George H.W. Bush

We're not going to talk about it until the investigation is complete. And it's important that the investigation run its course.

There's always a temptation in the middle of a long struggle to seek the quiet life.

We're facing a radical ideology with inalterable objectives, to enslave whole nations and intimidate the world.

If we had an outbreak somewhere in the United States, do we not then quarantine that part of the country, and how do you then enforce a quarantine. One option is the use of a military that is able to plan and move, so that's why I put it…

Am I what? (UNINTELLIGIBLE) conservative? Proudly so. Proudly so.

I don't want to put somebody on the bench who is this way today and changes.

I know her heart. I know what she believes.

We're watching it. We're careful. We're in communications with the world. I'm not predicting an outbreak. I'm just suggesting to you that we better be thinking about it.

She is a woman of enormous accomplishment. She is -- she understands the law. She's got a keen mind. She will not legislate from the bench.

I'm interested in people that will be strict constructionists.

There should be no doubt in anybody's mind what I believe the philosophy of a judge, and Harriet Miers shares that philosophy.

Well, Social Security for me is never off. It's a long-term problem that is going to need to be addressed.

I was disappointed, frankly, in the vote I got in the African American community. I was.

I take all the responsibility for the failures at the federal level.

We've been through a lot, but there is no question in my mind that we're going to accomplish great things.

Harriet Miers will strictly interpret our Constitution and laws. She will not legislate from the bench.

And I'm proud to announce that I am nominating Harriet Ellen Miers to serve as associate justice of the Supreme Court.

And I appreciate the planning that the governor has put into this. The state of Texas is -- took precautions before the storm hit and is now responding. And our job is to work with the state.

We can all pitch in by using -- by being better conservers of energy. We can curtail nonessential travel that makes sense for the citizen out there to curtail nonessential travel. It darn sure makes sense for federal employees.

Our job is to assist -- prepare for and assist the state and local people to save lives and to help these people get back on their feet.

You bet, it's going to cost money. But I'm confident we can handle it. We have got to maintain economic growth, and therefore, we should not raise taxes.

We will do what it takes. We will stay as long as it takes to help citizens rebuild their communities and their lives.

The federal government must cut spending to pay for reconstruction work.

It's impossible to imagine the U.S. without New Orleans.

Poverty has roots in the history of racial discrimination, which cut off generations from the opportunity of America. We have a duty to confront this poverty with bold action.