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Quotes - This Day in Dubya History (June 4) (What did Dubya say on today's date in previous years?)
There are 9 quotes on this date.
And there are a lot of nations working in Afghanistan and in Iraq to not only deal with terror — the immediate effects of terror — and that is, finding people before they hurt somebody again — but also to spread freedom. Free societies are peaceful societies, free societies are hopeful societies. And there's a lot of nations working to get her to do so.
Did I miss something? Who or what is "her"? Interview with Paris Match Magazine, Rome, Italy, Jun. 4, 2004 REPORTER: Could you understand — your political action is inspired by God, you say a number of times —
DUBYA: I said what? REPORTER: Is inspired by God, I mean, your — DUBYA: My political action? I've never said that. REPORTER: You've never said that? I mean, I'm not quoting you. DUBYA: No, I've never said that. REPORTER: I said, in general, you relate to God as a — DUBYA: You said, my political action is caused by God, I think. REPORTER: No, no, no, no, I said your political action is inspired by God. DUBYA: No, my political action is — my life is inspired by God. Apparently Dubya forgets naming Jesus as his favorite political philosopher, interview with Paris Match Magazine, Rome, Italy, Jun. 4, 2004 REPORTER: The whole world remembers you addressing the firemen in the ruins of the World Trade Center. You were healing the wounds and uniting the world at that time. Today, your message through the megaphone doesn't reach the world. Don't you feel isolated?
DUBYA: No, I feel very comfortable with what I'm doing. REPORTER: Yes, but all the nations — DUBYA: Let me finish my — you ask a question, I give you the answers. And then if you want to ask another question, you're allowed to do so. Dubya displaying his diplomatic side, interview with Paris Match Magazine, Rome, Italy, Jun. 4, 2004 I'm the master of low expectations.
You said it, Dubya, aboard Air Force One, Jun. 4, 2003 I show up when they need me to call people to account, to praise, or to say, wait a minute — you told me in Jordan that you would do this, you haven't done it, why? How come? What is it? It's to keep the thing moving, keep the processes moving. They've got the man on the ground that is going to — he's just going to — I used the expression, ride herd. I don't know if anybody understood the meaning. It's a little informal in diplomatic terms. I said, we're going to put a guy on the ground to ride herd on the process. See them all scratching their heads.
Which of course necessitates the question (along with several others), 'Why did you use that expression, then?', talking about his meeting with Palestinian and Israeli leaders, aboard Air Force One, Jun. 4, 2003 This is a fabulous country in which we live, it is. And it's because the people are fabulous.
White House, Jun. 4, 2002 I read the report put out by the bureaucracy.
Dubya's disparaging response to the Environmental Protection Agency's report on global warming submitted to the United Nations, Washington, D.C., Jun. 4, 2002 Anyway, I'm so thankful, and so gracious — I'm gracious that my brother Jeb is concerned about the hemisphere as well.
Gracious, grateful... close enough, right? Miami, Florida, Jun. 4, 2001 Our nation must come together to unite.
Tampa, Florida, Jun. 4, 2001 |
