• Sourced

1997

• P.S. No more public scatology.
• Letter to Harriet Miers (July 18, 1997); discussed at reason online (October 2005)

1998

• You don't get everything you want. A dictatorship would be a lot easier... So long as I'm the dictator.
• Responding to the difficulties of governing Texas, "The Taming of Texas," Governing Magazine (July 1998); also cited in Is our Children Learning?: The Case Against George W. Bush (2000) by Paul Begala.)

1999

• 
  Victory means exit strategy, and it's important for the president to explain to us what the exit strategy is.
• On Kosovo, Houston Chronicle (April 9, 1999)
• I would define the mission as to restoring Kosovo so the Kosovoians can move back in and at the same time teach Mr. Milosevic that NATO and its allies and the United States will not tolerate genocide.
• On Kosovo, Houston Chronicle (April 9, 1999)
• There ought to be limits to freedom.
• News conference (May 21, 1999); also quoted in "Satirical Web Site Poses Political Test", Washington Post (November 29, 1999)

2000

• 
  The state can do what they want to do. Don't try to trap me in this state's issue like you're trying to get me into.
• Governor Bush on gay marriage, Larry King Live (February 15, 2000)
  I think we all agree, the past is over.
• The Dallas Morning News (May 10, 2000)
• I know that the human being and the fish can coexist peacefully.
  The Washington Post (October 1, 2000)
• This is an impressive crowd — the haves and the have-mores. Some people call you the elites; I call you my base.
• Speech at the Al Smith Dinner for charity (October 20, 2000), as quoted in "Bush And Gore Do New York" (CBS) (October 20, 2000); also in Michael Moore's Fahrenheit 9/11.
• They want the federal government controlling Social Security like it's some kind of federal program.
• St. Charles, MO (USA Today, November 2, 2000)
• I told all four [congressional leaders] that I felt like this election happened for a reason; that it pointed out — the delay in the outcome should make it clear to all of us — that we can come together to heal whatever wounds may exist, whatever residuals there may be. And I really look forward to the opportunity. I hope they've got my sense of optimism about the possible, and enthusiasm about the job. I told all four that there are going to be some times where we don't agree with each other, but that's okay. If this were a dictatorship, it would be a heck of a lot easier... [Bush chuckles, audience laughs] ...just so long as I'm the dictator [more laughter].
• Online NewsHour interview, Washington, DC, (December 18, 2000)' during his first trip to Washington as President-elect. The last sentence is also included in Fahrenheit 9/11.

