4 George W. Bush Quotes on Authority

George W. Bush quotes on authority

55. It's my honor to speak to you as the leader of your country. And the great thing about America is you don't have to listen unless you want to.

254. The question is, who ought to make that decision? The Congress or the commanders? And as you know, my position is clear - I'm a commander guy.

276. And yes, I'm aware our national security team met on this issue. And I approved.... I told the country we did that. And I also told them it was legal. We had legal opinions that enabled us to do it.

444. I do not believe that the President was in any way directly involved in the leaking of her identity, but that was a very disillusioning moment for me when I found out when it initially hit the press, and I was in North Carolina, if I remember correctly, and a reporter shouted out to the President, 'Is it true that you authorized the secret leaking of this classified information?' We walked onto Air Force One, and the Presidents asks, 'What was the reporter asking?', and I said, 'He asserted that you were the one who authorized Scooty Libby leaking this information,' and he said, 'Yeah, I did.'