The United States is not subject to international law and norms generally.
~ Condoleezza Rice (1954-11-14 age:63) quoted in Failed States. A confession of America being a scofflaw and reneging on treaty agreements.
Today, American and international presence in Iraq is vital. The American and international presence in Iraq is vital for democracy in Iraq and in the Middle East, and also for prevent foreign interference in the internal affairs of Iraq.
~ George W. Bush (1946-07-06 age:71), 2005-09-13Cough. Just what is the American invasion of Iraq if not foreign interference? By what moral principle is it ok for Bush to ask foreign nations such as Britain to help it beat the crap out of a country 1/12 its size where Iraq is expected to defend itself without aid.
We have no evidence that Saddam Hussein was involved with the September 11th attacks.
~ George W. Bush (1946-07-06 age:71), 2003-09-17, audio.
the enemy attacked us, Jim [explaining why he invaded Iraq.]
~ George W. Bush (1946-07-06 age:71)
Jim, the president just said something extraordinarily revealing and, frankly, very important in this debate. In answer to your question about Iraq and sending people into Iraq, he just said the enemy attacked us. Saddam Hussein didn’t attack us; Osama bin Laden attacked us. Al Qaeda attacked us.
~ John Kerry (1943-12-11 age:74) Senator, in rebuttal
“of course I know Osama bin Laden attacked us. I know that. I know that. [That the USA attacked Iraq first]
~ George W. Bush (1946-07-06 age:71), 2004-09-30, admitting his dissembling that Iraq attacked the USA when Kerry challenged him in the first presidential debate.
I wouldn’t join the International Criminal Court. This is a body based in The Hague where unaccountable judges, prosecutors, could pull our troops, our diplomats up for trial. And I wouldn’t join. And I understand that in certain capitals of, around the world that that wasn’t a popular move. But it’s the right move not to join a foreign court that could, where our people could be prosecuted.
~ George W. Bush (1946-07-06 age:71), 2004-10-01 confessing he is an international scofflaw during the first presidential debate with Kerry.
The United States has no credible evidence that Iraq moved weapons of mass destruction into Syria early last year before the U.S.-led war that drove Saddam Hussein from power.
~ Condoleezza Rice (1954-11-14 age:63) National Security Adviser 2004-09-04.
He [Saddam Hussein] has not developed any significant capability with respect to weapons of mass destruction. He is unable to project conventional power against his neighbors.
~ General Colin Powell (1937-04-05 age:81) 2001-02-02
As we now know, Iraq had no tie to Osama, no rôle in 2001-09-11, no nuclear program, no weapons of mass destruction, no plans to attack us. Its people did not threaten us and did not want war with us.
~ Pat Buchanan (1938-11-02 age:79) 2004-02-11
The most important difference between north Korea and Iraq was that economically we had no choice in Iraq.
~ Paul Wolfowitz (1943-12-22 age:74) then US Deputy Defense Secretary, 2003-06, when asked why Iraq, which didn’t have weapons of mass destruction, was invaded, while North Korea, which claimed to have a nuclear deterrent, wasn’t.
Al-Qaeda has tried to kill Pakistan’s leaders several times, so we have a common goal.
~ George W. Bush (1946-07-06 age:71), 2007-11-10
If you don’t like what we tell you to believe in, we’ll kill you.
~ George W. Bush (1946-07-06 age:71), 2006-01-04, comments following Pentagon briefing, admittedly out of context.
The truth of the matter is, if you listen carefully, Saddam would still be in power if he [John Kerry] were the President of the United States and the world would be a lot better off.
~ George W. Bush (1946-07-06 age:71), Second Presidential Debate, St. Louis, Missouri, 2004-10-08
See, in my line of work you got to keep repeating things over and over and over again for the truth to sink in, to kind of catapult the propaganda.
~ George W. Bush (1946-07-06 age:71), The White House, 2005-05-25.
I repeat, personal accounts do not permanently fix the solution.
~ George W. Bush (1946-07-06 age:71), A glimmer of truth, however, confused, from Bush on Social Security. White House, President’s Press Conference, 2005-03-16.
If they turn on the radars we’re going to blow up their goddamn SAMs (Service to Air Missiles) (surface-to-air missiles). They know we own their country. We own their airspace… We dictate the way they live and talk. And that’s what’s great about America right now. It’s a Good Thing™, especially when there’s a lot of oil out there we need.
