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Bushism of the Day

"I love the idea of a school in which people come to get educated and stay in the state in which they're educated."Milwaukee, Wis., Aug. 14, 2002 (Thanks to M. Bateman.)

For more, see "The Complete Bushisms."

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Bush on Bushisms!"Most of you probably didn't know that I have a new book out. Some guy put together a collection of my wit and wisdom—or, as he calls it, my accidental wit and wisdom. [ Laughter.] But I'm kind of proud that my words are already in book form."—Radio-Television Correspondents Association dinner, Washington, D.C., March 29, 2001 (Click here for the full transcript.)

To buy a paperback version of the collected Bushisms, click here.

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