I take as my guide the hope of a saint:
in crucial things, unity-
in important things, diversity-
in all things, generosity.
—George H. W. Bush
People say I’m indecisive, but I don’t know about that.
—George H. W. Bush
Topics: Politicians, Politics
The greatest gift a parent can give a child is unconditional love. As a child wanders and strays, finding his bearings, he needs a sense of absolute love from a parent. There’s nothing wrong with tough love, as long as the love is unconditional.
—George H. W. Bush
I’ll be glad to reply to or dodge your questions, depending on what I think will help our election most.
—George H. W. Bush
Use power to help people. For we are given power not to advance our own purposes nor to make a great show in the world, nor a name. There is but one just use of power and it is to serve people.
—George H. W. Bush
Topics: Helpfulness
We are a nation of communities…a brilliant diversity spread like stars, like a thousand points of light in a broad and peaceful sky.
—George H. W. Bush
Topics: Humanity
You do not reform a world by ignoring it.
—George H. W. Bush
Topics: World
Communism didn’t fall. It was pushed.
—George H. W. Bush
Topics: Communism
Think about every problem, every challenge, we face. The solution to each starts with education.
—George H. W. Bush
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