Civility is not a tactic or a sentiment. It is the determined choice of trust over cynicism, of community over chaos.
Quotations by:
Bush, George W.
America has never been united by blood or birth or soil. We are bound by ideals that move us beyond our backgrounds, lift us above our interests, and teach us what it means to be citizens. Every child must be taught these principles. Every citizen must uphold them; and every immigrant, by embracing these ideals, makes our country more, not less, American.
In a free society, diversity is not disorder. Debate is not strife. And dissent is not revolution.
George W. Bush (b. 1946) US President (2001-2009)
Speech in Beijing, China (Feb. 2002)
See, free nations are peaceful nations. Free nations don’t attack each other. Free nations don’t develop weapons of mass destruction.
George W. Bush (b. 1946) US President (2001-2009)
Speech, Milwaukee (3 Oct 2003)
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Referring to insurgencies in Iraq.