George Bush actually said...

"Such excusal from duty should also apply for any employee who is needed for emergency law enforcement, relief, or clean-up efforts authorized by State or local officials having jurisdiction."

"This has been historic, and I promise you that I won't, that my Cabinet won't, and that our entire administration will not."

"I do not counsel a naive nostalgia, some tame adherence to the past."

"Colombia's fight against the drug traffickers is an example to the rest of the world."