Staying the Course

We will stay the course until the job is done, Steve. And the temptation is to try to get the President or somebody to put a timetable on the definition of getting the job done. We’re just going to stay the course.

15-Dec-03

And my message today to those in Iraq is: We’ll stay the course.

13-Apr-04

And that’s why we’re going to stay the course in Iraq. And that’s why when we say something in Iraq, we’re going to do it.

16-Apr-04

And so we’ve got tough action in Iraq. But we will stay the course.

05-Apr-04

We will stay the course, we will complete the job in Iraq.

04-Aug-06

We will stay the course.

30-Aug-06

Well, listen, we've never been "stay the course", George. We have been, "We will complete the mission, we will do our job and help achieve the goal, but we're constantly adjusting the tactics . .

23-Oct-2006

Holding six-party talks with North Korea

One has a stronger hand when there's more people playing your same cards.

History & Legacy

You never know what your history is going to be like until long after you're gone.

May 5, 2006

I like to tell people when the final history is written on Iraq, it will look like just a comma because there is -- my point is, there's a strong will for democracy.

interview with CNN's Wolf Blitzer, Sept. 24, 2006

There's a lot of books out there—a lot. I don't know if I've set the record, or not, but I guess it means that I've made some hard decisions and will continue to make hard decisions. . . somebody ought to add up the number of pages that have been written about my administration.

Newsweek 16-Oct-06

My advice to the next President.

West Texas

I like my buddies from west Texas. I liked them when I was young, I liked them then I was middle-age, I liked them before I was president, and I like them during president, and I like them after president.

Feb. 1, 2006

If people want to get to know me better, they've got to know my parents and the values my parents instilled in me, and the fact that I was raised in West Texas, in the middle of the desert, a long way away from anywhere, hardly. There's a certain set of values you learn in that experience.

May 5, 2006

I think -- tide turning -- see, as I remember -- I was raised in the desert, but tides kind of -- it's easy to see a tide turn -- did I say those words?

June 14, 2006

Katrina

And I suspect that what you'll see, Toby, is there will be a momentum, momentum will be gathered. Houses will begat jobs, jobs will begat houses.

Aug. 28, 2006

Afghanistan & Pakistan

I believe that a prosperous, democratic Pakistan will be a steadfast partner for America, a peaceful neighbor for India, and a force for freedom and moderation in the Arab world.

March 3, 2006

Baseball

I think it's really important for this great state of baseball to reach out to people of all walks of life to make sure that the sport is inclusive. The best way to do it is to convince little kids how to--the beauty of playing baseball.

Feb. 13, 2006

Saddam

He was a state sponsor of terror. In other words, the government had declared, you are a state sponsor of terror.

Manhattan, Kansas