iaim2xl
01-15-2009, 08:51 PM
Less than a week left to appreciate this level of presidential material...
1. "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."—<?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" /><st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Washington</st1:City>, <st1:State w:st="on">D.C.</st1:State></st1:place>, Aug. 5, 2004
2. "I know how hard it is for you to put food on your family."—Greater
<st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Nashua</st1:City>, <st1:State w:st="on">N.H.</st1:State></st1:place>, Chamber of Commerce, Jan. 27, 2000
3. "Rarely is the question asked: Is our children learning?"—<st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Florence</st1:place></st1:City>,
S.C., Jan. 11, 2000
4. "Too many good docs are getting out of the business. Too many
OB/GYNs aren't able to practice their love with women all across the
country."—<st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Poplar Bluff</st1:City>, <st1:State w:st="on">Mo.</st1:State></st1:place>, Sept. 6, 2004
5. "Neither in French nor in English nor in Mexican."—declining to
answer reporters' questions at the <st1:City w:st="on">Summit</st1:City> of the <st1:country-region w:st="on">Americas</st1:country-region>, <st1:State w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Quebec</st1:place></st1:State>
<st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">City</st1:City>, <st1:country-region w:st="on">Canada</st1:country-region></st1:place>, April 21, 2001
6. "You teach a child to read, and he or her will be able to pass a
literacy test.''—<st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Townsend</st1:City>, <st1:State w:st="on">Tenn.</st1:State></st1:place>, Feb. 21, 2001
7. "I'm the decider, and I decide what is best. And what's best is for
Don Rumsfeld to remain as the secretary of defense."—<st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Washington</st1:City>, <st1:State w:st="on">D.C.</st1:State></st1:place>,
April 18, 2006
8. "See, in my line of work you got to keep repeating things over and
over and over again for the truth to sink in, to kind of catapult the
propaganda."—<st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Greece</st1:place></st1:country-region>, N.Y., May 24, 2005
9. "I've heard he's been called Bush's poodle. He's bigger than
that."—discussing former British Prime Minister Tony Blair, as quoted
by the Sunnewspaper, June 27, 2007
10. "And so, General, I want to thank you for your service. And I
appreciate the fact that you really snatched defeat out of the jaws of
those who are trying to defeat us in <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Iraq</st1:place></st1:country-region>."—meeting with Army Gen. Ray
<st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Odierno</st1:City>, <st1:State w:st="on">Washington</st1:State></st1:place>, D.C., March 3, 2008
11. "We ought to make the pie higher."—<st1:State w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">South Carolina</st1:place></st1:State> Republican
debate, Feb. 15, 2000
12. "There's an old saying in <st1:State w:st="on">Tennessee</st1:State>—I know it's in <st1:State w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Texas</st1:place></st1:State>, probably
in <st1:State w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Tennessee</st1:place></st1:State>—that says, fool me once, shame on—shame on you. Fool
me—you can't get fooled again."—<st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Nashville</st1:City>, <st1:State w:st="on">Tenn.</st1:State></st1:place>, Sept. 17, 2002
13. "And there is distrust in <st1:State w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Washington</st1:place></st1:State>. I am surprised, frankly, at
the amount of distrust that exists in this town. And I'm sorry it's
the case, and I'll work hard to try to elevate it."—speaking on
National Public Radio, Jan. 29, 2007
14. "We'll let our friends be the peacekeepers and the great country
called <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">America</st1:place></st1:country-region> will be the pacemakers."—<st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Houston</st1:place></st1:City>, Sept. 6, 2000
15. "It's important for us to explain to our nation that life is
important. It's not only life of babies, but it's life of children
living in, you know, the dark dungeons of the Internet."—<st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Arlington</st1:place></st1:City>
Heights, <st1:State w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Ill.</st1:place></st1:State>, Oct. 24, 2000
16. "One of the great things about books is sometimes there are some
