World bids farewell to 'Bush-isms'

A combination photo of Bush's funny faces. US President George W. Bush may be passing out of the White House and into history, but he has bequeathed to the nation and the world volumes of unforgettable quotes.

　　"Thank you, Your Holiness. Awesome speech,"

　　-- Washington April 16, 2008 to Pope Benedict XVI.

　　ECO-BUSH

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

　　-- Saginaw, Michigan, September 29, 2000

　　DOC BUSH

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

　　-- Poplar Bluff, Missouri, September 6, 2004

　　"It would be a mistake for the United States Senate to allow any kind of human cloning to come out of that chamber,"

　　-- Washington, April 10, 2002

　　THE EDUCATOR

　　"Rarely is the question asked: Is our children learning?"

　　-- Florence, South Carolina, January 11, 2000

　　"You teach a child to read, and he or her will be able to pass a literacy test,"

　　-- Townsend, Tennessee, February 21, 2001

　　THE ENFORCER

　　"Those who enter the country illegally violate the law,"

　　-- Tucson, Arizona, November 28, 2005

　　AND ON A MORE SERIOUS NOTE

　　"We will make no distinction between the terrorists who committed these acts and those who harbor them,"

　　-- Washington, September 11, 2001

　　"The deliberate and deadly attacks which were carried out yesterday against our country were more than acts of terror. They were acts of war,"

　　-- Washington, September 12, 2001

　　"I can hear you. I can hear you. The rest of the world hears you. And the people who knocked these buildings down will hear all of us soon,"

　　-- New York, September 14, 2001

　　"I want justice. There's an old poster Out West, as I recall, that said, "Wanted: Dead or Alive,"

　　-- Washington, September 17, 2001

　　"Every nation in every region now has a decision to make. Either you are with us, or you are with the terrorists,"

　　-- Washington, September 20, 2001

　　"States like these, and their terrorist allies, constitute an axis of evil, arming to threaten the peace of the world,"

　　-- Washington, January 29, 2002

　　"My fellow Americans: Major combat operations in Iraq have ended... The tyrant has fallen, and Iraq is free,"

　　-- San Diego, California, May 1, 2003

　　"I'm the decider, and I decide what is best. And what's best is for Don Rumsfeld to remain as the Secretary of Defense,"

　　Washington, April 18, 2006

　　(Agencies)

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