George W. Bush in einer Videokonferenz mit US-amerikanischen Militärs und Zivilisten in Afghanistan am 13. März 2008. Welt.de - Präsident Bush findet Afghanistan "romantisch" http://www.welt.de/politik/article1799791/Praesident_Bush_findet_Afghanistan_romantisch.html, 16. März 2008
"It must be exciting for you ... in some ways romantic, in some ways, you know, confronting danger. You're really making history, and thanks". - Tabassum Zakaria, reuters.com 13 March 2008 http://www.reuters.com/article/2008/03/13/us-bush-afghanistan-idUSN1333111120080313
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Spiegel-online O-Töne 2003 http://www.spiegel.de/fotostrecke/o-toene-2003-es-ist-nicht-alles-ein-vergleich-was-hinkt-fotostrecke-291-12.html
"I'll say that the world is more peaceful and more free under my leadership, and America is more secure." - Rose Garden News Conference 28 October 2003. Elizabeth Bumiller, The New York Times 2 November 2003 http://www.nytimes.com/2003/11/02/weekinreview/page-two-oct-26-nov-1-the-world-is-more-free-and-more-peaceful.html
George W. Bush auf Bill Clintons Aussage, wonach ständig unterschätzt zu werden das beste sei, was einem widerfahren könne, wenn man politisch tätig ist. Podiumsdiskussion Juli 2017.
("The best thing that can happen to you when you're into politics is to be consistently underestimated." - "I was pretty good at that." -
Bush greift lediglich einen schon mehr als 100 Jahre umlaufenden Gedanken auf, der die Selbsteinschätzung auf der Grundlage der eigenen motives/intentions/ideals der Beurteilung anderer nach deren actions/doings/conduct/behavior gegenüberstellt, vgl. http://quoteinvestigator.com/2015/03/19/judge-others/. Johan Galtung äußerte am 4. Juni 2009 in einem Vortrag vor der Europäischen Kommission: "We tend to judge ourselves by our best intentions [...] and adversaries by their worst behavior [...]."
Original: (en) Too often we judge other groups by their worst examples, while judging ourselves by our best intentions
Quelle: Bush am 12. Juli 2016 in einer Trauerrede zur Beerdigung von fünf in Dallas getöteten Polizisten https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Attentat_auf_Polizisten_in_Dallas_am_7._Juli_2016. Sueddeutsche.de http://www.sueddeutsche.de/politik/trauerfeier-fuer-getoetete-cops-obama-wir-verlangen-zu-viel-von-unseren-polizisten-1.3076245, 13. Juli 2016
George Bush: Zitate auf Englisch
2000s, 2006, State of the Union (January 2006)
2nd Presidential Debate, October 8, 2004 http://www.debates.org/pages/trans2004c.html
2000s, 2004
2000s, 2006, State of the Union (January 2006)
“Thank you. God told me to wear it.
That's a joke.”
Responding to a compliment on his suit from European Commission president Jose Manuel Barroso (November 2005) http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/4421818.stm
2000s, 2005
“We're going to get bin Laden. Dead or alive, it doesn't matter to me.”
12/14/2001 http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/1711874.stm Bush's words elsewhere was that he is "determined" to capture Bin Laden dead or alive, and is confident about succeeding http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/1711717.stm
2000s, 2001
Sept. 11, 5 years later: 'We stand together' http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/14780747/ (September 11, 2006)
2000s, 2006
Interview on Middle East Television Network, February 18, 2004 http://georgewbush-whitehouse.archives.gov/news/releases/2004/02/20040218-10.html
2000s, 2004
“I thought the Iraqis were Muslims.”
Meeting with three Iraqi-Americans before the invasion of Iraq, regarding a potential conflict between followers of Shia and Sunni Islam. See Peter Galbraith (2006), The End of Iraq: How American Incompetence Created A War Without End.
Attributed, Private/attributed
“I happen to be one of these guys that when you say something, you better mean it.”
2010s, 2011, Speech at the Gerald R. Ford Foundation (2011)
As quoted in "Is Putin Popular?" https://www.nationalreview.com/2018/03/is-putin-popular-c/ (2018), by Jay Nordlinger, National Review
2010s
2000s, 2002, State of the Union address (January 2002)
2000s, 2002, State of the Union address (January 2002)
2000s, 2002, State of the Union address (January 2002)
“This is, above all, the age of liberty.”
2000s, 2003, Address to the National Endowment for Democracy (November 2003)
On who should decide when to increase or decrease troop levels in Iraq
President Bush Discusses War on Terror, Economy with Associated General Contractors of America http://georgewbush-whitehouse.archives.gov/news/releases/2007/05/20070502-2.html (May 2, 2007)
2000s, 2007
President Bush Rejects Artificial Deadline, Vetoes Iraq War Supplemental http://georgewbush-whitehouse.archives.gov/news/releases/2007/05/20070501-6.html (May 1, 2007)
2000s, 2007
“I hadn't heard that…. I, frankly, have been focused elsewhere, like on gasoline prices.”
Explaining, first, that he hadn't heard gas prices were climbing to $4, then explaining he was focused on gas prices in response to a question of what groups fund his library; press conference, February 28, 2008 Watch video http://thinkprogress.org/2008/02/28/bush-falsely-claims-hes-focused-on-gas-prices/
2000s, 2008
2000s, 2009, Farewell speech to the nation (January 2009)
2000s, 2003, Remarks on the Capture of Saddam Hussein (December 2003)
Speech in Birmingham, Alabama, November 3, 2003 http://georgewbush-whitehouse.archives.gov/news/releases/2003/11/20031103-7.html http://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F70914FA35540C778CDDA80994DB404482
2000s, 2003
2000s, 2003, A Vision for Iraq and the Iraqi people (March 2003)
Governor Bush on gay marriage, Larry King Live (February 15, 2000)
2000s, 2000
2000s, 2008, Address to the United Nations General Assembly (September 2008)
2010s, 2015, Remarks at the SMU 100th Spring Commencement (May 2015)
November 7, 2005. http://www.cnn.com/2005/POLITICS/11/07/bush.torture.ap/ http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/4415132.stm
2000s, 2005
2000s, 2007, Virginia Tech Prayer Vigil (April 2007)
“Both those men are doing fantastic jobs and I strongly support them.”
In reference to Donald Rumsfeld and Dick Cheney in an Oval Office interview http://www.cnn.com/2006/POLITICS/11/01/bush.cheney.ap/, one week prior to accepting Rumsfeld’s resignation (November 1, 2006)
2000s, 2006
2000s, 2002, State of the Union address (January 2002)
“Sometimes, words have consequences you don't intend them to mean”
14 January 2005
http://www.cnn.com/2005/ALLPOLITICS/01/14/bush.regrets.ap/index.html
2000s, 2005
Joint statement with https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/onpolitics/2017/08/16/republicans-denounce-charlottesville-violence-president-trump-comments/572378001/ George H. W. Bush (August 2017), as quoted in "Politics: Both Bush presidents just spoke out on Charlottesville — and sound nothing like Trump" https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/politics/wp/2017/08/16/both-bush-presidents-just-spoke-out-on-charlottesville-and-sound-nothing-like-trump/?utm_term=.0ef03a83ed2f (16 August 2017), by Cleve R. Wootson Jr., The Washington Post
2010s, 2017
