George H.W. Bush

It's true. So it's routine. Good to see you all. Got to go to work. Note: The exchange began at 5:55 a.m. during a walk from the White House to the Jefferson Memorial and back. In his re- marks, the President referred to Ross Perot…

No, we wanted to do it so we wouldn't foul up traffic. But it's great to do. I thought she might be a little tired, but she wasn't, so off we go. We wake up at 5 a.m. every morning. Got that? It's true.

Well, we talked about either today or tomorrow. Here's the way the decisionmaking process works: Barbara got home at about 11 p.m., so I made the command decision to go either this morning or tomorrow morning. So we went this morning.

Randall [Randall Pinkston, CBS News], nice to see you there. You've got to admit the timing was perfect on this, right? It's so beautiful. It really is.

No, you're right here. Here, Ranger, get in. They want you, I know. I know everyone wants you in the picture. Mrs. Bush. Sit down, Millie.

No. I'm just saying it's a little different between what you can do as President and what you can do as Vice President. Term Limitations

Valdez [David Valdez, President's Photographer], can you create a original ``Valdez'' out of this? A man of your ability ought to be able to make a real creation. I'll send this to my mother. This ``Valdez'' will live in history.

Yes, rooting for his ball team. There's a beautiful view there. And I've gotten so many compliments on that first pitch, I'm surprised you don't ask about that. A lot of people--I thought there would be some criticism. They could visualize…

You can see George sleeping over there. See, on the far right window. That's my son George; that's our son George's room. And when he got the word that the Texas Rangers won 4 to nothing at 5:45 a.m., he went back to sleep for another hour…

She said, ``Is Marlin quitting?'' That is so absurd. It's just absolutely absurd. And you know it. But you have to ask the question because somebody beat you to a story that's untrue. [Laughter] So you have to ask it, but it's silly. It's…

I think it's ridiculous. You know and I know that there's periodic stories of this nature. I've seen it in every single administration, Democrat and Republican. I discount it. I think we've got an outstanding staff. We've got good…

Well, I think probably yes. I don't think we're going to be able to get a 2-week vacation, nor do I feel need of that, although I was delighted when the doctor recommended it. Took a little pressure off so we could get a good long weekend…

I think Jefferson would have approved of that. Everybody has a right to petition his Government, or her Government, Helen; his in the generic sense.

That's exactly what the Supreme Court does. They interpret the Constitution. They do not legislate from the Bench. One of the things I'm most proud of is my appointments to the Supreme Court. And it's a good court, and it does not…

Well, I think he probably would. But I really think this is a very important statement here. Let's see what he says over here.

It does to me. ``We might as well require men to wear--[inaudible]''--in other words, things have to change. Congress must change.

Frequent changes . . . laws and institutions must go hand-in-hand with the progress of the human mind. As that becomes more developed, more enlightened, as new discoveries are made, new truth discovered, and matters of opinions change…

It will be daylight at 6:20 a.m., but we just wanted to get out here before we held up too much traffic. As I speak the sun is starting to rise somewhere.

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April 6, 1992 Stan Scott was a close, personal friend. Barbara and I will miss him greatly. He was a man who dedicated his life to service of family, country, and the betterment of his fellow man. Stan was universally admired. He was…

We must make schools more accountable by forcing them to compete.

And may God bless the United States.

Democracy and freedom once again have turned the world upside down.

I said something about it in January. Jim Baker mentioned it in December. I've been talking about it. The question, though, is not a lot of political rhetoric; the question is getting something done that's positive. And when you're dealing…

I'll let Jim Baker give you the details on it, but yes, we can. There is some new money in it. There's some new credits in it, you know, agricultural credits. But let him give you the details on what's going to be in the bill. It's not a…