~ General William R. Looney III U.S. Brigadier General, Washington Post, 1999-08-30; referring, in reality, to the mass-murder of hundreds of civilian Iraqi men, women and children during 10,000 sanction bombing sorties in the first eight months of 1999.
Yet in the face of this ongoing violence, each time the Iraqi people voice their opinion, they chose freedom.
~ George W. Bush (1946-07-06 age:71), Seattle Post Intelligencer, 2006-05-26, with Tony Blair. This is literally true, when polled, Iraqis say they want freedom from the American occupation.
How many Iraqi citizens have died in this war? I would say 30,000, more or less, have died as a result of the initial incursion and the ongoing violence against Iraqis.
~ George W. Bush (1946-07-06 age:71), 2005-12-14.
Iraq: denial and deception”
~ George W. Bush (1946-07-06 age:71) The title of Bush’s Iraq WMD (Weapon of Mass Destruction) speech on the White House website, 2002-10-07, where he told approximately 20 lies about knowing where Saddam had caches of various WMDs (Weapon of Mass Destructions).
See, free nations are peaceful nations. Free nations don’t attack each other. Free nations don’t develop weapons of mass destruction.
~ George W. Bush (1946-07-06 age:71), giving three reasons why the USA cannot be considered a free nation, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, 2003-10-20
I’m the master of low expectations.
~ George W. Bush (1946-07-06 age:71), aboard Air Force One, 2003-06-04
If there is a leak in my administration, I want to know who it is and if the person has violated the law, the person will be taken care of.
~ George W. Bush (1946-07-06 age:71), promising to lavish TLC (Tender Loving Care) on Karl Rove
The hijackers were instruments of evil who died in vain. Behind them is a cult of evil which seeks to harm the innocent and thrives on human suffering. Theirs is the worst kind of cruelty, the cruelty that is fed, not weakened, by tears. Theirs is the worst kind of violence, pure malice, while daring to claim the authority of God. We cannot fully understand the designs and power of evil. It is enough to know that evil, like goodness, exists. And in the terrorists, evil has found a willing servant.
~ George W. Bush (1946-07-06 age:71), talking about himself, 2001-10-11, Arlington, Virginia.
I think about over 20% of the people thus far that have been held to account as a result of the Abu Ghraib issue have been officers. I’m comfortable that we’re getting to the bottom of the situation. And I know we’re doing so in a transparent way.
~ George W. Bush (1946-07-06 age:71), commenting on the fact finding of probable cause to charge 27 officers and enlisted soldiers with offences ranging from dereliction of duty to maiming and involuntary manslaughter in the Dilawar torture case and charges recommended against 15 of them for the Habibullah torture case.
This notion that the United States is getting ready to attack Iran is simply ridiculous. Having said that, all options are on the table.
~ George W. Bush (1946-07-06 age:71), 2005-02-22, in other words, Bush admits his plans to invade Iraq are ridiculous but he is considering going ahead anyway.
As I was telling my husb— As I was telling President Bush.
~ Condoleezza Rice (1954-11-14 age:63) National Security Adviser 2004-02-26, at a dinner party hosted by New York Times D.C. bureau chief Philip Taubman and his wife. Rice has never been married, so it is a most peculiar slip of the tongue.
It is pointless to make the rich pay their fair share of taxes because the really rich people figure out how to dodge taxes anyway.
~ George W. Bush (1946-07-06 age:71), 2004-08-09
You know what would happen, they hire accountants and lawyers and you get stuck with the bill.
~ George W. Bush (1946-07-06 age:71), 2004-09-04 on why it is pointless to tax the rich.
Our enemies are innovative and resourceful and so are we. They never stop thinking about new ways to harm our country and our people and neither do we.
~ George W. Bush (1946-07-06 age:71), 2004-08-04, audio.
I kind of like ducking questions.
~ George W. Bush (1946-07-06 age:71) speaking to the Associated Press Luncheon, 2004-03-21 a large gathering of newspaper editors, publishers and executives
The future? We’ll all be dead!
~ George W. Bush (1946-07-06 age:71) to Bob Woodward in an interview.
You know, I just — I’m sure something will pop into my head here in the midst of this press conference, with all the pressure of trying to come up with an answer, but it hadn’t yet.
~ George W. Bush (1946-07-06 age:71), 2004-04-13, Prime Time Press Conference
admitting he had done no soul searching over his failures on 2001-09-11 or the Iraq war.
This is an impressive crowd. The haves and the have-mores. Some people call you the elite. I call you my base.
