| Top Bushisms in the Category of: Sensitive Spirituality | |
|
|
|
| 1. | "America is not ready to overturn Roe v. Wade because America's hearts are not right." - George W. Bush, Mar. 10, 1999 | ||
| 2. | "My pro-life position is I believe there's life. It's not necessarily based in religion. I think there's a life there, therefore the notion of life, liberty and pursuit of happiness." - George W. Bush, quoted in the San Francisco Chronicle, Jan. 23, 2001 | ||
| 3. | " And for about three decades, many American schools surrendered this role. Values were 'clarified,'not taught. Students were given moral puzzles, not moral guidance. But morality is not a cafeteria of personal choices--with every choice equally right and equally arbitrary, like picking a flavor of ice cream. We do not shape our own morality. It is morality that shapes our lives." - George W. Bush | ||
| 4. | " My faith tells me that acceptance of Jesus Christ as my savior is my salvation, and I believe I made it clear that it is not the governor's role to decide who goes to heaven. I believe God decides who goes to heaven, not George W. Bush." - Governor Dubya in 1998, clarifying his relationship with Creation | ||
| 5. | "See, we love - we love freedom. That's what they didn't understand. They hate things; we love things. They act out of hatred; we don't seek revenge, we seek justice out of love." - George W. Bush, Oklahoma City, Aug. 29, 2002 | ||
| 6. | "The best way to fight evil is to do some good. Let me qualify that -- the best way to fight evil at home is to do some good. The best way to fight them abroad is to unleash the military." - Dublya explains different ways of fighting evil, depending on where the evil is located. Knoxville, Tennessee, Apr. 8, 2002 | ||
| 7. | "I feel like God wants me to run for President. I can't explain it, but I sense my country is going to need me. Something is going to happen... I know it won't be easy on me or my family, but God wants me to do it.'" - George W. Bush, to TX preacher James Robison in 2000 | ||
| 8. | "I couldn't imagine somebody like Osama bin Laden understanding the joy of Hanukkah." - President George W. Bush, at a White House menorah lighting ceremony, Washington, DC, Dec. 10, 2001 [AUDIO] | ||
| 9. | "The Episcopal Church is very ritualistic and it has a kind of repetition to the service. It's the same service, basically, over and over again. Different sermon, of course. The Methodist Church is lower key. We don't have the kneeling. And I'm sure there is some kind of heavy doctrinal difference as well, which I'm not sophisticated enough to explain to you." (as reported in the Houston Post, 10/2/94) | ||
| 10. | "Making sure every child can read, making sure that we encourage faith-based organizations ... when it comes to helping neighbors in need, making sure that our neighborhoods are safe, making sure that the state of TX recognizes that people from all walks of life have got a shot at the TX dream but, most importantly, making sure that government is not the answer to people's problems." - George W. Bush, definition offered when asked to define "compassionate conservatism", date unknown | ||
| 11. | "I'm also mindful that man should never try to put words
in God's mouth. I mean, we should never ascribe natural disasters or anything
else to God. We are in no way, shape, or form should a human being, play
God." - George W. Bush, Washington, DC, Jan. 14, 2005. -- He managed to slip God in three times, but forgot to make sense |
||
| 12. | "We have a calling from beyond the stars to stand for
freedom, and America will always be faithful to that cause." - George
W. Bush, Washington, DC, Jan. 19, 2005 -- Vaguely religious in a way he shouldn't be, and vaguely sci-fi, all at the same time. |
||
| 13. |
"It's an important concept for our fellow citizens to understand,
that no one in need will ever be forced to choose a faith-based provider.
That's an important concept for people to understand. What that means
is if you're the Methodist church and you sponsor an alcohol treatment
center, they can't say only Methodists, only Methodists who drink too
much can come to our program. 'All Drunks Are Welcome' is what the sign
ought to say." - George W. Bush, Washington, DC, Mar. 1, 2005 |
||
| 14. | "Self-government relies, in the end, on the governing
of the self. That edifice of character is built in families, supported by
communities with standards, and sustained in our national life by the truths
of Sinai, the Sermon on the Mount, the words of the Koran, and the
varied faiths of our people." - George W. Bush, second inaugural address,
Washington, DC, Jan. 20, 2005 -- Notice the subtle wording choice, guaranteed not to be incidental considering the reported 21 revisions the text of the speech went through |
||
| 15. | "I believe we are called to do the hard work to make
our communities and quality of life a better place." - George W. Bush,
Collinsville, Illinois, Jan. 5, 2005. -- Or something like that |
||
| 16. | "By mentoring a child, you shape the character of a child.
And it's a high calling in life, because that influence reaches to eternity."
- George W. Bush, Dallas, TX, Oct. 29, 2003 |
||
| 17. | "It's very important for the school children here to
listen to what I'm about to say. You're probably wondering why America is
under attack. And you need to know why. We're under attack because we love
freedom, is why we're under attack. And our enemy hates freedom. They hate
and we love. They hate the thought that this country is a country in which
people from all walks of life can worship an almighty God any way he or
she fits." - George W. Bush, Trenton, New Jersey, Sep. 23, 2002 -- Still going with this meaningless explanation, and inappropriately throwing the Almighty into the mix as usual |
|
Return to the main Bushisms
Page |