George H. W. Bush: Quotes about people

“To those who work outside Washington, I would send a special message. At times it may be frustrating when it seems that the head office is thousands of miles away and the message is not getting through. But if I may, I'm going to issue a verbal Executive order: We're going to listen, because the heart of our government is not here in Washington, it's in every county office, every town, every city across this land. Wherever the people of America are, that's where the heart of our government is.”

George H. W. Bush

George Bush: "Remarks to Members of the Senior Executive Service," January 26, 1989. Online by Gerhard Peters and John T. Woolley, The American Presidency Project. http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/ws/index.php?pid=16628&st
Address to the Senior Executive Service (1989)

People , Time , Heart

“America is never wholly herself unless she is engaged in high moral principle. We as a people have such a purpose today. It is to make kinder the face of the Nation and gentler the face of the world.”

George H. W. Bush

Inaugural Address (1989)

People , World

“The American people await action. They didn't send us here to bicker. They ask us to rise above the merely partisan. "In crucial things, unity"”

George H. W. Bush

and this, my friends, is crucial.
Inaugural Address (1989)

People

“You don't have to go to college to be a success … We need the people who run the offices, the people who do the hard physical work of our society.”

George H. W. Bush

Statement to the students of East Los Angeles' Garfield High School (5 May 1988)

People , Success

“It's like WWE, but for smart people!”

George H. W. Bush

2008 FIRST Robotics Championship, Georgia Dome Atlanta, Georgia http://www.cyberfalcons.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/3710-Sponsorship-Package-11-12.pdf
Post presidency

People

“This is an historic moment. We have in this past year made great progress in ending the long era of conflict and cold war. We have before us the opportunity to forge for ourselves and for future generations a new world order, a world where the rule of law, not the law of the jungle, governs the conduct of nations. When we are successful, and we will be, we have a real chance at this new world order, an order in which a credible United Nations can use its peacekeeping role to fulfill the promise and vision of the U. N.'s founders. We have no argument with the people of Iraq. Indeed, for the innocents caught in this conflict, I pray for their safety.”

George H. W. Bush

WAR IN THE GULF: THE PRESIDENT; Transcript of the Comments by Bush on the Air Strikes Against the Iraqis http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9D0CE2DF1F3AF934A25752C0A967958260 The New York Times. January 17, 1991 (NYT transcript of Bush speech from the Oval office January 16, 1991, (Eastern time) two hours after air strikes began in Iraq and Kuwait.)

War , People , World , Law

“I don't have to stand here and defend the campaign of 1988. I'd be perfectly prepared to do it, but I was elected. I put confidence in the American people, their ability to sort through what is fair and what is unfair, what is ugly and what is un-ugly, and be as positive as possible.”

George H. W. Bush

News conference (7 November 1989) http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/ws/index.php?pid=17762

People , Confidence

“I think there's a Trojan horse lurking in the weeds, ready to pull a fast one on the American people, and I simply am not going to let that happen.”

George H. W. Bush

Remarks to the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) in Colorado Springs, Colorado, August 6, 1992

Horse , Thinking , People

“There is but one just use of power, and it is to serve people. Help us to remember it, Lord.”

George H. W. Bush

Source: Inaugural Address (1989)

People , Help