A tautology is a statement that is true by definition, and so it amounts to useless repetition.
| Top Bushisms in the Category of: Tautology | |
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A tautology is a statement that is true by definition, and so it amounts to useless repetition. |
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| 1. | "I think we agree, the past is over." - George W. Bush, on his meeting with John McCain, Dallas Morning News, May 10, 2000 | ||
| 2. | "It's your money. You paid for it." - George W. Bush, LaCrosse, WI, Oct. 18, 2000 [AUDIO] | ||
| 3. | "Drug therapies are replacing a lot of medicines as we used to know it." - George W. Bush, | ||
| 4. | "It is clear our nation is reliant upon big foreign oil. More and more of our imports come from overseas." - George W. Bush, Beaverton, Ore., Sep. 25, 2000 | ||
| 5. | "Our nation must come together to unite." - George W. Bush, Tampa, FL, Jun. 4, 2001 | ||
| 6. | "It's very important for folks to understand that when there's more trade, there's more commerce." - George W. Bush, at the Summit of the Americas in Quebec City, April 21, 2001 | ||
| 7. | "You teach a child to read, and he or her will be able to pass a literacy test.'' - George W. Bush, Feb. 21, 2001 [AUDIO] | ||
| 8. | "I'm hopeful. I know there is a lot of ambition in Washington, obviously. But I hope the ambitious realize that they are more likely to succeed with success as opposed to failure." - George W. Bush, Jan. 18, 2001 | ||
| 9. | "A surplus means there'll be money left over. Otherwise, it wouldn't be called a surplus." - George W. Bush, Kalamazoo, MI, Oct. 27, 2000 (And today it isn't - it's now called a deficit. A deficit means that somebody is spending and billing our children for it.) | ||
| 10. | "Justice ought to be fair." White House Economic Conference, Washington, DC, Dec. 15, 2004 | ||
| 11. | "Now, there are some who would like to rewrite history-revisionist historians is what I like to call them." - George W. Bush, Elizabeth, NJ, June 16, 2003 | ||
| 12. | "I understand that the unrest in the Middle East creates unrest throughout the region." - George W. Bush, Washington, DC, March 13, 2002 [AUDIO] | ||
| 13. | "I know what I believe. I will continue to articulate what I believe and what I believe - I believe what I believe is right." - George W. Bush, in Rome, July 22, 2001 | ||
| 14. | "Dick Cheney and I do not want this nation to be in a recession. We want anybody who can find work to be able to find work." - George W. Bush, 60 minutes II, CBS, December 5, 2000 | ||
| 15. | "We are on the path to the future and we're not turning back." - George W. Bush, September 2, 2004, New York, NY [AUDIO] | ||
| 16. | "Over the long term, the most effective way to conserve energy is by using energy more efficiently." - George W. Bush, Radio Address, May 12, 2001 | ||
| 17. | "By making the right choices, we can make the right choice for our future." - George W. Bush, Dallas, TX, Jul. 18, 2003 | ||
| 18. | "Those who enter the country illegally violate the law." - George W. Bush, Tucson, Ariz., Nov. 28, 2005 |
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