Quotes from George H. W. Bush

I'm not trying to get myself up a notch on the ladder by shoving somebody else down on the ladder, whether it's a candidate or the president of the United States or anybody else. I just don't believe that's the way one oughta campaign, I've never done that.

I'm conservative, but I'm not a nut about it.

People must be free to work, to save, to own their own home, to take risks, to invest in each other and, in essence, to control their own lives.

Appeasement does not work. As was the case in the 1930s, we see in Saddam Hussein an aggressive dictator threatening his neighbors.

Ageing's alright, better than the alternative, which is not being here.

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

I don't write letters anymore.

Education is the key to opportunity. It's a ticket out of poverty.

Our stewardship of the Earth is brief. We owe it to those who follow to keep that in perspective, to be responsible passengers along the way.

Every American expects and deserves clean air, and then we act on that belief, then we will set an example for the rest of the world to follow.

Equality begins with economic empowerment.

You cannot be President of the United States if you don't have faith. Remember Lincoln, going to his knees in times of trial in the Civil War and all that stuff.