George H.W. Bush

He's a strong leader, who wants a free and democratic Iraq to succeed.

We need to reform social security and Medicare.

We've all been entrusted with public office at a momentous time in our nation's history. And together we have important things to do. It's time to set aside politics, and focus on the future.

The need to protect ourselves from radicals and terrorists. The needs to win the war on terror.

The story today is going to be very discouraging to the American people.

And when he thought that the nation needed to put Watergate behind us, he made the tough and decent decision to pardon President Nixon, even though that decision probably cost him the presidential election.

When President Nixon needed to replace a vice president who had resigned in scandal, he naturally turned to a man whose name was a synonym for integrity, Gerald R. Ford.

The plan calls for sending 20,000 more U.S. troops to Iraq in a scheme being called -- what they're calling surge and accelerate.

I'm going to sign into law the most sweeping overhaul of federal mine safety law in nearly three decades.

In the days ahead, I will be addressing our nation about a new strategy to help the Iraqi people gain control of the security situation and hasten the day when the Iraqi government gains full control over its affairs.

As President George W. Bush said in 2007, joining the Convention will serve the national security interests of the United States, secure U.S. sovereign rights over extensive marine areas, promote U.S. interests in the health of the oceans…

A line has been drawn in the sand. Withdrawal from Kuwait, unconditionally and immediately, or face the terrible consequences.

He guided America through a crisis of confidence and helped our nation mend its wounds.

Israel has the right to defend herself.

What I'm telling you is that we're going to have a border that is smart and secure.

They think it is just a matter of time before America grows weary and leaves, abandons the people of Iraq, for example. And that's not going to happen.

I'm the decider. I'm the decider. And I decide what is best.

The timing is right for new leadership at the Pentagon.

This action by the United Nations, which was swift and tough, says that we are united in our determination to see to it that the Korean peninsula is nuclear weapons-free.

We're winning, and we will win.

But I'm the decider, and I decide what is best.

Many difficult choices and further sacrifices lie ahead, yet the safety and security of the American people require that we not relent in ensuring that Iraq's young democracy continues to progress.

Fair trials were unimaginable under Saddam Hussein's tyrannical rule.

Today Saddam Hussein was executed after receiving a fair trial, the kind of justice he denied the victims of his brutal regime.

We are reminded today of how far the Iraqi people have come since the end of Saddam Hussein's rule and that the progress they have made would not have been possible without the continued sacrifice -- service and sacrifice of our men and…