Conservative logic: Bush cake quotations

Let them eat cake Compassionate conservatism
Republican governance

"Let them eat cake."
("Qu'ils mangent de la brioche.")

Marie Antoinette (1755-1793), Queen consort of Louis XVI
•Reported to have been said by her in 1789


Let them eat cake "And so many of the people in the arena here, you know, were underprivileged anyway, so this – this (chuckles slightly) is working very well for them."

Barbara Pierce Bush (born 1925), President Mother and former First Lady
•Labor Day, September 5, 2005, speaking in an interview on the American Public Media radio program "Marketplace" and referring to the Hurricane Katrina evacuees sheltered in the Astrodome in Houston, Texas


Let them eat cake "I mean, people have access to health care in America. After all, you just go to an emergency room."

George W. Bush (born 1946), 43rd President of the United States
•July 10, 2007, Intercontinental Hotel, Cleveland, Ohio

 

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