fantastic pictures."—U.S. News & World Report, Jan. 3, 2000
17. "People say, 'How can I help on this war against terror? How can I
fight evil?' You can do so by mentoring a child; by going into a
shut-in's house and say I love you."—<st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Washington</st1:City>, <st1:State w:st="on">D.C.</st1:State></st1:place>, Sept. 19, 2002
18. "Well, I think if you say you're going to do something and don't
do it, that's trustworthiness."—CNN online chat, Aug. 30, 2000
19. "I'm looking forward to a good night's sleep on the soil of a
friend."—on the prospect of visiting <st1:country-region w:st="on">Denmark</st1:country-region>, <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Washington</st1:City>, <st1:State w:st="on">D.C.</st1:State></st1:place>, June
29, 2005
20. "I think it's really important for this great state of baseball to
reach out to people of all walks of life to make sure that the sport
is inclusive. The best way to do it is to convince little kids how
to—the beauty of playing baseball."—<st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Washington</st1:City>, <st1:State w:st="on">D.C.</st1:State></st1:place>, Feb. 13, 2006
21. "Families is where our nation finds hope, where wings take
dream."—<st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">LaCrosse</st1:City>, <st1:State w:st="on">Wis.</st1:State></st1:place>, Oct. 18, 2000
22. "You know, when I campaigned here in 2000, I said, I want to be a
war president. No president wants to be a war president, but I am
one."—<st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Des Moines</st1:City>, <st1:State w:st="on">Iowa</st1:State></st1:place>, Oct. 26, 2006
23. "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.' "—<st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Boston</st1:place></st1:City>, Oct.
3, 2000
24. "They misunderestimated me."—<st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Bentonville</st1:City>, <st1:State w:st="on">Ark.</st1:State></st1:place>, Nov. 6, 2000
25. "I'll be long gone before some smart person ever figures out what
happened inside this Oval Office."—<st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Washington</st1:City>, <st1:State w:st="on">D.C.</st1:State></st1:place>, May 12, 2008<?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /><o:p></o:p>
1. "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."—<?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" /><st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Washington</st1:City>, <st1:State w:st="on">D.C.</st1:State></st1:place>, Aug. 5, 2004
2. "I know how hard it is for you to put food on your family."—Greater
<st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Nashua</st1:City>, <st1:State w:st="on">N.H.</st1:State></st1:place>, Chamber of Commerce, Jan. 27, 2000
3. "Rarely is the question asked: Is our children learning?"—<st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Florence</st1:place></st1:City>,
S.C., Jan. 11, 2000
4. "Too many good docs are getting out of the business. Too many
OB/GYNs aren't able to practice their love with women all across the
country."—<st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Poplar Bluff</st1:City>, <st1:State w:st="on">Mo.</st1:State></st1:place>, Sept. 6, 2004
5. "Neither in French nor in English nor in Mexican."—declining to
answer reporters' questions at the <st1:City w:st="on">Summit</st1:City> of the <st1:country-region w:st="on">Americas</st1:country-region>, <st1:State w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Quebec</st1:place></st1:State>
<st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">City</st1:City>, <st1:country-region w:st="on">Canada</st1:country-region></st1:place>, April 21, 2001
6. "You teach a child to read, and he or her will be able to pass a
literacy test.''—<st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Townsend</st1:City>, <st1:State w:st="on">Tenn.</st1:State></st1:place>, Feb. 21, 2001
7. "I'm the decider, and I decide what is best. And what's best is for
Don Rumsfeld to remain as the secretary of defense."—<st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Washington</st1:City>, <st1:State w:st="on">D.C.</st1:State></st1:place>,
April 18, 2006
8. "See, in my line of work you got to keep repeating things over and
over and over again for the truth to sink in, to kind of catapult the
propaganda."—<st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Greece</st1:place></st1:country-region>, N.Y., May 24, 2005
9. "I've heard he's been called Bush's poodle. He's bigger than
that."—discussing former British Prime Minister Tony Blair, as quoted
