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"The problem with the French is that they don't have a word for entrepreneur."

. . . discussing the decline of the French economy with British Prime Minister Tony Blair

"I've heard he's been called Bush's poodle. He's bigger than that."

. . . on former British Prime Minister Tony Blair, as quoted by the Sun newspaper, 6/27/07

"More than two decades later, it is hard to imagine the Revolutionary War coming out any other way."

. . . Martinsburg, WV, 7/4/07

"My job is a decision-making job, and as a result, I make a lot of decisions."

. . . Lancaster, PA, 10/3/07

"I can press when there needs to be pressed; I can hold hands when there needs to be--hold hands."

. . . on how he can contribute to the Middle East peace process, Washington, DC, 1/4/08

"I don't particularly like it when people put words in my mouth, either, by the way, unless I say it."

. . . Crawford, TX, 10/10/07

"All I can tell you is: when the governor calls, I answer his phone."

. . . San Diego, CA, 10/25/07

"One of my concerns is that the health care not be as good as it can possibly be."

. . . on military benefits, Tipp City, OH, 4/19/07

"I think that the vice president is a person reflecting a half-glass-full mentality."

. . . interview on National Public Radio, 1/29/07

"I welcome you all to say a few comments to the TV, if you care to do so."

. . . inviting visiting Irish dignitaries to address the media, Washington, DC, 12/7/07

"We ended the rule of one of history's worst tyrants, and, in so doing, we not only freed the American people, we made our own people more secure."

. . . Crawford, TX, 5/3/03

"This foreign policy stuff is a little frustrating."

. . . as quoted by the New York Daily News, 4/23/02

"It would be a mistake for the United States Senate to allow any kind of human cloning to come out of that chamber."

. . . Washington, DC, 4/10/02

"I want to thank the dozens of welfare to work stories, the actual examples of people who made the firm and solemn commitment to work hard to embetter themselves."

. . . Washington, DC, 4/18/02

"I think we are welcomed. But it was not a peaceful welcome."

. . . defending Vice President Dick Cheney's pre-war assertion that the United States would

be welcomed in Iraq as liberators, NBC Nightly News interview, 12/12/05

"I'm looking forward to a good night's sleep on the soil of a friend."

. . . on visiting Denmark, Washington DC, 6/29/05

"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."

. . . Greece, NY, 5/24/05

"I can only speak to myself."

. . . Washington, DC, 4/28/05

"[I'm] occasionally reading, I want you to know, in the second term."

. . . Washington, DC, 3/16/05

"In terms of timetables, as quickly as possible--whatever that means."

. . . on his time frame for shoring up Social Security, Washington DC, 3/16/05

"After all, Europe is America's closest ally."

. . . Mainz, Germany, 2/23/05

"Because he's hiding."

. . . responding to a reporter who asked why Osama bin Laden had not been caught,

aboard Air Force One, 1/14/05

"Who could have possibly envisioned an erection--an election in Iraq at this point in history?"

. . . at the White House, Washington, DC, 1/10/05

"We need to apply 21st-century information technology to the health care field. We need to have our medical records put on the I.T."

. . . Collinsville, IL, 1/5/05

"I believe we are called to do the hard work to make our communities and quality of life a better place."

. . . Collinsville, IL, 1/5/05

"I think the American people--I hope the American--I don't think, let me--I hope the American people trust me."

. . . Washington, DC, 12/18/02

"I'm the commander--see, I don't need to explain--I do not need to explain why I say things. That's the interesting thing about being president."

. . . as quoted in Bob Woodward's Bush at War

"We need an energy bill that encourages consumption."

. . . Trenton, NJ, 9/23/02

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