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The peaceful transfer of authority is rare in history, yet common in our country. With a simple oath, we affirm old traditions and make new beginnings.
George W. Bushborn 1946George W. Bush’s First Inaugural Address (2001)
- Power
To all the men and women of the United States Armed Forces now in the Middle East, the peace of a troubled world and the hopes of an oppressed people now depend on you. That trust is well placed.
George W. Bushborn 1946Invasion of Iraq (March 2003)
- War & Peace
America was targeted for attack because we’re the brightest beacon for freedom and opportunity in the world. And no one will keep that light from shining.
George W. Bushborn 19469/11 Address to the Nation (2001)
- Freedom
America has never been united by blood or birth or soil.
George W. Bushborn 1946George W. Bush’s First Inaugural Address (2001)
I believe America’s soul is rejuvenated when people come to our country and work hard to realize dreams.
George W. Bushborn 1946Q&A with Former President George W. Bush (January 2011)
I can hear you! I can hear you! The rest of the world hears you! And the people, and the people who knocked these buildings down will hear all of us soon!
George W. Bushborn 1946The Bullhorn Speech (2001)
- War & Peace
I ask you to be citizens. Citizens, not spectators; citizens, not subjects; responsible citizens, building communities of service and a nation of character.
George W. Bushborn 1946George W. Bush’s First Inaugural Address (2001)
- Responsibility
It’s called the American Dream, ‘cause you have to be asleep to believe it.
George Carlin1937–2008Life Is Worth Losing (2005), “Dumb Americans”
- Comedy
Democracy means that anyone can grow up to be president, and anyone who doesn’t grow up can be vice president.
Johnny Carson1925–2005
- Democracy
- Presidency
We cannot be both the world’s leading champion of peace and the world’s leading supplier of arms.
Jimmy Carter1924–2024
- War & Peace
America did not invent human rights. In a very real sense…human rights invented America.
Jimmy Carter1924–2024Farewell Address (January 1981)
We’ve become now an oligarchy instead of a democracy. And I think that’s been the worst damage to the basic moral and ethical standards of the American political system that I’ve ever seen in my life.
Jimmy Carter1924–2024Statement in an interview on SuperSoul Sunday with Oprah Winfrey, as quoted in “Jimmy Carter Tells Oprah America Is No Longer a Democracy, Now an Oligarchy” by Jon Levine, in .Mic (September 24, 2015)
- Democracy
The love of liberty is a common blood that flows in our American veins.
Jimmy Carter1924–2024Farewell Address (January 1981)
- Liberty
We have to make America the best place in the world to do business.
Dick Cheney1941–2025
- Business
I’ve worked for four presidents and watched two others up close, and I know that there’s no such thing as a routine day in the Oval Office.
Dick Cheney1941–2025
- Presidency