Quotes from George H. W. Bush

Lincoln said you cannot be President without spending some item on your knees. I have repeated that and a bunch of Atheists got all over me. Wait a minute. Does that mean that you cannot be President if you are an Atheist? I say yea that does mean that.

We are not the sum of our possessions.

I'm going to be so much better a president for having been at the CIA that you're not going to believe it.

A President is neither prince nor pope, and I don't seek a window on men's souls. In fact, I yearn for a greater tolerance, an easy-goingness about each other's attitudes and way of life.

I do not like broccoli. And I haven't liked it since I was a little kid and my mother made me eat it. And I'm President of the United States and I'm not going to eat any more broccoli.

A good country song taps into strong undercurrents of family, faith, and patriotism.

We are a nation of communities... a brilliant diversity spread like stars, like a thousand points of light in a broad and peaceful sky.

A campaign is a disagreement, and disagreements divide. But an election is a decision, and decisions clear the way for harmony and peace. I mean to be president of all the people.

People say I'm indecisive, but I don't know about that.

No, I don't know that atheists should be considered as citizens, nor should they be considered as patriots. This is one nation under God.

May God bless those who died and bless their families. With regards, George Bush.

Our God is a forgiving God.