George W. Bush Quotes on Power
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You don't get everything you want. A dictatorship would be a lot easier.
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If we're an arrogant nation, they'll resent us; if we're a humble nation, but strong, they'll welcome us.
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Dealing with Congress is a matter of give and take. The president doesn't get everything he wants, the Congress doesn't get everything they want. But we're finding good common ground. A dictatorship would be a heck of a lot easier, there's no question about it.
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That's why I cut the taxes on everybody. I didn't cut them. The Congress cut them. I asked them to cut them.
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One has a stronger hand when there's more people playing your same cards.
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The most powerful force in the world is not a weapon or a nation but a truth: that we are spiritual beings, and that freedom is 'the soul's right to breathe.'
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America has never been an empire. We may be the only great power in history that had the chance, and refused - preferring greatness to power and justice to glory.
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The peaceful transfer of authority is rare in history, yet common in our country. With a simple oath, we affirm old traditions and make new beginnings.
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It's not a dictatorship in Washington, but I tried to make it one in that instance.
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Let me put it to you this way. I earned capital in the campaign, political capital, and now I intend to spend it. It is my style.