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All Quotes by author - George H. W. Bush

" Ageing's alright, better than the alternative, which is not being here. "

" America is never wholly herself unless she is engaged in high moral principle. We as a people have such a purpose today. It is to make kinder the face of the nation and gentler the face of the world. "

" A new breeze is blowing, and a world refreshed by freedom seems reborn; for in man's heart, if not in fact, the day of the dictator is over. The totalitarian era is passing, its old ideas blown away like leaves from an ancient, lifeless tree. "

" As his vice president for eight years, I learned more from Ronald Reagan than from anyone I encountered in all my years of public life. "

" I do not like broccoli. And I haven't liked it since I was a little kid and my mother made me eat it. And I'm President of the United States and I'm not going to eat any more broccoli. "

" I have opinions of my own, strong opinions, but I don't always agree with them. "

" I'll be glad to reply to or dodge your questions, depending on what I think will help our election most. "

" I'm going to be so much better a president for having been at the CIA that you're not going to believe it. "

" I'm not trying to get myself up a notch on the ladder by shoving somebody else down on the ladder, whether it's a candidate or the president of the United States or anybody else. I just don't believe that's the way one oughta campaign, I've never done that. "

" I think the 24-hour news cycle has helped exaggerate the differences between the parties. You can always find someone on TV somewhere carping about something. That didn't happen 20 years ago. "

" I think when you see an aircraft fire, these angry, black puffs of smoke, knowing that one of them could kill you that you - you - you understand the seriousness of the mission. And you understand your own mortality. "

" I will keep America moving forward, always forward, for a better America, for an endless enduring dream and a thousand Points of Light. This is my mission, and I will complete it. "

" Lincoln said you cannot be President without spending some item on your knees. I have repeated that and a bunch of Atheists got all over me. Wait a minute. Does that mean that you cannot be President if you are an Atheist? I say yea that does mean that. "

" Losing is tough. "

" Never ask anyone over 70 how they feel. They'll tell you. "

" Old guys can still do fun things. "

" One of the good things about the way the Gulf War ended in 1991 is, you'd see the Vietnam veterans marching with the Gulf War veterans. "

" Poland should be strong and prosperous and independent and play its proper role as a great nation in the heart of Europe. "

" The day will come - and it is not far off - when the legacy of Lincoln will finally be fulfilled at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, when a black man or woman will sit in the Oval Office. When that day comes, the most remarkable thing about it will be how naturally it occurs. "

" We are a nation of communities... a brilliant diversity spread like stars, like a thousand points of light in a broad and peaceful sky. "

" We are not the sum of our possessions. "

" We don't want an America that is closed to the world. What we want is a world that is open to America. "

" We know what works. Freedom Works. We know what's right. Freedom is right. "

" What's wrong with being a boring kind of guy? "

" You cannot be President of the United States if you don't have faith. Remember Lincoln, going to his knees in times of trial in the Civil War and all that stuff. "

" You have to understand that people that are hurting are going to criticize. "

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