578 Quotes by George H. W. Bush

Courage is a terribly important value. It means you don't run away when things are tough. It means you don't turn away from a friend when he or she is in trouble. It means standing up against the majority opinion.... There's a lot of people who won't wear it on their sleeve, or display it through some heroic act. But courage is having the strength to do what's honorable and decent.

As you know, in the 2000 campaign I articulated a point of view that we ought to have personal savings accounts for younger workers that would make sure those younger workers receive benefits equal to or greater than that which is expected, ... I still maintain the same position.

making sure that humanitarian relief gets to the people who are suffering in Liberia.

But I see history as a book with many pages--and each day we fill a page with acts of hopefulness and meaning.

By the year 2000, all Americans must be able to set the clocks on their VCRs.

Education is not complete unless we teach our children not only how to read and write but the difference between right and wrong.

The anchor in our world today is freedom, holding us steady in times of change, a symbol of hope to all the world.

legal but taxed and regulated like other goods.

Competence is a narrow ideal. Competence makes the trains run on time but doesn't know where they're going.