Posted on July 10, 2008 - by The Clam -

“I’m not going to sit here and psychoanalyze the man.” — George W. Bush on new Russian President Dmitry Medvedev after their first face-to-face meeting in Toyako, Japan, July 7, 2008.

“Perhaps freedom is not universal. Maybe it’s only Western people that can self-govern. Maybe it’s only, you know, white-guy Methodists who are capable of self-government.” — George W. Bush, London, June 16, 2008

“It was a great pleasure to have been able to meet your wife. She’s a really smart, capable woman, and I can see why you married her.” — George W. Bush to French President Nicolas Sarkozy, who is married to model Carla Bruni, Paris, June 14, 2008.

“For those in the German press who thought I didn’t like asparagus, you’re wrong. The German asparagus are fabulous.” — George W. Bush, Meseberg, Germany, June 11, 2008

“One of the things important about history is to remember the true history.” — George W. Bush, Washington, D.C., June 6, 2008

“Let’s make sure that there is certainty during uncertain times in our economy.” — George W. Bush, Washington, D.C., June 2, 2008

“I know the democratic spirit is alive in our country because there was a big vote recently: The new American Idol got about 55 million votes.” — George W. Bush, Greenville, S.C., May 31, 2008

“Do I think somebody lied to me? No, I don’t. I think it was just, you know, they analyzed the situation and came up with the wrong conclusion.” — George W. Bush, after being asked whether he felt he had been misled about Iraq, Washington, D.C., May 13, 2008

“I don’t want some mom whose son may have recently died to see the commander in chief playing golf. I feel I owe it to the families to be in solidarity as best as I can with them. And I think playing golf during a war just sends the wrong signal.” — George W. Bush, Washington, D.C., May 13, 2008

“I’ll be long gone before some smart person ever figures out what happened inside this Oval Office.” –George W. Bush, Washington, D.C., May 12, 2008

“This economy is going to come on. I’m confident it will.” — George W. Bush, Maryland Heights, Mo., Friday, May 2, 2008

“In some of the world’s poorest nations, rising prices can mean the difference between getting a daily meal and going without food.” — George W. Bush, Washington, D.C., Thursday, May 1, 2008

“A lot of times in politics you have people look you in the eye and tell you what’s not on their mind.” — George W. Bush, Sochi, Russia, April 6, 2008

“Removing Saddam Hussein was the right decision early in my presidency, it is the right decision now, and it will be the right decision ever.” — George W. Bush, Washington, D.C., March 12, 2008

“Let me start off by saying that in 2000 I said, ‘Vote for me. I’m an agent of change.’ In 2004, I said, ‘I’m not interested in change –I want to continue as president.’ Every candidate has got to say ‘change.’ That’s what the American people expect.” — George W. Bush, Washington, D.C., March 5, 2008

“Wait a minute. What did you just say? You’re predicting $4-a-gallon gas? That’s interesting. I hadn’t heard that.” — George W. Bush, Washington, D.C., Feb. 28, 2008

“My job is a decision-making job, and as a result, I make a lot of decisions.” — George W. Bush, Lancaster, Pa., Oct. 3, 2007

“I heard somebody say, ‘Where’s (Nelson) Mandela?’ Well, Mandela’s dead. Because Saddam killed all the Mandelas.” — George W. Bush, on the former South African president, who is still very much alive, Washington, D.C., Sept. 20, 200

(Why 16 you ask? Well, it could have been easily top 23,003,0293 Bush Quotes. We just liked 16 better.)