George H W Bush/presidency 1989%e2%80%931993

Famous quotes containing the words george h, bush and/or presidency:

    “How wide is all this long pretense!
    There is in love a sweetness ready penned,
    Copy out only that, and save expense.”
    George Herbert (1593–1633)

    Read my lips: no new taxes.
    —George Bush (b. 1924)

    I once told Nixon that the Presidency is like being a jackass caught in a hail storm. You’ve got to just stand there and take it.
    Lyndon Baines Johnson (1908–1973)