The GPO (Government Printing Office) releases each year the “Public Papers of the President”, which includes all proclamations, speeches, and what not that the President makes every year. Check your library for the most recent ones for GWB. One problem though with the anthologies put out by the government or sites like Bush Country is that many of the gaffes and mipronunciations are edited out (and often there are many more [Audience laughter]'s than you can shake a stick at, whether or not there was actual laughing).
The Public Papers of the President actually compile, in annual volumes, all the speeches, messages, and papers that also appear in the Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents:
The Weekly Compilation has a chronological table of contents and is fully searchable.
Sometimes I allege something about Bush which is not supported by any ready quotes.
I really owe it to my self-honesty and all fairness to President Bush, when any party brings my attention, to look post factum for any support from his utterances.
It is not genuinely the ideal way of supporting an allegation, but I am disposed to take back my word if no quotes can be found which lend relevant support.
Thanks to all here who have taken your time and labor for me.
You’re not going to add up all the times he uses the letter K and then declare “Look! He used the letter K 19683 times! That’s 3 to the power of 3 to the power of 3! Three K’s! KKK! Get it?! He’s a Klansman!”
-…or something like that, are you?
Take into account of course that many speech are written by staff members and presented by the President. If you’re looking for flashes of the man’s personality the phrasing may not be the best way. The subject matter might/should be consistant though.
Grey, I think Pres. Bush reads everything first before he reads it or delivers it again before the public.
But I have seen leaders of states delivering their utterances and correcting themselves afterwards.
In one instance on TV a president of a country was delivering a speech and stopped in the midst, taking off extemporaneously and ending his speech abruptly.
But generally and we can take it for granted, if Pres. Bush delivers or utters something in public, he means it – whatever his own innermost sentiments otherwise.
And when we study the words of Pres. Bush, we are not just after his personal thoughts, but most importantly after his thoughts as a collective person of his administrtion.