George W. Bush vs. Friedrich Nietzsche
Read 20 entries attributed to George W. Bush alongside 20 attributed to Friedrich Nietzsche. Compare the wording and topic labels.
This page places 20 entries attributed to George W. Bush alongside 20 attributed to Friedrich Nietzsche. Each selection is ordered by stored importance score. These are selections from QuoteLineage, not complete accounts of either author's work.
Topic labels present in both displayed selections: truth. Shared labels do not by themselves demonstrate agreement, disagreement, or influence between the authors.
Attributed to George W. Bush, entry #54811: "I thought the Iraqis were Muslims."
Attributed to Friedrich Nietzsche, entry #1191: "Amor Fati – “Love Your Fate”, which is in fact your life."
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George W. Bush
1824 – 1900
George Walker Bush is an American politician, businessman, and former U.S. Air Force officer who served as the 43rd president of the United States from 2001 to 2009. A member of the Republican Party and the eldest son of the 41st president, George H.
"I thought the Iraqis were Muslims."
#mind"I'm for an immigration policy that's welcoming."
#politics"This is something the world should know about. Some have tried to pose a choice between American ideals and American interests — between who we are and how w…"
#freedom"Iran aggressively pursues these weapons and exports terror, while an unelected few repress the Iranian people's hope for freedom."
#freedom"Secondly, you are blessed to live in the greatest Nation – ever. Here you can strive and succeed as far as you dare to dream. It says something about our cou…"
#hope"Everywhere that freedom stirs, let tyrants fear."
#freedom"We will make no distinction between the terrorists who committed these acts and those who harbour them."
#fear"People make suggestions on what to say all the time. I'll give you an example; I don't read what's handed to me. People say, 'Here, here's your speech, or he…"
#time"Thank you. Thank you very much. President Turner, thanks. Members of the Board of Trustees, Provost Ludden, faculty, staff, distinguished guests, parents, an…"
#leadership"I understand not everybody agrees with the decisions I've made, but that's not unique to Central or South America. Truth of the matter is, there's people who…"
#truth"Lacking the military strength to challenge us directly, the terrorists have chosen the weapon of fear. When they murder children at a school in Beslan or blo…"
#war"Iraq's talented people, rich culture, and tremendous potential have been hijacked by Saddam Hussein. His brutal regime has reduced a country with a long and …"
#art"Freedom itself was attacked this morning by a faceless coward, and freedom will be defended."
#freedom"Jazz, often called America's classical music, so influenced our culture that Americans named a decade after it. Like the country of its birth, jazz blends ma…"
#justice"You have lifted a shadow of fear for many families. God bless you and may God bless the victims."
#religion"In the defense of our nation, a president must be a clear-eyed realist. There are limits to the smiles and scowls of diplomacy. Armies and missiles are not s…"
#power"My call tonight is for every American to commit at least two years — 4,000 hours over the rest of your lifetime, to the service of your neighbors and your na…"
#time"See, free nations are peaceful nations. Free nations don't attack each other. Free nations don't develop weapons of mass destruction."
#peace"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."
#politics"I think we ought to raise the age at which juveniles can have a gun."
#mindFriedrich Nietzsche
1844 – 1900
German philosopher whose work challenged conventional morality and values.
"Amor Fati – “Love Your Fate”, which is in fact your life."
#life"Without music, life would be a mistake."
#Philosophy1889
"The spiritualization of sensuality is called love: it is a great triumph over Christianity."
#love"Ultimately, it is the desire, not the desired, that we love."
#love"It is not a lack of love, but a lack of friendship that makes unhappy marriages."
#friendship"There is always some madness in love. But there is also always some reason in madness."
#love"The man of knowledge must be able not only to love his enemies but also to hate his friends."
#friendship"God is dead. God remains dead. And we have killed him."
#Philosophy1882
"That which does not kill us, makes us stronger."
#Philosophy1889
"Love is a state in which a man sees things most decidedly as they are not."
#love"One ought to hold on to one's heart; for if one lets it go, one soon loses control of the head too."
#love"He who has a why to live for can bear almost any how."
#Philosophy1889
"The venerability, reliability, and utility of truth is something which a person demonstrates for himself from the contrast with the liar, whom no one trusts …"
#truth"A witticism is an epigram on the death of a feeling."
#death"The worst readers are those who behave like plundering troops: they take away a few things they can use, dirty and confound the remainder, and revile the whole."
#books"The pride connected with knowing and sensing lies like a blinding fog over the eyes and senses of men, thus deceiving them concerning the value of existence.…"
#life"What is the seal of liberation? — No longer being ashamed in front of oneself."
#philosophy"To be incapable of taking one's enemies, one's accidents, even one's misdeeds seriously for very long—that is the sign of strong, full natures in whom there …"
#nature"Is life not a thousand times too short for us to bore ourselves?"
#life"What is good? All that heightens the feeling of power in man, the will to power, power itself. What is bad? All that is born of weakness. What is happiness? …"
#life