~ George W. Bush (1946-07-06 age:71) at the Al Smith Dinner, New York, 2000-10-20.
President Bush said today he’s troubled by all the gay marriages.… He said the only time two men should ever be in bed together is if one is a lobbyist and one is a politician.
~ Jay Leno (1950-04-28 age:68), comedian
If I’m the president, we’re going to have emergency-room care, we’re going to have gag orders.
~ George W. Bush (1946-07-06 age:71)
The vast majority of Iraqis want to live in a peaceful, free world. And we will find these people and we will bring them to justice.
~ George W. Bush (1946-07-06 age:71)
You can fool some of the people all of the time and those are the ones you have to concentrate on.
~ George W. Bush (1946-07-06 age:71)
Gridiron Club dinner, Washington, D.C., 2001-03-24
Denial or double-negative admission?:
The President did not, not receive information about the use of airplanes as missiles by suicide bombers.
~ Ari Fleischer (1960-10-13 age:57), 2002-05-16
I do know I’m ready for the job [the presidency]. And if not, that’s just the way it goes.
~ George W. Bush (1946-07-06 age:71)
It’s amazing I won. I was running against peace, prosperity. and incumbency.
~ George W. Bush (1946-07-06 age:71)
I am a patient man and when I say I am a patient, I means I am a patient man.
~ George W. Bush (1946-07-06 age:71)
If you’re sick and tired of the politics of cynicism and polls and principles, come and join this campaign.
~ George W. Bush (1946-07-06 age:71)
People that are really very weird can get into sensitive position and have a tremendous impact on history.
~ George W. Bush (1946-07-06 age:71), George W. Bushisms, Accidental Wit and Wisdom of Our 43rd President, edited by Jacob Weisberg
I am not part of the problem. I am a Republican.
~ George W. Bush (1946-07-06 age:71)
Sometimes Washington is one of these towns where the people who think they’ve got the sharp elbows are the most effective person.
~ George W. Bush (1946-07-06 age:71)
Source: Federal Document Clearing House, George W. Bush Participates in a Terrell-for-Senate Luncheon, 2002-12-03
I think anybody who doesn’t think I’m smart enough to handle the job is underestimating [how correct they are].
~ George W. Bush (1946-07-06 age:71)
U.S. News & World Report, 2000-04-03
My program of returning taxes to people who don’t need it will turn the economy around. Supply-sided economics lifts all yachts.
~ George W. Bush (1946-07-06 age:71)
In a Doonesbury comic strip
This is still a dangerous world. It’s a world of madmen and uncertainty and potential mential losses.
~ George W. Bush (1946-07-06 age:71)
The solid truth of the matter is, when you find-if you want to help heal the hurt, if you want to you hurt people-help people in pain, the best way to do so is to call upon the great strength of the country, which is the compassion of our fellow Americans.
~ George W. Bush (1946-07-06 age:71)
St. Louis, Missouri, 2002-11-04
Well, I think if you say you are going to do something and you don’t do it, that’s (what I mean by) trustworthiness.
~ George W. Bush (1946-07-06 age:71)
I don’t make any apologies for what I do on the campaign trail.
~ George W. Bush (1946-07-06 age:71)
We are concerned about AIDS (Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome) inside our White House — make no mistake about it.
~ George W. Bush (1946-07-06 age:71), letting us know he uses condoms for his kink S&M (Sadism & Masochism) sessions.
Washington, 2001-02-07
I think if you know what you believe, it makes it a lot easier to answer questions. I can’t answer your question.
~ George W. Bush (1946-07-06 age:71)
Ohio, 2000-10-04
Tommy is a good listener and he’s a pretty good actor, too. He can get things done. Action man, we call him.
~ George W. Bush (1946-07-06 age:71)
referring to Health and Human Services Secretary Tommy Thompson Source: PR (Public Relations) Newswire, Remarks by the President at the Economic Forum Health Care Security Session, 2002-08-13
Praising Thompson for his ability to lie.
I was not prepared to shoot my eardrum out with a shotgun in order to get a deferment. Nor was I willing to go to Canada. So I chose to better myself and learn to fly airplanes.
~ George W. Bush (1946-07-06 age:71)
1984-05 to the Houston Chronicle
I did eat with my family, so long as my mother wasn’t cooking. Wait a minute. Just kidding, Mom. She was one of the great fast food cooks of all time.
~ George W. Bush (1946-07-06 age:71), 2001-12-04
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