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I WAS GOING TO PUT THESE IN TOONVILLE, THEN I THOUGHT ABOUT CREATING A "SADVILLE." THEN I THOUGHT, "THIS  IS THE APPOINTED PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES", I MIGHT AS WELL PUT THEM IN POLITICAL ACTION.

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"I haven't had a chance to ask the questioners the question they've been questioning."--On the Linda Chavez nomination. Austin, Texas, Jan. 8, 2001

"I do remain confident in Linda. She'll make a fine labor secretary. >From what I've read in the press accounts, she's perfectly qualified."--Austin, Texas, Jan. 8, 2001

"She is a member of a labor union at one point."--Announcing his nomination of Linda Chavez as secretary of labor.--Austin, Texas, Jan 2, 2001

"I mean, these good folks are revolutionizing how businesses conduct their business. And, like them, I am very optimistic about our position in the world and about its influence on the United States. We're concerned about the short-term economic news, but long-term I'm optimistic. And so, I hope investors, you know--secondly, I hope investors hold investments for periods of time--that I've always found the best investments are those that you salt away based on economics."-- Austin, Texas, Jan. 4, 2001

"The person who runs FEMA is someone who must have the trust of the president. Because the person who runs FEMA is the first voice, often time, of someone whose life has been turned upside down hears from."--Austin, Texas, Jan. 4, 2001

"Natural gas is hemispheric. I like to call it hemispheric in nature because it is a product that we can find in our neighborhoods."--Austin, Texas, Dec. 20, 2000

"I am mindful of the difference between the executive branch and the legislative branch. I assured all four of these leaders that I know the difference, and that difference is they pass the laws and I execute them."--Washington, D.C., Dec. 18, 2000

"The legislature's job is to write law. It's the executive branch's job to interpret law."-- Austin, Texas, Nov. 22, 2000

" I knew it might put him in an awkward position that we had a discussion before finality has finally happened in this presidential race."--Describing a phone call to Sen. John Breaux. Crawford, Texas, Dec. 2, 2000

"As far as the legal hassling and wrangling and posturing in Florida, I would suggest you talk to our team in Florida led by Jim Baker."--Crawford, Texas, Nov. 30 2000

"They misunderestimated me."--Bentonville, Ark., Nov. 6, 2000

"They want the federal government controlling Social Security like it's some kind of federal program."--St. Charles, Mo., Nov. 2, 2000

"They said, 'You know, this issue doesn't seem to resignate with the people.' And I said, you know something? Whether it resignates or not doesn't matter to me, because I stand for doing what's the right thing, and what the right thing is hearing the voices of people who work."--Portland, Ore., Oct. 31, 2000

"If I'm the president, we're going to have emergency-room care, we're going to have gag orders."

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

"Quotas are bad for America. It's not the way America is all about."

"If affirmative action means what I just described, what I'm for, then I'm for it.--St. Louis, Mo., October 18, 2000

"I think if you know what you believe, it makes it a lot easier to answer questions. I can't answer your question."--In response to a question about whether he wished he could take back any of his answers in the first debate. Reynoldsburg, Ohio, Oct. 4, 2000 (Thanks to M. Bateman.)

"I know the human being and fish can coexist peacefully."--Saginaw, Mich., Sept. 29, 2000

"I will have a foreign-handed foreign policy."--Redwood, Calif., Sept. 27, 2000

"One of the common denominators I have found is that expectations rise above that which expected."--Los Angles, Sept. 27, 2000

"It is clear our nation is reliant upon big foreign oil. More and more of our imports come from overseas."--Beaverton, Ore., Sept. 25, 2000

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

"I don't know whether I'm going to win or not. I think I am. I do know I'm ready for the job. and, if not, that's just the way it goes."--Des Moines, Iowa, Aug. 21, 2000

"Actually, I--this may sound a little West Texan to you, but I like it. When I'm talking about--when I'm talking about myself, and when he's talking about myself, all of us are talking about me."--Ibid.

GOV. BUSH: Because the picture on the newspaper. It just seems so un-American to me, the picture of the guy storming the house with a scared little boy there. I talked to my little brother, Jeb--I haven't told this to many people. But he's the governor of--I shouldn't call him my little brother--my brother, Jeb, the great governor of Texas.
JIM LEHRER: Florida.
GOV. BUSH: Florida. The state of the Florida.--The NewsHour With Jim Lehrer, April 27, 2000

"I was raised in the West. The west of Texas. It's pretty close to California. In more ways than Washington, D.C., is close to California."--In Los Angles as quoted by the Los Angeles Times, April 8, 2000

"The most important job is not to be governor, or first lady in my case."--Pella, Iowa, as quoted by the San Antonio Express-News, Jan. 30, 2000

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