 2001

• 
  Dealing with Congress is a matter of give and take. The president doesn't get everything he wants, the Congress doesn't get everything they want. But we're finding good common ground. A dictatorship would be a heck of a lot easier, there's no question about it.
• Statement, Washington, DC, (July 26, 2001); as quoted in the Seattle Seattle Post-Intelligencer (July 27, 2001).
• A great people has been moved to defend a great nation. Terrorist attacks can shake the foundations of our biggest buildings, but they cannot touch the foundation of America. These acts shattered steel, but they cannot dent the steel of American resolve.
• America was targeted for attack because we're the brightest beacon for freedom and opportunity in the world. And no one will keep that light from shining.
• Today, our nation saw evil, the very worst of human nature. And we responded with the best of America — with the daring of our rescue workers, with the caring for strangers and neighbors who came to give blood and help in any way they could.
• Address to the Nation (September 11, 2001)
• I'm not going to fire a $2 million missile at a $10 empty tent and hit a camel in the butt.
  Spoken at a September 13, 2001 meeting with the four senators from New York and Virginia. Reported in "A President Finds His True Voice", Newsweek (September 24, 2001).
• Lucky me, I hit the trifecta.
• Statement to budget director Mitchell Daniels, mid-September; as quoted by him in an address to the OMB Conference Board (October 16, 2001) repeated as a dubious joke through 2002: at Robin Hayes for Congress and Elizabeth Dole for Senate luncheon, Charlotte NC, Feb 27; [1] at Latham for Congress Luncheon, DesMoines IA, Mar 1;[2] at Saxby Chambliss for Senate Dinner, Atlanta GA, Mar 27;[3] at Graham for Senate Luncheon, Greenville SC, Mar 27;[4] at Cornyn for Senate Luncheon, Dallas TX, Mar 29;[5] at Fisher for Governor Reception, Philadelphia PA, Apr 3;[6] at Leaders of the Fiscal Responsibility Coalition, Eisenhower Executive Office Bldg, Apr 16;[7] at Heather Wilson for Congress Luncheon, Albuquerque NM, Apr 29;[8] at Simon for Governor Luncheon, Santa Clara CA, May 1;[9] at Taft for Governor Luncheon, Columbus OH, May 10;[10] at 14th Annual World Pork Expo, DesMoines IA, June 7;[11] at 21st Century High Tech Forum, Eisenhower Executive Office Bldg, June 13;[12] at Texans for Rick Perry, Houston TX, June 14.[13]
• The English translation is not as eloquent as the original Arabic, but let me quote from the Koran, itself: In the long run, evil in the extreme will be the end of those who do evil. For that they rejected the signs of Allah and held them up to ridicule.
• The face of terror is not the true faith of Islam. That's not what Islam is all about. Islam is peace. These terrorists don't represent peace. They represent evil and war.
• Remarks at the Islamic Center, Washington, D.C. (September 17, 2001)
• Every nation, in every region, now has a decision to make. Either you are with us, or you are with the terrorists.[14]
• State of the Union Address (September 21, 2001)
• Americans are asking 'Why do they[terrorists] hate us?' They hate what they see right here in this chamber: a democratically elected government. Their leaders are self-appointed. They hate our freedoms: our freedom of religion, our freedom of speech, our freedom to vote and assemble and disagree with each other.
• Address to a Joint Session of Congress (September 21, 2001)
• You are either with us or you are against us in the fight against terror.
• Press conference, with President Jacques Chirac of France. (November 6, 2001)
  And you know, I thought it was pilot error and I was amazed that anybody could make such a terrible mistake.
• On what he thought about the first September 11th crash. Town Hall Meeting, Orlando, Florida (December 4, 2001).
• The world must know that this administration will not blink in the face of danger, and will not tire when it comes to completing the missions that we said we would do.
• Press conference, Crawford, Texas (December 28, 2001)

2002

Well, first of all, when we walked into the classroom, I had seen this plane fly into the first building. There was a TV set on.

Town Hall Forum in Ontario, California (January 5, 2002) — there was no live broadcast of the first September 11th crash.

States like these, and their terrorist allies, constitute an axis of evil, arming to threaten the peace of the world. By seeking weapons of mass destruction, these regimes pose a grave and growing danger. They could provide these arms to terrorists, giving them the means to match their hatred. They could attack our allies or attempt to blackmail the United States. In any of these cases, the price of indifference would be catastrophic.

Bush referring to Iraq, Iran, and North Korea as an "Axis of Evil" in his State of the Union Address (January 29, 2002)

I just want you to know that, when we talk about war, we're really talking about peace.

Department of Housing and Urban Development, Washington, D.C. (June 18, 2002)
I call upon all nations to do everything they can to stop these terrorist killers. Thank you. Now watch this drive.

Statements to reporters during an interview on a golf course (4 August 2002); publicized in the film Fahrenheit 9/11 (2004) by Michael Moore, and also quoted at Common Ground (July 2004)
After all, this is a guy that tried to kill my dad at one time.

On Saddam Hussein, remarks in Houston, Texas, (September 26, 2002)

I hope the message that we fight not a religion, but a group of fanatics which have hijacked a religion is getting through. I understand the propaganda machines are cranked up in the international community that paints our country in a bad light. We'll do everything we can to remind people that we've never been a nation of conquerors; we're a nation of liberators. And I would ask the skeptics to look at Afghanistan, where not only this country rout the Taliban, which was one of the most barbaric regimes in the history of mankind, but thanks to our strength and our compassion, many young girls now go to school for the first time.

Roosevelt Room, (December 4, 2002)

My trip to Asia begins here in Japan for an important reason. It begins here because for a century and a half now, America and Japan have formed one of the great and enduring alliances of modern times. From that alliance has come an era of peace in the Pacific.

Remarks by the President to the Diet, Tokyo, Japan. (February 18, 2002)

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., (September 17, 2002)

 Fuck Saddam. We're taking him out.

Statement to Condoleezza Rice and 3 US Senators (March 2002), as quoted in Time, and CNN.com (March 24, 2003)