There He Goes Again: Great Bushisms

You don't know whether to laugh or cry.

Rarely is the questioned asked: Is our children learning? — Florence, S.C., Jan. 11, 2000

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., Aug. 5, 2004

I know how hard it is for you to put food on your family.
— Greater Nashua, N.H., Jan. 27, 2000

I hear there's rumors on the Internets that we're going to have a draft.
— second presidential debate, St. Louis, Mo., Oct. 8, 2004

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

You work three jobs? … Uniquely American, isn't it? I mean, that is fantastic that you're doing that. (to a divorced mother of three) - Omaha, Nebraska

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

Too many good docs are getting out of the business. Too many OB-GYNs aren't able to practice their love with women all across this country.
— Poplar Bluff, Mo., Sept. 6, 2004

There's an old saying in Tennessee —- I know it's in Texas, probably in Tennessee —- that says, fool me once, shame on —- shame on you. Fool me —- you can't get fooled again.
— Nashville, Tenn., Sept. 17, 2002

They misunderestimated me.
— Bentonville, Ark., Nov. 6, 2000