George H.W. Bush

Andy is one of this town's best kept secrets, one of the best liked, most well-respected members of the team.

Well, look at the results of the election so far. Anytime you beat somebody by 40 points, that used to be considered a landslide. Now we've changed the--I don't know what different ground rules are being used, but I think it's fair in my…

But I think being pleasant is the way to do it and keeping your sights set on the major issues facing this country, challenging the Congress to move. And incidentally, I get credit for a full press conference here because I was only going…

Well, I have over the last 3 or 4 years, yes. [Laughter] My modus operandi is to be pleasant with you people when you ask me irritating questions. And that isn't always easy. But I think you'll have to give me good marks for having done…

Let the process work. I thought Saturday was fantastic, and I think we'll have a good day tomorrow. Just keep your sights set on the ball; don't get irritated, be pleasant. I've been through the other side of that drill over a period of…

It will take care of $40 billion. No, our plan takes care of the 90 million by giving--90 million? Come on, that's too high a figure.

It gets paid for through a lot of things. I'll tell you one main way it gets paid for is by cutting down on these frivolous malpractice suits. Somebody estimated that would be $40 billion. And we're having great difficulty getting it…

I'd say that that's crazy. They haven't looked at it. What most of them want to do is have a nationalized health care. And that would result in far less quality health care. We have a plan that makes insurance accessible to all; that's the…

Not now, Helen [Helen Thomas, United Press International]. I might get on your case if you--[laughter]--no, I would never--well, it doesn't matter. [Laughter] Health Care Reform

I haven't been trying to analyze that up until now, and I don't think I'll start now, if you'll excuse me. We're waging a pretty good campaign. It's high-level. It's keeping my sights on the major issues. A lot of them, such as world…

I have no recent information. I talked to General Scowcroft this morning, but nothing to say publicly on that. Loan Guarantees for Israel

Well, it's hard to tell. They're talking, though. A year ago nobody would have thought that possible. And it's very important that they keep talking. And that's what our whole policy is about; that's a lot of what post-Desert Storm was…

We're going to have just a little statement here. Thanks for helping with the logistics here. But what I want to do now is to send our most sincere condolences to the people of Israel and to the family of Menachem Begin, former Prime…

We will do what's right, and I'm looking forward to going over this with Mr. Yeltsin when he's here.

We have a huge stake in the success of democracy in Russia and in the other C.I.S. countries.

I'm going to veto that tax increase bill as soon as it's sent to me.

Raising taxes on the American people, given the situation, is simply not acceptable.

It would also cause serious problems in our overall relationships.

We can only change things if we work in common purpose.

We send our most sincere condolences to the people of Israel and to the family of Menachem Begin.

Let the process work.

We've spelled out our agenda over the last 3 years.

The Government's first duty is like that of the physician: Do no harm.

I think we'll do it, plus better education, fighting against crime by trying to get some reasonable crime bill passed.

His historic role in the peace conference, peace process, will never be forgotten.