Political Quotes

George Bush

The Public Record

Oct 16, 1990

Public service is a public trust, requiring employees to place loyalty to the Constitution, the laws, and ethical principles above private gain.

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Oct 16, 1990

Employees shall disclose waste, fraud, abuse, and corruption to appropriate authorities.

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Oct 15, 1990

The bipartisan plan now being considered in the Senate does not raise income tax rates.

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Oct 15, 1990

Delaying the indexation of tax rates for inflation will increase the income taxes paid by middle class families — hardly an argument for fairness.

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Oct 15, 1990

The package would produce only about $470 billion if these increases to these funds provided for elsewhere in the bill were removed from the discretionary caps.

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Oct 15, 1990

We are not in the Middle East to protect oil; we are there to stand up against aggression.

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Oct 15, 1990

The President's senior advisors would recommend that the bill be vetoed if either of these provisions were included.

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Oct 15, 1990

By reversing this policy, the 'Ways and Means Democratic Alternative' brings back silent rate increases for everyone.

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Oct 15, 1990

By a partisan vote in the House of Representatives, the Democrats pushed through a tax increase on working men and women.

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