>"The person who runs FEMA is someone who must have the trust of the >> president. Because the person who runs FEMA is the first voice, >> oftentimes, of someone whose life has been turned upside down hears >> from." >> Austin, Texas, Jan. 4, 2001 >> >> "She is a member of a labor union at one point." >> Announcing his nomination of Linda Chavez as secretary of labor. >> Austin, Texas, Jan. 2, 2001 >> >> "Natural gas is hemispheric. I like to call it hemispheric in nature >> because it is a product that we can find in our neighborhoods." >> Austin, Texas, Dec. 20, 2000 >> >> "I am mindful of the difference between the executive branch and the >> legislative branch. I assured all four of these leaders that I know >> the difference, and that difference is they pass the laws and I >> execute them." Washington, D.C., Dec. 18, 2000 >> >> "The great thing about America is everybody should vote." >> Austin, Texas, Dec. 8, 2000 >> >> "Dick Cheney and I do not want this nation to be in a recession. We >> want anybody who can find work to be able to find work." >> 60 Minutes II, Dec. 5, 2000 >> >> "I knew it might put him in an awkward position that we had a >> discussion before finality has finally happened in this presidential >> race." >> Describing a phone call to Sen. John Breaux. Crawford, Texas, Dec. 2, >> 2000 >> >> "The legislature's job is to write law. It's the executive branch's >> job to interpret law." >> Austin, Texas, Nov. 22, 2000 >> >> "They misunderestimated me." >> Bentonville, Ark., Nov. 6, 2000 >> >> "They want the federal government controlling Social Security like >> it's some kind of federal program." >> St. Charles, Mo., Nov. 2, 2000 >> >> "Anyway, after we go out and work our hearts out, after you go out and >> help us turn out the vote, after we've convinced the good Americans to >> vote, and while they're at it, pull that old George W. lever, if I'm >> the one, when I put my hand on the Bible, when I put my hand on the >> Bible, that day when they swear us in, when I put my hand on the >> Bible, I will swear to not to uphold the laws of the land." >> Toledo, Ohio, Oct. 27, 2000 >> >> "Families is where our nation finds hope, where wings take dream." >> LaCrosse, Wis., Oct. 18, 2000 >> >> "I think we ought to raise the age at which juveniles can have a gun." >> >> "Mr. Vice President, in all due respect, it is I'm not sure 80 percent >> of the people get the death tax. I know this: 100 percent will get it >> if I'm the president." >> >> "If affirmative action means what I just described, what I'm for, then >> I'm for it." >> St. Louis, Mo., October 18, 2000 >> >> "I mean, there needs to be a wholesale effort against racial >> profiling, which is illiterate children." >> Second presidential debate, Oct. 11, 2000 >> >> "It's going to require numerous IRA agents." >> On Gore's tax plan, Greensboro, N.C., Oct. 10, 2000 >> >> "I think if you know what you believe, it makes it a lot easier to >> answer questions. I can't answer your question." >> In response to a question about whether he wished he could take back >> any of his answers in the first debate. >> Reynoldsburg, Ohio, Oct. 4, 2000 >> >> "I know the human being and fish can coexist peacefully." >> Saginaw, Mich., Sept. 29, 2000 >> >> "I will have a foreign-handed foreign policy." >> Redwood, Calif., Sept. 27, 2000 >> >> "One of the common denominators I have found is that expectations rise >> above that which is expected." >> Los Angeles, Sept. 27, 2000 >> >> "It is clear our nation is reliant upon big foreign oil. More and more >> of our imports come from overseas." >> Beaverton, Ore., Sep. 25, 2000 >> >> "The woman who knew that I had dyslexia I never interviewed her." >> Orange, Calif., Sept. 15, 2000 >> >> "I don't think we need to be subliminable about the differences >> between our views on prescription drugs." >> Orlando, Fla., Sept. 12, 2000 >> >> "Listen, Al Gore is a very tough opponent. He is the incumbent. He >> represents the incumbency. And a challenger is somebody who generally >> comes from the pack and wins, if you're going to win. And that's where >> I'm coming from." >> Detroit, Sept. 7, 2000 >> >> "We'll let our friends be the peacekeepers and the great country >> called America will be the pacemakers." >> Houston, Texas, Sept. 6, 2000 >> >> "Well, I think if you say you're going to do something and don't do >> it, that's trustworthiness." >> Houston, Texas, Sept. 6, 2000 >> >> "We