WIST Quotations

Bush, George H. W. -- Commencement Speech, Yale University (27 May 1991)

Dave — Sun, 01 Feb 2004 16:00:00 +0000

You do not reform a world by ignoring it.

George H. W. Bush (1924–2018) American politician, diplomat, US President (1989–1993)
Commencement Speech, Yale University (27 May 1991)

Bush, George H. W. -- Comment at State Dinner for Polish PM Tadeusz Mazowiecki (21 Mar 1990)

Dave — Sun, 01 Feb 2004 16:00:00 +0000

Just as Poland had a rebellion against totalitarianism, I am rebelling against broccoli, and I refuse to give ground. 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.

George H. W. Bush (1924–2018) American politician, diplomat, US President (1989–1993)
Comment at State Dinner for Polish PM Tadeusz Mazowiecki (21 Mar 1990)

Bush, George H. W. -- Inaugural Address (20 Jan 1989)

Dave — Mon, 24 Nov 2008 10:45:38 +0000

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.

George H. W. Bush (1924–2018) American politician, diplomat, US President (1989–1993)
Inaugural Address (20 Jan 1989)

Bush, George H. W. -- Inaugural Address (20 Jan 1989)

Dave — Mon, 16 Jul 2012 12:40:40 +0000

There is but one just use of power, and it is to serve people.

George H. W. Bush (1924–2018) American politician, diplomat, US President (1989–1993)
Inaugural Address (20 Jan 1989)

Bush, George H. W. -- Inaugural Address (20 Jan 1989)

Dave — Mon, 06 Jun 2016 13:15:16 +0000

We have a place, all of us, in a long story. A story we continue, but whose end we will not see. It is the story of a new world that became a friend and liberator of the old, a story of a slave-holding society that became a servant of freedom, the story of a power that went into the world to protect but not possess, to defend but not to conquer.

George H. W. Bush (1924–2018) American politician, diplomat, US President (1989–1993)
Inaugural Address (20 Jan 1989)
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Bush, George H. W. -- News Conference, O’Hare Airport, Chicago (27 Aug. 1987)

Dave — Sun, 01 Feb 2004 16:00:00 +0000

No, I don’t know that atheists should be considered as citizens, nor should they be considered patriots. This is one nation under God.

George H. W. Bush (1924–2018) American politician, diplomat, US President (1989–1993)
News Conference, O’Hare Airport, Chicago (27 Aug. 1987)

Bush, George H. W. -- Speech, Lewiston Comprehensive High School, Maine (3 Sep 1991)

Dave — Wed, 08 Jun 2016 14:49:56 +0000

We cannot blame the schools alone for that dismal decline in SAT verbal scores. […] What happens at home really matters. And when our kids come home from school, do they pick up a book, or do they sit glued to the tube watching music videos? Parents: don’t make the mistake of thinking your kids only learn from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. You are and always will be their first teachers.

George H. W. Bush (1924–2018) American politician, diplomat, US President (1989–1993)
Speech, Lewiston Comprehensive High School, Maine (3 Sep 1991)
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Often misattributed to his son, George W. Bush.