I want to thank all my citizens for coming.
-- Lord Dubya thanks his loyal subjects, Northern State University, Aberdeen, South Dakota, Oct. 31, 2002
Probably the best reason to put me back in there is so that Laura has got four more years as the First Lady.
-- You said it Dubya, not me, Prairie Du Chien, Wisconsin, May 7, 2004
So that's -- what -- there's some ideas. And the -- it's -- my job is to like think beyond the immediate.
-- Like, for sure? [Extra info on this quote: The White House transcribed it as "So that's -- those are some ideas. And my job is to think beyond the immediate." That's generous even by their standards. Washington, D.C., Apr. 21, 2004
It's not a dictatorship in Washington, but I tried to make it one in that instance.
-- Chilling way to describe his executive order making faith-based groups eligible for federal subsidies, New Orleans, Louisiana, Jan. 15, 2004
I try to go for longer runs, but it's tough around here at the White House on the outdoor track. It's sad that I can't run longer. It's one of the saddest things about the presidency.
-- I guess short running times are on par with sending soldiers to their death and witnessing the Sept. 11 attacks, Washington Post, Aug. 21, 2002
You can't lead this country if your ally in Iraq feels like you question his credibility.
-- Wow, I had no idea that the authority of the American presidency stems directly from Iraq, Janesville, Wisconsin, Sep. 24, 2004
Investment means you're purchasing something, and somebody has to make that which you purchase and sell that which you purchase. And that's how the economy works.
-- It's just that simple... Hudson, Wisconsin, Aug. 18, 2004
That's why you've got to be careful about this rhetoric, we're only going to tax the rich. You know who the -- the rich in America happen to be the small business owners. That's what that means.
-- What? Annandale, Virginia, Aug. 9, 2004
The really rich people figure out how to dodge taxes anyway.
-- Dubya tries to find more reasons not to tax the rich, Annandale, Virginia, Aug. 9, 2004
Pennsylvania's unemployment rate is 5.1 percent. That's good news for people who are trying to find jobs.
-- It's not exactly good news until those people have found jobs, Dubya. Smoketown, Pennsylvania, Jul. 9, 2004
This economy of ours is steady and strong. It's steady and strong. It's steady and strong, which means people are going back to work.
-- You are getting very sleepy... Washington, D.C., Jul. 2, 2004
We've been through a recession. That means things are going backwards.
-- Ahhh, that's what it means, Nashua, New Hampshire, Mar. 25, 2004
Hopefully, as the Georgia economy approves -- improves -- and I'm confident it will -- there will be opportunities for business opportunities.
-- As long as there are opportunities for business opportunities... Washington, D.C., Feb. 25, 2004
Recession means that people's incomes, at the employer level, are going down, basically, relative to costs, people are getting laid off.
-- So that's what it means, Washington, D.C., Feb. 19, 2004
DUBYA: And you came up from where?
CHRIS SANFORD (Dep't of Energy Employee): We were relocated from West Tennessee --
DUBYA: Yes, Tennessee, good. Nice part of the world.
-- I guess for Dubya, "world" and "America" are interchangeable, Portsmouth, Ohio, Sep. 10, 2004
But we've got a big border in Texas, with Mexico, obviously -- and we've got a big border with Canada -- Arizona is affected.
-- No matter how you slice it, this statement is geographically challenged, Washington, D.C., Jun. 24, 2004
But one of the things that rang true yesterday to me, and does every time I make a stop here in America, is that we should never lack confidence in our character, in the character of the American people.
-- Where is he flying in from on his "stops here in America"? Canada? Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Aug. 14, 2002
America at one time was protected by two oceans. We seemed totally invulnerable to, for example, the wars that took place here in Russia or on the European continent.
-- Remarks to community and religious leaders, Moscow, Russia (located on the European continent), May 24, 2002
REPORTER 1: You're not going to Athens this week, are you?
DUBYA: Athens, Texas?
REPORTER 1: Ol -- the Olympics, in Greece.
DUBYA: Oh, the Olympics? No, I'm not.
REPORTER 2: Have you been watching them?
DUBYA: Oh, yeah, yeah, it's been exciting.
REPORTER 2: Any particular moment stand out?
DUBYA: Umm -- particular moment? I like the -- let's see -- uhhhm -- Iraqi soccer. I liked -- I liked seein' the Afghan woman carryin' the flag comin' in. I loved, uhh -- you know, our gymnasts. I've been watching the swimming. I like th' -- I've seen a lot, yeah. Listen, thank you all.
-- Wow... Crawford, Texas, Aug. 23, 2004
You see, the President is -- can still learn.
-- I couldn't resist this one, Los Angeles, California, Apr. 29, 2002
I don't want to hold two press conferences in one week.
-- Having problems with the concept of presidential accountability and accessibility, or maybe just sleepy, Mar. 20, 2002
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