Archive for August, 2007

We love things

“See, we love — we love freedom. That’s what they didn’t understand. They hate things; we love things. They act out of hatred; we don’t seek revenge, we seek justice out of love.”

—Oklahoma City, Oklahoma; August 29, 2002

Take the high horse

“The senator has got to understand if he’s going to have — he can’t have it both ways. He can’t take the high horse and then claim the low road.”

—Florence, South Carolina; February 17, 2000

How’d he do that?

“I’m honored to shake the hand of a brave Iraqi citizen who had his hand cut off by Saddam Hussein.”

—Washington, D.C.; May 25, 2004

On education

“How do you know if you don’t measure if you have a system that simply suckles kids through?”

—Beaufort, South Carolina; February 16, 2000

Are you listening?

“I want everybody to hear loud and clear that I’m going to be the president of everybody.”

—Washington, D.C.; January 18, 2001

Protecting us from trade policy

“We thought we were protected forever from trade policy or terrorist attacks because oceans protected us.”

—Santiago, Chile; November 20, 2004

Poverty don’t kill people

“First, let me make it very clear, poor people aren’t necessarily killers. Just because you happen to not be rich doesn’t mean you’re willing to kill.”

—Washington, D.C.; May 19, 2003

I’m proud to be the nation

“Well, it’s an unimaginable honor to be the president during the Fourth of July of this country. It means what these words say, for starters. The great inalienable rights of our country. We’re blessed with such values in America. And I — it’s — I’m a proud man to be the nation based upon such wonderful values.”

—Washington, D.C.; July 2, 2001

A chip off the old grindstone

“I thought how proud I am to be standing up beside my dad. Never did it occur to me that he would become the gist for cartoonists.”

Newsweek Magazine; February 28, 2000

Or his partners

“Just remember it’s the birds that are supposed to suffer, not the hunter.”

—Roswell, New Mexico; January 22, 2004

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