George W. Bush

2000

"Fool me once, shame on... shame on you. Fool me—you can't get fooled again."

"If this were a dictatorship, it would be a heck of a lot easier, just so long as I'm the dictator."

2001

"Our enemies ... never stop thinking about new ways to harm our country and our people, and neither do we."

"We're concerned about AIDS inside our White House- -make no mistake about it."

"One of the hardest parts of my job is to connect Iraq to the war on terror."

"And, yes, we're always interested in dealing with people who have harmed American citizens."

"Information is ... also moving through the blogosphere and through the Internets."

2004

"My job is a job to make decisions. I'm a decision--if the job description were, what do you do-it's decision maker."

"I want to thank you for taking time out of your day to come and witness my hanging."

"The only way we can win is to leave before the job is done."

"I know the human being and fish can coexist peacefully."

"My job is a job to make decisions. I'm a decision--if the job description were, what do you do-it's decision maker."

"There's a huge trust. I see it all the time when people come up to me and say, 'I don't want you to let me down again.'"

"Well, I think if you say you're going to do something and don't do it, that's trustworthiness."

"I'm the master of low expectations."

"The best place for the facts to be done is by somebody who's spending time investigating it."

"Families is where our nation finds hope, where wings take dream."

"One of the great things about books is sometimes there are some fantastic pictures."

"Too many good docs are getting out of the business. Too many 0B/GYNs aren't able to practice their love with women all across the country."

"Neither in French nor in English nor in Mexican."

"I know how hard it is for you to put food on your family."

"I hope the ambitious realize that they are more likely to succeed with success as opposed to failure."

"I know what I believe. I will continue to articulate what I believe and what I believe--I believe what I believe is right."

"Let me put it to you this way, I am not a revengeful person.""I'm hopeful. I know there is a lot of ambition in Washington, obviously. But

"And there's no doubt in my mind, not one doubt in my mind, that we will fail."

"I would have to ask the questioner.

"I haven't had a chance to ask the questioners the question they've been questioning.

"It's negative to think about blowing each other up. That's not a positive thought. That's a Cold War thought. That's a thought when people were enemies with each other."

"The suicide bombings have increased. There's too many of them."

"We spent a lot of time talking about Africa, as we should. Africa is a nation that suffers from incredible disease."

"For every fatal shooting, there were roughly three nonfatal shootings. And, folks, this is unacceptable in America. It's just unacceptable. And we're going to do something about it."

"Our nation must come together to unite."

"Home is important. It's important to have a home."

"The way I like to put it is this. There's no bigger issue for the president to remind the moms and dads of America, if you happen to have a child, be fortunate to have a child."

"I've coined new words, like, 'misunderstanding' and 'Hispanically:"

"The thing that's important for me is to remember what's the most important thing."

"I'm with the Bush-Cheney team, and I'm here to stop the count." -John Bolton

"Governor, as you know, the results are very close, and I think it would be irresponsible for me to concede, so I’m going to have to withdraw the concession I made to you before."

"The Court was wrong to take this case. It was wrong to grant a stay. It should now vacate that stay and permit the Florida Supreme Court to decide whether the recount should resume." - Stephen Breyer

"Although we may never know with complete certainty the winner of this year’s presidential election, the identity of the loser is perfectly clear: It is the nation’s confidence in the judge as an impartial guardian of the law." - John Paul Stevens