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- At every step of the way, George W. Bush has put the narrow interests of the few ahead of the interests of most Americans.
- John Kerry (1943 - ), speech in New York, August 24, 2004
- We have learned that terrorist attacks are not caused by the use of strength; they are invited by the perception of weakness. And the surest way to avoid attacks on our own people is to engage the enemy where he lives and plans. We are fighting that enemy in Iraq and Afghanistan today so that we do not meet him again on our own streets, in our own cities.
- George W. Bush (1946 - ), September 7, 2003
- Every nation in every region now has a decision to make. Either you are with us, or you are with the terrorists.
- George W. Bush (1946 - ), September 20, 2001
- I believe that God has planted in every human heart the desire to live in freedom. And even when that desire is crushed by tyranny for decades, it will rise again.
- George W. Bush (1946 - ), State of the Union address, January 20, 2004
- We live in a time when the words impossible and unsolvable are no longer part of the scientific community's vocabulary. Each day we move closer to trials that will not just minimize the symptoms of disease and injury but eliminate them.
- Christopher Reeve, Testimony to US House of Representative, 1999
- I think a hero is an ordinary individual who finds strength to persevere and endure in spite of overwhelming obstacles.
- Christopher Reeve
- Of course, our failures are a consequence of many factors, but possibly one of the most important is the fact that society operates on the theory that specialization is the key to success, not realizing that specialization precludes comprehensive thinking.
- R. Buckminster Fuller (1895 - 1983), Operating Manual for Spaceship Earth, 1963
- The world breaks everyone and afterward many are strong in the broken places. But those that will not break it kills. It kills the very good and the very gentle and the very brave impartially. If you are none of these you can be sure it will kill you too but there will be no special hurry.
- Ernest Hemingway (1899 - 1961), A Farewell to Arms, 1929
- The case for trade is not just monetary, but moral. Economic freedom creates habits of liberty. And habits of liberty create expectations of democracy.
- George W. Bush (1946 - ), speech, November 19, 1999
- 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.
- George W. Bush (1946 - ), Inaugural address, 2001
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