour<\/em>, Washington, DC, December 18, 2000.<\/p><p style=\"text-align: justify;\">#27:<strong><em>\u201cI\u2019m the commander \u2014 see, I don\u2019t need to explain \u2014 I do not need to explain why I say things. That\u2019s the interesting thing about being president<\/em><\/strong><em>.\u201d<\/em>\u00a0can be found in Bob Woodward\u2019s book \u201cBush at War\u201d.<\/p><p style=\"text-align: justify;\">#28: \u201c<strong><em>I don\u2019t have the foggiest idea about what I think about international, foreign policy<\/em><\/strong>\u201d can be found in Bob Woodward\u2019s book \u201cState of Denial.\u201d<\/p><p style=\"text-align: justify;\">#29:<em>\u00a0<strong>\u201cIt\u2019s amazing I won. I was running against peace, prosperity, and incumbency\u201d<\/strong>\u00a0<\/em>\u00a0is a comment made by George W. Bush, on June 14, 2001, to G\u00f6ran Persson, unaware he was still on live TV.<\/p><p style=\"text-align: justify;\">#30: \u201c<strong><em>It\u2019s very important for folks to understand that when there\u2019s more trade, there\u2019s more commerce\u201d<\/em>\u00a0<\/strong>\u00a0is a Bush\u2019s remark made during a meeting of leades of the Americas, in Quebec City, Canada, April 21, 2001.<\/p><p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-4416 size-thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/perdana4peace.org\/v2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/06-200522-150x150.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/perdana4peace.org\/v2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/06-200522-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/perdana4peace.org\/v2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/06-200522-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/perdana4peace.org\/v2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/06-200522-100x100.png 100w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/>#31: \u201c<strong><em>I would still invade Iraq even if Iraq never existed\u201d<\/em><\/strong><\/p><p style=\"text-align: justify;\">George W. Bush\u2019s remark made to the Press-Telegram, Monday, August 21, 2006.<\/p><p style=\"text-align: justify;\">#32<em>:<strong>\u00a0\u201cLike generations before us, we have a calling from beyond the stars to stand for freedom.\u201d<\/strong><\/em><\/p><p style=\"text-align: justify;\">George W. Bush\u2019s acceptance speech at the Republic National Convention, on September 2, 2004.<\/p><p style=\"text-align: justify;\">#33:\u00a0<strong>\u201c<em>Americans will speak of the battles like Fallujah. with the same awe and reverence that we now give to Guadalcanal and Iwo Jima.\u201d<\/em><\/strong><\/p><p style=\"text-align: justify;\">George W. Bush, November 10, 2006<\/p><p style=\"text-align: justify;\">#34:<strong><em>\u00a0\u201cWe cannot rule this<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0[an Israeli attack against Iran]<strong><em>\u00a0out. And if it were to happen, I would understand it.\u201d<\/em><\/strong><\/p><p style=\"text-align: justify;\">George W. Bush, November 2, 2006\u00a0 (in a conversation with French President Jacques Chirac]<\/p><p style=\"text-align: justify;\">#35:\u00a0<strong><em>\u201cYou can\u2019t distinguish between Al Qaeda and Saddam<\/em>\u00a0<\/strong>[Hussein]<strong>\u00a0<em>when you talk about the war on terror.\u201d<\/em><\/strong><\/p><p style=\"text-align: justify;\">George W. Bush, September 25, 2002<\/p><p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-4418 size-thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/perdana4peace.org\/v2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/07-200522-150x150.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/perdana4peace.org\/v2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/07-200522-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/perdana4peace.org\/v2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/07-200522-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/perdana4peace.org\/v2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/07-200522-100x100.png 100w, https:\/\/perdana4peace.org\/v2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/07-200522.png 470w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/>#36:\u00a0<strong><em>\u201cWe\u2019ve had no evidence that Saddam Hussein was involved with the September 11th attacks.\u201d<\/em><\/strong><\/p><p style=\"text-align: justify;\">George W. Bush, (remarks made after a meeting with members of the Congressional Conference Committee on Energy Legislation, September 17, 2003)<\/p><p style=\"text-align: justify;\">#37:\u00a0<strong>\u201c<em>When he<\/em>\u00a0<\/strong>[Saddam Hussein]\u00a0<strong><em>chose to deny inspectors, when he chose not to disclose, then I had the difficult decision to make to remove him<\/em>.