by the Sunnewspaper, June 27, 2007
10. "And so, General, I want to thank you for your service. And I
appreciate the fact that you really snatched defeat out of the jaws of
those who are trying to defeat us in <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Iraq</st1:place></st1:country-region>."—meeting with Army Gen. Ray
<st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Odierno</st1:City>, <st1:State w:st="on">Washington</st1:State></st1:place>, D.C., March 3, 2008
11. "We ought to make the pie higher."—<st1:State w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">South Carolina</st1:place></st1:State> Republican
debate, Feb. 15, 2000
12. "There's an old saying in <st1:State w:st="on">Tennessee</st1:State>—I know it's in <st1:State w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Texas</st1:place></st1:State>, probably
in <st1:State w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Tennessee</st1:place></st1:State>—that says, fool me once, shame on—shame on you. Fool
me—you can't get fooled again."—<st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Nashville</st1:City>, <st1:State w:st="on">Tenn.</st1:State></st1:place>, Sept. 17, 2002
13. "And there is distrust in <st1:State w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Washington</st1:place></st1:State>. I am surprised, frankly, at
the amount of distrust that exists in this town. And I'm sorry it's
the case, and I'll work hard to try to elevate it."—speaking on
National Public Radio, Jan. 29, 2007
14. "We'll let our friends be the peacekeepers and the great country
called <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">America</st1:place></st1:country-region> will be the pacemakers."—<st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Houston</st1:place></st1:City>, Sept. 6, 2000
15. "It's important for us to explain to our nation that life is
important. It's not only life of babies, but it's life of children
living in, you know, the dark dungeons of the Internet."—<st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Arlington</st1:place></st1:City>
Heights, <st1:State w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Ill.</st1:place></st1:State>, Oct. 24, 2000
16. "One of the great things about books is sometimes there are some
fantastic pictures."—U.S. News & World Report, Jan. 3, 2000
17. "People say, 'How can I help on this war against terror? How can I
fight evil?' You can do so by mentoring a child; by going into a
shut-in's house and say I love you."—<st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Washington</st1:City>, <st1:State w:st="on">D.C.</st1:State></st1:place>, Sept. 19, 2002
18. "Well, I think if you say you're going to do something and don't
do it, that's trustworthiness."—CNN online chat, Aug. 30, 2000
19. "I'm looking forward to a good night's sleep on the soil of a
friend."—on the prospect of visiting <st1:country-region w:st="on">Denmark</st1:country-region>, <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Washington</st1:City>, <st1:State w:st="on">D.C.</st1:State></st1:place>, June
29, 2005
20. "I think it's really important for this great state of baseball to
reach out to people of all walks of life to make sure that the sport
is inclusive. The best way to do it is to convince little kids how
to—the beauty of playing baseball."—<st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Washington</st1:City>, <st1:State w:st="on">D.C.</st1:State></st1:place>, Feb. 13, 2006
21. "Families is where our nation finds hope, where wings take
dream."—<st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">LaCrosse</st1:City>, <st1:State w:st="on">Wis.</st1:State></st1:place>, Oct. 18, 2000
22. "You know, when I campaigned here in 2000, I said, I want to be a
war president. No president wants to be a war president, but I am
one."—<st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Des Moines</st1:City>, <st1:State w:st="on">Iowa</st1:State></st1:place>, Oct. 26, 2006
23. "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.' "—<st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Boston</st1:place></st1:City>, Oct.
3, 2000
24. "They misunderestimated me."—<st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Bentonville</st1:City>, <st1:State w:st="on">Ark.</st1:State></st1:place>, Nov. 6, 2000
25. "I'll be long gone before some smart person ever figures out what
happened inside this Oval Office."—<st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Washington</st1:City>, <st1:State w:st="on">D.C.</st1:State></st1:place>, May 12, 2008<?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /><o:p></o:p>