15 George W. Bush Quotes on Unity

George W. Bush quotes on unity

5. I'm a uniter, not a divider.

24. I have a different vision of leadership. A leadership is someone who brings people together.

38. I told all four [congressional leaders] that I felt like this election happened for a reason; that it pointed out - the delay in the outcome should make it clear to all of us - that we can come together to heal whatever wounds may exist, whatever residuals there may be. And I really look forward to the opportunity. I hope they've got my sense of optimism about the possible, and enthusiasm about the job. I told all four that there are going to be some times where we don't agree with each other, but that's okay. If this were a dictatorship, it would be a heck of a lot easier... [Bush laughs out loud, audience laughs out loud] ...just so long as I'm the dictator [more laughter].

41. I want everybody to hear loud and clear that I'm going to be the president of everybody.

46. We'll be a great country where the fabrics are made up of groups and loving centers.

74. You are either with us or you are against us in the fight against terror.

215. Germany is whole again.

221. The Terrorists brought us to our knees, but not in the way they intended to. They brought us to our knees and united us all in prayer.

312. America has never been united by blood or birth or soil. We are bound by ideals that move us beyond our backgrounds, lift us above our interests and teach us what it means to be citizens.

330. When it comes to the desire for liberty and justice, there is no clash of civilizations. People everywhere are capable of freedom, and worthy of freedom.

341. We have known divisions, which must be healed to move forward in great purposes - and I will strive in good faith to heal them. Yet those divisions do not define America. We felt the unity and fellowship of our nation when freedom came under attack, and our response came like a single hand over a single heart. And we can feel that same unity and pride whenever America acts for good, and the victims of disaster are given hope, and the unjust encounter justice, and the captives are set free.

359. Members of Congress: however we feel about the decisions and debates of the past, our nation has only one option: We must keep our word, defeat our enemies, and stand behind the American military in its vital mission.

361. Our own generation is in a long war against a determined enemy - a war that will be fought by presidents of both parties, who will need steady bipartisan support from the Congress. And tonight I ask for yours. Together, let us protect our country, support the men and women who defend us, and lead this world toward freedom.

399. And we base it, our history, and our decision making, our future, on solid values. The first value is, we're all God's children.[101]

417. We have one country, one Constitution and one future that binds us. And when we come together and work together, there is no limit to the greatness of America.