\u201d<\/strong><\/p><p style=\"text-align: justify;\">George W. Bush, March 21, 2005, (N.B.:145 U.N. inspectors were in Iraq in December 2002 and in January 2003, just before the March 20, 2003 American \u2013led invasion of Iraq)<\/p><p style=\"text-align: justify;\">#38:\u00a0<strong>\u201c<em>You know, one of the hardest parts of my job is to connect Iraq to the war on terror.\u201d<\/em><\/strong><\/p><p style=\"text-align: justify;\">George W. Bush, September 6, 2006 (in an interview with CBS News Anchor Katie Couric)<\/p><p style=\"text-align: justify;\">#39: \u201c<strong><em>I would say the best moment of all<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0[in office]\u00a0<strong><em>was when I caught a 7.5 pound perch in my lake.<\/em><\/strong>\u201d<\/p><p style=\"text-align: justify;\">George W. Bush, May 7, 2006 (while being interview by the German newspaper Bild am Sonntag)<\/p><p style=\"text-align: justify;\">#40:\u00a0<strong><em>\u201cYou work three jobs? \u2026 Uniquely American, isn\u2019t it? I mean, that is fantastic that you\u2019re doing that.\u201d<\/em><\/strong><\/p><p style=\"text-align: justify;\">George W. Bush,\u00a0<em>\u00a0<\/em>February\u00a0 4, 2005 (comment made to a divorced mother of three, in Omaha, Nebraska)<\/p><p style=\"text-align: justify;\">#41:<strong><em>\u00a0\u201cWe will make sure our troops have all that is necessary to complete their missions. That\u2019s why I went to the Congress last September and proposed fundamental \u2014 supplemental funding, which is money for armor and body parts and ammunition and fuel.\u201d<\/em><\/strong><\/p><p style=\"text-align: justify;\">George W. Bush, September 4, 2004, (during a speech in Erie, Pa.)<\/p><p style=\"text-align: justify;\">#42:\u00a0<strong><em>\u201cIt is clear our nation is reliant upon big foreign oil. \u2014 More and more of our imports come from overseas.\u201d<\/em><\/strong><\/p><p style=\"text-align: justify;\">George W. Bush, comment made on September 25, 2000<\/p><p style=\"text-align: justify;\">#43:\u00a0<strong>\u201c<em>I hope you will join me to pay down $2 trillion in debt during the next 10 years. \u2026 We should approach our nation\u2019s budget as any prudent family would.\u201d<\/em><\/strong><\/p><p style=\"text-align: justify;\">George W. Bush, statement made on February 27, 2001 (N.B.: From 2002 to 2006, the cumulative federal budget deficit has exceeded one and a half trillion (1.5 trillion) dollars)<\/p><p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-4419\" src=\"https:\/\/perdana4peace.org\/v2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/08-200522-233x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"258\" srcset=\"https:\/\/perdana4peace.org\/v2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/08-200522-233x300.png 233w, https:\/\/perdana4peace.org\/v2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/08-200522.png 291w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/>#44<strong>:\u00a0<em>\u201cTherefore, I, George W. Bush, Governor of Texas, do hereby proclaim June 10, 2000, \u201cJesus Day\u201d in Texas and urge the appropriate recognition whereof, in official recognition whereof, I hereby affix my signature this 17th day of April 2000.\u201d<\/em><\/strong><\/p><p style=\"text-align: justify;\">George W. Bush, April 17, 2001 (Governor Bush\u2019s \u201cJesus Day\u201d 2000 Proclamation day of prayer)<\/p><p style=\"text-align: justify;\">#45:\u00a0<strong>\u201c<em>We feel our reliance on the Creator who made us. We place our sorrows and cares before Him, seeking God\u2019s mercy. We ask forgiveness for our failures, seeking the renewal He can bring\u201d<\/em>.<\/strong><\/p><p style=\"text-align: justify;\">George W. Bush, March 30, 2002, (in a radio broadcast)<\/p><p style=\"text-align: justify;\">#46:<strong>\u00a0\u201c<em>\u2026But what if God has been holding his peace, waiting for the right man and the right nation and the right moment to act for Him and cleanse history of Evil?<\/em><\/strong><\/p><p style=\"text-align: justify;\">George W. Bush, January 28, 2003, State of the Union address<\/p><p style=\"text-align: justify;\">#47:\u00a0<strong><em>\u201cThe Columbia is lost. \u2014The same Creator who names the stars also knows the names of the seven souls we mourn today. The crew of the shuttle Columbia did not return safely to Earth but we can pray they are safely home.\u201d<\/em><\/strong><\/p><p style=\"text-align: justify;\">George W. Bush, on February 1, 2003, (comment made after disaster struck the space shuttle\u00a0<em>Columbia<\/em>)<\/p><p style=\"text-align: justify;\">#48:\u00a0<strong><em>\u201cThe best way to fight evil is to do some good. Let me qualify that\u2014the best way to fight evil at home is to do some good. The best way to fight them abroad is to unleash the military.