Bush doesn't believe in legacies

Howard Lake | 10 June 2001 | News

One of President Bush’s verbal gaffes denies the existence of legacies – which could be worrying for fundraisers.

One of President Bush’s verbal gaffes denies the existence of legacies – which could be worrying for fundraisers.

As President Bush begins his tour of Europe, it’s an appropriate time to recall one of his gaffes from earlier in the year. Apparently, legacies do not exist. On 31 January 2001, President Bush said: “There’s no such thing as legacies. At least, there is a legacy, but I’ll never see it.”

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Howard Lake is consultant editor of UK Fundraising. He founded the site in 1994 and successfully sold it in 2022. As director of Giving X Ltd he is exploring growing giving on a massive scale. He is the founder of Fundraising Camp and co-founder of GoodJobs.