Presidential Speeches & RemarksPresident George W. Bush's featured speeches and remarks.President Bush Welcomes 2008 National and State Teachers of the Year to the White House - April 30, 2008- April 30, 2008 President Bush on Wednesday said, "Good teachers hear a call. Good teachers are empathetic souls. And really the best teachers have a special intuition -- and I suspect a little potential -- the ability to see potential and the ability to have the patience necessary to watch it grow. I want to thank you for nurturing young minds. I thank you for providing such wonderful examples. And I thank you for inspiring the imaginations and unleashing the talents of our nation's young."http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2008/04/20080430.html President Bush Welcomes Super Bowl XLII Champion New York Giants to White House - April 30, 2008- April 30, 2008 President Bush on Wednesday said, "Welcome to the White House. It's an honor to recognize the Super Bowl Champs, the New York Football Giants."http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2008/04/20080430-6.html Press Conference by the President - April 29, 2008- April 29, 2008 President Bush on Tuesday said, "In all these issues, the American people are looking to their leaders to come together and act responsibly. I don't think this is too much to ask even in an election year. My administration will reach out to Congress. We will work to find areas of agreement so that we can deal with the economic pressures that our American taxpayers and American families are feeling. I ask Congress to do its part by sending me sensible and effective bills that I can sign, instead.http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2008/04/20080429-1.html President Bush Meets with Ambassador Eide, Special Representative of the United Nations Secretary-General for Afghanistan - April 29, 2008- April 29, 2008 President Bush on Tuesday said, "Mr. Ambassador, thank you so very much for coming to the Oval Office, and thank you so much for serving the cause of peace. You've been given a very difficult job, which is to help coordinate world -- the world's efforts to help this young democracy succeed, and I want to assure you that the United States government and I personally support you in everything you're going to do."http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2008/04/20080429-3.html President Bush Discusses National Volunteer Week - April 29, 2008- April 29, 2008 President Bush on Tuesday said, "I am pleased to welcome volunteers from around the United States who have given of their time to help those who need help, and we're sure glad you're here. Those of you today who perform acts of kindness do so out of love, and you do so out of a desire not to be recognized -- but anyway, you're going to be recognized. We have the opportunity today to thank you, and the opportunity today to celebrate the difference that volunteers have made all across America."http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2008/04/20080429-5.html President Bush Meets with U.S.-Brazil CEO Forum - April 28, 2008- April 28, 2008 President Bush on Monday said, "It is my honor to welcome the U.S.-Brazil CEO Forum here to Washington. First of all, I want to thank my friend, President Lula, for encouraging this forum to go forward. It's an indication of the importance that we both place on our bilateral relations. Brazil is a very powerful, very important country in our neighborhood, and it's really important for this administration and future administrations to work closely with the Brazilian government, like it is...http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2008/04/20080428-2.html President Bush Meets with Guatemalan President Alvaro Colom - April 28, 2008- April 28, 2008 President Bush on Monday said, "We've had a good discussion about a variety of issues. We discussed bilateral relations between Guatemala and the United States, which are very strong. We are friends. We treat each other with respect. Our objective with U.S. foreign policy is to have a neighborhood that is peaceful and prosperous, where social justice is important; want to achieve social justice through good health policy, good education policy, good judicial policy. The United States is pleased.http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2008/04/20080428.html President Bush Visits Northwest Boys & Girls Club in Hartford, Connecticut - April 25, 2008- April 25, 2008 President Bush on Friday said, "I think the thing that I would start with was how appreciative people in Africa were of the fact that total strangers cared about their lives. You see, if you are a mother who is holding a baby that is sick because of a mosquito bite, it creates a lot of hopelessness, and you really wonder whether anybody cares. And the fact that total strangers would come together -- in Boys and Girls Clubs, or basketball teams, or singers -- and care about them really lifts...http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2008/04/20080425-9.html President Bush Discusses Economic Stimulus Rebate Checks - April 25, 2008- April 25, 2008 President Bush on Friday said, "We want to make sure everyone who's eligible for a check gets one on a timely basis. This money is going to help Americans offset the high prices we're seeing at the gas pump and at the grocery store, and it will also give our economy a boost to help us pull out of this economic slowdown. I'm pleased that the Treasury Department has worked quickly to get the money into the hands of the American people. Starting Monday, the effects of the stimulus will begin to...http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2008/04/20080425.html President Bush Discusses Malaria Awareness Day - April 25, 2008- April 25, 2008 President Bush on Friday said, "On this day, we remember those who died from malaria. In other words, an awareness day is one in which you recognize the consequences, in this case, of this disease. And so we mourn the loss of life, especially and including the children who have needlessly died on the continent of Africa and elsewhere. They died because of a mosquito bite. This is a day of hope, however, as well. And the reason it is, because nations once trapped in fear because of malaria are...http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2008/04/20080425-5.html |