Editing Bushism (section)

=== Foreign affairs ===
*  "I'm [[Powers of the president of the United States#Commander-in-chief|the commander]], see. I don't need to explain—I do not need to explain why I say things. That's the interesting thing about being the President. Maybe somebody needs to explain to me why they say something, but I don't feel like I owe anybody an explanation."<ref>{{cite book |title=Bush at War |url=https://archive.org/details/bushatwar00wood |url-access=registration |author=Bob Woodward |publisher=Simon & Schuster |date=November 19, 2002 |isbn=978-0743204736 |pages=[https://archive.org/details/bushatwar00wood/page/145 145–6]}}</ref>
* "I was proud the other day when both Republicans and Democrats stood with me in the [[White House Rose Garden|Rose Garden]] to announce their support for a clear statement of purpose: you [<nowiki/>[[Saddam Hussein]]] disarm, or we will." – [[Manchester, New Hampshire]], October 5, 2002.<ref>{{cite magazine |url=http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/bushisms/2000/03/the_complete_bushisms.html |title=The Complete Bushisms |magazine=Slate Magazine |date=2009-03-20 |access-date=August 19, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170722093123/http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/bushisms/2000/03/the_complete_bushisms.html |archive-date=July 22, 2017 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
* "Yesterday, you made note of my—the lack of my talent when it came to dancing. But nevertheless, I want you to know I danced with joy. And no question Liberia has gone through very difficult times." – Washington, D.C., October 22, 2008; to [[President of Liberia]] [[Ellen Johnson Sirleaf]].<ref>{{cite magazine |url=http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/bushisms/2000/03/the_complete_bushisms.html |title=The Complete Bushisms |magazine=Slate Magazine |date=2009-03-20 |access-date=August 8, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170722093123/http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/bushisms/2000/03/the_complete_bushisms.html |archive-date=July 22, 2017 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
* "This is still a dangerous world. It's a world of madmen and uncertainty and potential mental losses." – [[Charleston, South Carolina]], January 2000.<ref name="Make the Pie Higher!">{{cite web |url=http://www.snopes.com/politics/bush/piehigher.asp |title=Make the Pie Higher! |website=Snopes.com |date=July 21, 2008}}</ref> According to the ''[[Financial Times]]'', the phrase "mental losses" seemed to be a [[malapropism]] of "missile launches".<ref name="Make the Pie Higher!" />
* "Our enemies are innovative and resourceful, and so are we. They never stop thinking about new ways to harm our country and our people, and neither do we." – Washington, D.C., August 5, 2004.<ref name="Simran Khurana"/><ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://content.time.com/time/specials/packages/article/0,28804,1870938_1870943_1870951,00.html |title=Top 10 Bushisms |magazine=Time |access-date=December 11, 2014|date=2009-01-11 }}</ref>
* "I'm telling you there's an enemy that would like to attack America, Americans, again. There just is. That's the reality of the world. And I wish him all the very best." – Washington, D.C., January 12, 2009.<ref>{{cite journal |url=http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/bushisms/2000/03/the_complete_bushisms.html |first=Jacob|last=Weisberg |title=The Complete Bushisms |journal=Slate |date=March 20, 2009 |access-date=August 19, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170722093123/http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/bushisms/2000/03/the_complete_bushisms.html |archive-date=July 22, 2017 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
* "Well, I mean that a defeat in Iraq will embolden the enemy and will provide the enemy—more opportunity to train, plan, to attack us. That's what I mean. There— it's— you know, one of the hardest parts of my job is [[Iraq War and the war on terror|to connect Iraq]] to the [[war on terror]]."<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.cbsnews.com/news/transcript-president-bush-part-2/ |first=Caitlin|last=Johnson |title=Transcript: President Bush, Part 2 |work=CBS News |date=September 6, 2006}}</ref>
* "I just want you to know that, when we talk about war, we're really talking about peace."''<ref>{{cite web |url=http://archives.hud.gov/remarks/martinez/speeches/presremarks.cfm |title=President George W. Bush Speaks to HUD Employees on National Homeownership Month |publisher=U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development |date=June 18, 2002}}</ref>''<!-- is there a ref which calls this a Bushism?  -->
* "We must stop the terror. I call upon all nations, to do everything they can, to stop these terrorist killers. Thank you...now watch this [[Drive (golf)|drive]]." – to reporters while playing [[golf]].<ref>{{Cite web|last=Alan Isik|first=Arda|date=November 17, 2015|title=Now watch this drive!|url=https://www.dailysabah.com/sports/2015/11/17/now-watch-this-drive|access-date=November 13, 2020|website=Daily Sabah}}</ref>
* "The decision of one man [<nowiki/>[[Vladimir Putin]]], to launch a [[Rationale for the Iraq War|wholly unjustified]] and brutal [[2003 invasion of Iraq|invasion of Iraq]]. I mean, [[Russian invasion of Ukraine|of Ukraine]]. Iraq too. Anyway...[I'm] 75." – In an address to the [[George W. Bush Presidential Center|George W. Bush Institute]], May 18, 2022.<ref>{{Citation |title=George W. Bush compares Zelenskyy to Churchill, calls Iraq invasion unjustified in gaffe |url=https://www.dallasnews.com/news/2022/05/18/george-w-bush-compares-zelenskyy-to-churchill-mistakenly-calls-iraq-invasion-unjustified/ |publication-date=May 18, 2022 |work=The Dallas Morning News|first=Michael|last=Williams|date=May 19, 2022 |access-date=May 21, 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=George W Bush accidentally admits Iraq war was 'unjustified and brutal' in gaffe |url=https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/may/19/george-bush-iraq-ukraine-speech |access-date=20 May 2022 |work=The Guardian|first=Julian |last=Borger |date=19 May 2022 |language=en}}</ref>