cannot let terrorists and rogue nations hold this nation hostile >> or hold our allies hostile." >> Houston, Texas, Sept. 6, 2000 >> >> "The only things that I can tell you is that every case I have >> reviewed I have been comfortable with the innocence or guilt of the >> person that I've looked at. I do not believe we've put a guilty... I >> mean innocent person to death in the state of Texas." >> All Things Considered, NPR, June 16, 2000 >> >> Bush: "First of all, Cinco de Mayo is not the independence day. That's >> diecisiis de Septiembre, and... " >> Matthews: "What's that in English?" >> Bush: "Fifteenth of September." (Diecisiis de Septiembre = Sept. 16) >> Hardball, MSNBC, May 31, 2000 >> >> "Actually, I - this may sound a little West Texan to you, but I like >> it. When I'm talking about when I'm talking about myself, and when >> he's talking about myself, all of us are talking about me." >> Hardball, MSNBC, May 31, 2000 >> >> "This is a world that is much more uncertain than the past. In the >> past we were certain, we were certain it was us versus the Russians in >> the past. We were certain, and therefore we had huge nuclear arsenals >> aimed at each other to keep the peace. That's what we were certain >> of.... You see, even though it's an uncertain world, we're certain of >> some things. We're certain that even though the 'evil empire' may have >> passed, evil still remains. We're certain there are people that can't >> stand what America stands for.... We're certain there are madmen in >> this world, and there's terror, and there's missiles, and I'm certain >> of this, too: I'm certain to maintain the peace, we better have a >> military of high morale, and I'm certain that under this >> administration, morale in the military is dangerously low." >> Albuquerque, N.M., the Washington Post, May 31, 2000 >> >> "I think we agree, the past is over." >> On his meeting with John McCain, Dallas Morning News, May 10, 2000 >> >> "It's clearly a budget. It's got a lot of numbers in it." >> Reuters, May 5, 2000 >> >> "Laura and I really don't realize how bright our children is sometimes >> until we get an objective analysis." >> CNBC, April 15, 2000 >> >> "I was raised in the West. The west of Texas. It's pretty close to >> California. In more ways than Washington, D.C., is close to >> California." >> In Los Angeles as quoted by the Los Angeles Times, April 8, 2000 >> >> "I understand small business growth. I was one." >> New York Daily News, Feb. 19, 2000 >> >> "If you're sick and tired of the politics of cynicism and polls and >> principles, come and join this campaign." >> Hilton Head, S.C., Feb. 16, 2000 >> >> "The most important job is not to be governor, or first lady in my >> case." >> Pella, Iowa, as quoted by the San Antonio Express-News, Jan. 30, 2000 >> >> "Will the highways on the Internet become more few?" >> Concord, N.H., Jan. 29, 2000 >> >> "This is Preservation Month. I appreciate preservation. It's what you >> do when you run for president. You gotta preserve." >> Speaking during "Perseverance Month" at Fairgrounds Elementary School >> in Nashua, N.H. As quoted in the Los Angeles Times, Jan. 28, 2000 >> >> "I know how hard it is for you to put food on your family." >> Greater Nashua, N.H., Chamber of Commerce, Jan. 27, 2000 >> >> "When I was coming up, it was a dangerous world, and you knew exactly >> who they were," he said. "It was us vs. them, and it was clear who >> them was. Today, we are not so sure who the they are, but we know >> they're there." >> Iowa Western Community College, Jan 21, 2000 >> >> "Rarely is the question asked: Is our children learning?" >> Florence, S.C., Jan. 11, 2000 >> >> "I read the newspaper." >> In answer to a question about his reading habits, New Hampshire >> Republican Debate, Dec. 2, 1999 >> >> "The important question is, How many hands have I shaked?" >> Answering a question about why he hasn't spent more time in New >> Hampshire, in The New York Times, Oct. 23, 1999 >> >> "I don't remember debates. I don't think we spent a lot of time >> debating it. Maybe we did, but I don't remember." >> On discussions of the Vietnam War when he was an undergraduate at >> Yale, Washington Post, July 27, 1999 >> >> "If the East Timorians decide to revolt, I'm sure I'll have a >> statement." >> Quoted by Maureen Dowd in The New York Times, June 16, 1999 >> >> "Keep good relations with the Grecians." >> Quoted in the Economist, June 12, 1999