\u201d<\/em><\/strong><\/p><p style=\"text-align: justify;\">George W. Bush, April 8, 2002, (in a speech in Knoxville, Tennessee)<\/p><p style=\"text-align: justify;\">#49: \u201cWe are going to correct the imbalances of the previous administration on the MidEast conflict\u201d\u2026\u201dWe are going to tilt it back toward Israel.\u201d<\/p><p style=\"text-align: justify;\">George W. Bush, (comment made on January 30, 2001)<\/p><p style=\"text-align: justify;\">#50:\u00a0<strong><em>\u201cAs a leader, you can never admit to a mistake; that is one of the keys to being a leader.\u201d<\/em><\/strong><\/p><p style=\"text-align: justify;\">George W. Bush, (comment to biographer Mickey Herskowitz, in 1999)<\/p><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u00a0<\/div><div class=\"_magnetRelConrel_89-4\" data-widget-id=\"rel_89-4\"><div><div class=\"magnet-row-rel_89-4\"><div class=\"magnet-box-rel_89-4\"><div><div class=\"magnet-text-wrapper-rel_89-4\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a class=\"_magnetRelLkrel_89-4\" title=\"Going to War against Iraq, for Oil and for Israel: The Lies, Fabrications and Forgeries of the Bush-Cheney Administration\" href=\"https:\/\/www.globalresearch.ca\/going-to-war-against-iraq-for-oil-and-for-israel-the-lies-fabrications-and-forgeries-of-the-bush-cheney-administration\/5509396\" rel=\"nofollow\">Read More: Going to War against Iraq, for Oil and for Israel: The Lies, Fabrications and Forgeries of the Bush-Cheney Administration<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-baabd98 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"baabd98\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-5bdb430\" data-id=\"5bdb430\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cd715d9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"cd715d9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The original source of this article is <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thenewamericanempire.com\/\">Thenewamericanempire.com<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.globalresearch.ca\/may-i-quote-you-mr-president\/3907\">Global Research<\/a> by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.globalresearch.ca\/author\/rodrigue-tremblay\">Prof Rodrigue Tremblay<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Illustration by Grant Pominville A selection of 50 quotes from President George W. Bush, for entertainment or meditation. In recent developments, a confused former president accuses Putin of invading Iraq.&nbsp;Slip of the Tongue. This is not an isolated event.&nbsp; Slip of the Tongue: Invade Iraq or Invade Ukraine See G. W. Bush Video Below where&hellip;&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/perdana4peace.org\/v2\/george-w-bush-may-i-quote-you-mr-president\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Read More &raquo;<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">George W. Bush: May I Quote You, Mr. President?<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":4373,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"neve_meta_sidebar":"","neve_meta_container":"","neve_meta_enable_content_width":"","neve_meta_content_width":0,"neve_meta_title_alignment":"","neve_meta_author_avatar":"","neve_post_elements_order":"","neve_meta_disable_header":"","neve_meta_disable_footer":"","neve_meta_disable_title":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[28,29],"tags":[45,46,208,49,206],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/perdana4peace.org\/v2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4372"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/perdana4peace.org\/v2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/perdana4peace.org\/v2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/perdana4peace.org\/v2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/perdana4peace.org\/v2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4372"}],"version-history":[{"count":39,"href":"https:\/\/perdana4peace.org\/v2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4372\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4427,"href":"https:\/\/perdana4peace.org\/v2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4372\/revisions\/4427"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/perdana4peace.org\/v2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4373"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/perdana4peace.org\/v2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4372"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/perdana4peace.org\/v2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4372"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/perdana4peace.org\/v2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4372"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}