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
George Bush Berühmte Zitate
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
Said in reference to a protest by Greens member Bob Brown during his address to the Australian Parliament as Brown was ordered to leave the parliament. October 23, 2003 http://theage.com.au/articles/2003/10/23/1066631538204.html?oneclick=true
2000s, 2003
2010s, 2011, Q&A with Former President George W. Bush (January 2011)
Asked why his administration had been unable to locate and arrest Osama Bin Laden. (16 January 2005) http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A12450-2005Jan15.html
2000s, 2005
Brazilian President Fernando Henrique Cardoso claimed that Bush said this to him in a meeting in mid-2002. As quoted in Der Spiegel http://web.archive.org/web/20020803023339/http://www.spiegel.de/panorama/0,1518,196865,00.html (3 August 2002).
Attributed, Private/attributed
2000s, 2003, Columbia space shuttle disaster (February 2003)
2010s, 2011, Q&A with Former President George W. Bush (January 2011)
Remarks at Bush Institute Summit, "The Spirit of Liberty: At Home, In The World" at the Bush Institute Summit in New York City https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S2YlVZxu_L0 (October 2017), as quoted in The Washington Post http://archive.is/jl9AF#selection-2115.0-2135.112 (October 2017)
2010s, 2017
A short time later, debris was seen falling from the skies above Texas. The Columbia is lost; there are no survivors.
2000s, 2003, Remarks after Columbia space shuttle disaster (February 2003)
I ask you to be citizens: citizens, not spectators; citizens, not subjects; responsible citizens, building communities of service and a nation of character.
2000s, 2001, First inaugural address (January 2001)
If we do not turn the hearts of children toward knowledge and character, we will lose their gifts and undermine their idealism. If we permit our economy to drift and decline, the vulnerable will suffer most.
2000s, 2001, First inaugural address (January 2001)
“A great nation does not hide its history. It faces its flaws and corrects them.”
Address at the Dedication of the National Museum of African-American History & Culture, delivered 24 September 2016, National Mall, Washington, D.C. reported in the American Rhetoric Online Speech Bank. As Archived https://web.archive.org/web/20200221020146/https://americanrhetoric.com/speeches/gwbushafricanamericanmuseum.htm from the original https://americanrhetoric.com/speeches/gwbushafricanamericanmuseum.htm on 21 February 2020.
2010s, 2016
“And whenever we need hope and inspiration, we can look to the skies and remember. God bless.”
2020's, Speech during a 9/11 commemoration at the Flight 93 National Memorial
“I come without explanations or solutions. I can only tell you what I’ve seen.”
2020's, Speech during a 9/11 commemoration at the Flight 93 National Memorial
2020's, Speech during a 9/11 commemoration at the Flight 93 National Memorial
“I'm having difficulty controlling my blood lust.”
Quelle: 20 September 2001, quoted in "Colin Powell Still Wants Answers" https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/16/magazine/colin-powell-iraq-war.html