George H. W. Bush quotes - page 5
It is possible to tell things by a handshake. I like the "looking in the eye" syndrome. It conveys interest. I like the firm, though not bone crushing shake. The bone crusher is trying too hard to "macho it.: The clammy or diffident handshake - fairly or unfairly - get me off to a bad start with a person.
George H. W. Bush
Does government have a place? Yes. Government is part of the nation of communities, not the whole, just a part.
And I don't hate government. A government that remembers that the people are its master is a good and needed thing.
And I respect old-fashioned common sense and have no great love for the imaginings of the social planners.
George H. W. Bush
I have just repeated word for word the oath taken by George Washington 200 years ago, and the Bible on which I placed my hand is the Bible on which he placed his. It is right that the memory of Washington be with us today, not only because this is our Bicentennial Inauguration, but because Washington remains the Father of our Country. And he would, I think, be gladdened by this day; for today is the concrete expression of a stunning fact: our continuity these 200 years since our government began.
We meet on democracy's front porch, a good place to talk as neighbors and as friends. For this is a day when our nation is made whole, when our differences, for a moment, are suspended.
George H. W. Bush
