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

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

    Life is a businesse, not good cheer;
    Ever in warres.
    The sunne still shineth there or here,
    Whereas the starres
    Watch an advantage to appeare.
    George Herbert (1593–1633)

    The methods by which a trade union can alone act, are necessarily destructive; its organization is necessarily tyrannical.
    —Henry George (1839–1897)

    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)