PRESIDENT BUSH

PRESIDENT BUSH
Quotes
During his Tuesday visit to Youngstown, President Bush spoke primarily about community health-care centers with a small crowd. Here are some of his more notable quotes:
"The patient and the doctor should be the center of the health-care decision." "People go to emergency rooms for primary health care if they can't afford health insurance."
"We need to make sure we put good policies in place."
"Do they treat bicycle injuries? I was wearing my helmet at the time." This was a reference to Bush's recent bicycle accident that left him with cuts and bruises.
"A reasonable person realizes the health-care system is totally out of whack."
"We want to make our health-care system available to all citizens from all walks of life."
"This is a common-sense approach to meeting the needs of people without centralizing it in D.C."
"Americans need to be compassionate at home."
"Mr. Mayor and I first met on a train. You're doing a fine job here. You told me your vision was to build a modern Youngstown, and you're doing a fine job." This was to Youngstown Mayor George M. McKelvey, who will attend a private dinner tonight at the White House with Bush, and was at Tuesday's event.
"When we talk about strength, we talk about our military ... but the true strength of America is our citizens."
"We need to do it in Ohio, we need to do it in Youngstown." Bush was discussing medical liability reform.