Quotes

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Dick Cheney: [talking about torture methods] They utilize fear scenarios. George W. Bush: You mean like pulling out their toenails?

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George W. Bush: I hear you're looking for me! Wanna go a few rounds mano-a-mano right here? George H.W. Bush: You want an ass-whipping? George W. Bush: Try it, old man! George H.W. Bush: Go ahead, take a swing!

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George W. Bush: So, what did that old battleaxe Helen Thomas say about Iraq? Ari Fleischer: Oh, you know the rap. "What makes Saddam different than any other dictator?" "What right do we have to go into Iraq?" George W. Bush: Did you tell her I don't like mud-suckers who gas their own people? Did you tell her I don't like assholes that try to kill my father? Did you tell her I'm gonna kick his sorry mother-frickin' ass all over the Middle East? Ari Fleischer: Uh, I told her about... half of that.

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Karl Rove: You look down. George W. Bush: Just tired, that's all. Just wondering what's gonna happen next. Karl Rove: What do you mean? George W. Bush: Well, my father's not going to give me a position, because he can't. And I'm not going to sit around and become a lobbyist, that's for sure. Karl Rove: George, I've been a lifelong student of political horseflesh. From what I see, you've got a natural talent. You've got the people touch. But you need to go out into the world and do something. I don't know how else to say it, but you haven't done jack shit yet.

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George W. Bush: Who's ever remembered the son of a president? Laura Bush: John Quincy Adams! George W. Bush: Yeah, but that was like, 300 years ago, wasn't it?

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Journalist: Mr. President, what place do you think you will have in history? George W. Bush: History? In history we'll all be dead!

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George W. Bush: Now I don't believe in forcing myself on people, so I'm just gonna ask for your phone number, not your vote. Laura Bush: [laughs] You're a devil! Devil in a white hat!

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Gen. Colin Powell: Funny Dick, I remember you once agreeing that going all the way in Baghdad would be a mistake. Dick Cheney: Well, I think you made a bigger boo-boo, Colin. You could have been president. Gen. Colin Powell: Fuck you.

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Karl Rove: Here they come. They'll be bringing the heat. George W. Bush: I know, don't swing at anything I can't hit. Reporter #1: Mr. Bush, Mr. Bush, you didn't talk much about education. What are your plans for reform? George W. Bush: Well, uh, I'm gonna deregulate school districts so that teachers and administrators can, you know, can develop programs to best fit their kids. Reporter #2: Sir, are you proposing to measure student's progress? George W. Bush: Oh, well, we need to make a wholesale effort against racial profiling, you know? Which is, uh, illiterate children. You need to be able to teach a child to read and then he or her will be able to pass a literacy test. Karl Rove: We're in the very early stages of developing our program. Reporter #2: How do you plan to change the school finance formula? George W. Bush: I for one will not stand for the subsidization of failure. How do you know if you measure up if you have a system that simply suckles them through. Reporter #2: What

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Karl Rove: If you can't stand in front of those guys two minutes and come up with one plausible answer what the hell are we running for governor for? George W. Bush: Just tell me what to do, whatever it takes. Look if I need to read the whole damn Constitution I'll do it.

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Colin Powell: So what is our real exit strategy on Iraq, Dick? Dick Cheney: There is no exit. We stay. Empire. Real empire. Nobody will fuck with us again. Colin Powell: Spoken like a true oilman.

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George W. Bush: What about projected casualties? General: Well, I think now more in the neighborhood of several hundred, no more than 1,000. George W. Bush: Just remember, Americans don't like to see dead boys on their television sets. Donald Rumsfeld: Yes, death tends to give war a depressing image.