Adventures in George W. Bushspeak
(The accidental words of wisdom of our illustrious leader)

"The public education system in America is one of the most important foundations of our democracy. After all, it is where
children from all over America learn to be responsible citizens, and learn to have the skills necessary to take advantage of
our fantastic opportunistic society." �George W. Bush, May 1, 2002

"Do you have blacks, too?" �George W. Bush, to Brazilian President Fernando Cardoso, Nov. 8, 2001, as reported in an  April 28, 2002, Estado Sao Pauloan column by Fernando Pedreira, a close friend of President Cardoso

"I'd rather have them sacrificing on behalf of our nation than, you know, endless hours of testimony on
congressional hill." �George W. Bush, Fort Meade, Maryland, June 4, 2002

"We hold dear what our Declaration of Independence says, that all have got uninalienable rights, endowed
by a Creator." �George W. Bush, to community and religious leaders in Moscow, May 24, 2002

"We're working with Chancellor Schr�der on what's called 10-plus-10-over-10: $10 billion from the
U.S.,$10 billion from other members of the G7 over a 10-year period, to help Russia securitize the
dismantling � the dismantled nuclear warheads." �George W. Bush, Berlin, Germany, May 23, 2002

"After all, a week ago, there were � Yasser Arafat was boarded up in his building in Ramallah, a building
full of, evidently, German peace protestors and all kinds of people. They're now out. He's now free to show leadership, to lead  the world." �George W. Bush, Washington, D.C., May 2, 2002

"This foreign policy stuff is a little frustrating." �George W. Bush, as quoted by the New York Daily News, April 23, 2002

"It would be a mistake for the United States Senate to allow any kind of human cloning to come out of that chamber."
�George W. Bush, Washington, D.C., April 10, 2002

"And so, in my State of the � my State of the Union � or state � my speech to the nation, whatever you
want to call it, speech to the nation � I asked Americans to give 4,000 years � 4,000 hours over the
next � the rest of your life � of service to America. That's what I asked � 4,000 hours." �George W.
Bush, Bridgeport, Conn., April 9, 2002

"Sometimes when I sleep at night I think of (Dr. Seuss's) 'Hop on Pop.'" �George W. Bush, in a speech
about childhood education, Washington, D.C., April 2, 2002

 

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