inauguration address 2001:
"While many of our citizens prosper, others doubt the promise, even the justice, of our
own country. The ambitions of some
Americans are limited by failing schools and hidden prejudice and the circumstances of their
birth. And sometimes our differences
run so deep, it seems we share a continent, but not a country. We do not accept this,
and we will not allow it. Our unity, our
union, is the serious work of leaders and citizens in every generation. And this is my solemn pledge:
I will work to build a single
nation of justice and opportunity.
(APPLAUSE)
I know this is in our reach because we are guided by a power larger than ourselves
who creates us equal in His image
.
And we are
confident in principles that unite and lead us onward. 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."
(APPLAUSE)
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Bush's inauguration address continued
4-227c) 7Cr: §3(a) Unity
as a Nation