Bushims

Buddhisms

''I know what I believe. I will continue to articulate what I believe and what I believe—I believe what I believe is right."—Rome, July 22, 2001

A dog is not considered a good dog because he is a good barker. A man is not considered a good man because he is a good talker.

"I am mindful not only of preserving executive powers for myself, but for predecessors as well."—Washington, D.C.,

Do not speak- unless it improves on silence.

Neither in French nor in English nor in Mexican."—Declining to answer reporters' questions at the Summit of the Americas,

Anger comes as a result on intolerance.

"So on behalf of a well-oiled unit of people who came together to serve something greater than themselves, congratulations."—Remarks to the University of Nebraska

It is a virtue to conquer oneself.

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

Let no one deceive another
or despise anyone anywhere,
or through anger or irritation
wish for another to suffer.

"I can't tell you what it's like to be in Europe, for example, to be talking about the greatness of America. But the true greatness of America are the people."—Visiting the Jefferson Memorial, Washington, D.C., July 2, 2001

Winning gives birth to hostility.
Losing, one lies down in pain.
The calmed lie down with ease,
having set winning & losing aside.

Families is where our nation finds hope, where wings take dream."—LaCrosse, Wis., Oct. 18, 2000

People in the West are always getting ready to live.

"I think we ought to raise the age at which juveniles can have a gun."

He who does not strike nor makes
others strike, who robs not nor makes
others rob, sharing love with all that live,
finds enmity with none.

"It is clear our nation is reliant upon big foreign oil. More and more of our imports come from overseas."—Beaverton, Ore

One should first establish oneself
in what is proper and only then
try to instruct others. Doing this,
the wise one will not be criticized.

"We must have the attitude that every child in America—regardless of where they're raised or how they're born—can learn."—New Britain, Conn

"Churning and churning water, doesn't produce butter."

"Anyway, I'm so thankful, and so gracious—I'm gracious that my brother Jeb is concerned about the hemisphere as well."—Miami, Fla., June 4, 2001

"He should not kill a living being, nor cause it to be killed, nor should he incite another to kill.
Do not injure any being, either strong or weak in the world.