Random selections from W’s verbal assault on the English language, updated daily
“Free trade lowers consumer prices. In other words, when you open up trade, it’s good for consumers. Trade is good for people working. I don’t know if you realize this or not, but jobs exported by – supported by exports pay wages that are 13 to 18 percent higher than the average. If you manufacture a good that is sold overseas, you’re making more money that somebody who’s not exporting. Isn’t that an interesting fact?”
–Washington, D.C.; March 30, 2007
“I don’t have to accept their tennants. I was trying to convince those college students to accept my tenants. And I reject any labeling me because I happened to go to the university.”
–On NBC’s Today show; February 23, 2000
“We cannot let terrorists and rogue nations hold this nation hostile or hold our allies hostile.”
–Des Moines, Iowa; August 21, 2000
“We stand united in saying loud and clear that when we’ve got a troop in harm’s way, we expect that troop to be fully funded; and we’ve got commanders making tough decisions on the ground, we expect there to be no strings on our commanders.”
–Washington, D.C.; March 29, 2007
“[T]he best way to find these terrorists who hide in holes is to get people coming forth to describe the location of the hole, is to give clues and data.”
–Washington, D.C.; December 15, 2003
“One of my hardest parts of my job is to console the family members who have lost their life.”
–Washington, D.C.; April 13, 2004
“There’s a huge trust. I see it all the time when people come up to me and say, ‘I don’t want you to let me down again.’”
–Boston, Massachusetts; October 3, 2000
“And there is a new history now that has been done, and that history needs to be included in the process.”
–Bratislava, Slovakia; February 24, 2005
“They want the federal government controlling Social Security like it’s some kind of federal program.”
–St. Charles, Missouri; November 2, 2000
“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.”
–Washington, D.C.; August 5, 2004
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