George W. Bush Quotes About Liberty

• Our enemies have made the mistake that America's enemies always make. They saw liberty and thought they saw weakness. And now, they see defeat.

  George W. Bush

  Mistake, America, September 11

  The World Will Always Remember 9/11, delivered 11 December 2011

• Freedom itself was attacked this morning by a faceless coward, and freedom will be defended.

  George W. Bush

  Morning, September 11, Coward

  9/11 Remarks at Barksdale Air Force Base, delivered 11 September, 2001, Barksdale, Louisiana

• Nearly all Americans have ancestors who braved the oceans - liberty-loving risk takers in search of an ideal - the largest voluntary migrations in recorded history... Immigration is not just a link to America's past; it's also a bridge to America's future.

  George W. Bush

  Ocean, Past, Bridges

• America stands for liberty, for the pursuit of happiness and for the unalienable right for life. This right to life cannot be granted or denied by government because it does not come from government, it comes from the creator of life.

  George W. Bush

  Pursuit Of Happiness, Government, America

• For most of the world, there's no greater symbol of America than the Statue of Liberty. It has been an inspiration to generations of immigrants. One of these immigrants was a poet-writer named Ameen Rihani. Gazing at her lamp held high, he wondered whether her sister might be erected in the lands of his Arab forefathers. Here is how he put it: "When will you turn your face toward the East, oh Liberty?"

  George W. Bush

  Inspiration, Land, America

  Address in Abu Dhabi on Freedom and Extremism in the Middle East, delivered 13 January 2008, Emirates Palace Hotel, United Arab Emirates

• Our Founding Fathers understood that our country would survive and flourish if our Nation was committed to good character and an unyielding dedication to liberty and justice for all.

  George W. Bush

  Country, Father, Character

• It says something about our country that people around the world are willing to leave their homes and leave their families and risk everything to come to America. Their talent and hard work and love of freedom have helped make America the leader of the world. And our generation will ensure that America remains a beacon of liberty and the most hope fill society this world has ever known.

  George W. Bush

  Country, Hard Work, Home

  George W. Bush's speech at a Naturalization Ceremony at the DAR Administration Building in Washington, D.C., georgewbush-whitehouse.archives.gov. March 27, 2006.

• Not far from here where we gather today is a symbol of freedom familiar to all Americans -- the Liberty Bell. When the Declaration of Independence was first read in public, the Liberty Bell was sounded in celebration, and a witness said: "It rang as if it meant something."

  George W. Bush

  Freedom, Independence, Liberty

  George W. Bush's address on War on Terror and Upcoming Iraqi Elections in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, georgewbush-whitehouse.archives.gov. December 12, 2005.

• Religion is a personal, private matter and parents, not public school officials, should decide their children's religious training. We should not have teacher-led prayers in public schools, and school officials should never favor one religion over another, or favor religion over no religion (or vice versa). I also believe that schools should not restrict students' religious liberties. The free exercise of faith is the fundamental right of every American, and that right doesn't stop at the schoolhouse door.

  George W. Bush

  Teacher, Religious, Prayer

• Their sacrifice was great, but not in vain. All Americans and every free nation on earth can trace their liberty to the white markers of places like Arlington National Cemetery. And may God keep us ever grateful.

  George W. Bush

  Memorial Day, Grateful, Sacrifice

  George W. Bush Honors the Brave and Fallen Defenders of Freedom in Arlington, Virginia, georgewbush-whitehouse.archives.gov. May 26, 2003.

• America will never run... And we will always be grateful that liberty has found such brave defenders.

  George W. Bush

  Running, Grateful, America

• Here in the United States our Muslim citizens are making many contributions in business, science and law, medicine and education, and in other fields...[they are]upholding our nation's ideals of liberty and justice in a world at peace.

  George W. Bush

  Law, Medicine, Justice

• Our security is assured by our perseverance and by our sure belief in the success of liberty.

  George W. Bush

  Success, Perseverance, Congratulations

  Announces Capture of Saddam Hussein, delivered on 14 December 2003 from the Cabinet Room

• Life in America shows that liberty, paired with law, is not to be feared.

  George W. Bush

  Law, America, Liberty

  George Walker Bush, John W. Dietrich (2005). “The George W. Bush Foreign Policy Reader: Presidential Speeches and Commentary”, p.225, M.E. Sharpe

• Are the peoples of the Middle East somehow beyond the reach of liberty? Are millions of men and women and children condemned by history or culture to live in despotism? Are they alone never to know freedom and never even to have a choice in the matter?

  George W. Bush

  Children, Men, Choices

  National Endowment for Democracy Address on the Middle East, delivered 6 November 2003, U.S. Chamber of Commerce, Washington, D.C.

• The advance of liberty is the path to both a safer and better world.

  George W. Bush

  Liberty, World, Path

  United Nations General Assembly Address, delivered 21 September 2004, New York, NY

• Liberty is the right and hope of all humanity.

  George W. Bush

  Humanity, Liberty

  Fifth Presidential State of the Union Address, delivered 31 January 2006

• 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

  Expectations, Democracy, Liberty

  George Walker Bush, John W. Dietrich (2005). “The George W. Bush Foreign Policy Reader: Presidential Speeches and Commentary”, p.29, M.E. Sharpe

• Sixty years of Western nations excusing and accommodating the lack of freedom in the Middle East did nothing to make us safe because in the long run stability cannot be purchased at the expense of liberty. ... The global wave of democracy has barely reached the Arab states. For too long, many people in that region have been victims and subjects. They deserve to be active citizens.

  George W. Bush

  Running, Years, Democracies Have

  National Endowment for Democracy Address on the Middle East, delivered 6 November 2003, U.S. Chamber of Commerce, Washington, D.C.

• This young century will be liberty's century.

  George W. Bush

  Liberty, Century, Young

  United Nations General Assembly Address, delivered 21 September 2004, New York, NY

• Americans are a free people, who know that freedom is the right of every person and the future of every nation. The liberty we prize is not America's gift to the world; it is God's gift to humanity.

  George W. Bush

  America, People, Humanity

  Second Presidential State of the Union Address, delivered January 28, 2003

• In the long run, stability cannot be purchased at the expense of liberty.

  George W. Bush

  Running, Long, Liberty

  National Endowment for Democracy Address on the Middle East, delivered 6 November 2003, U.S. Chamber of Commerce, Washington, D.C.

• I believe in the transformational power of liberty. I believe that the free Iraq is in this nation's interests. I believe a free Afghanistan is in this nation's interest.

  George W. Bush

  Believe, Iraq, Liberty

  George W. Bush during Presidential Debate at the University of Miami Convocation Center in Coral Gables, Florida, www.washingtonpost.com. September 30, 2004.

• The survival of liberty in our land increasingly depends on the success of liberty in other lands.

  George W. Bush

  Land, Survival, Liberty

  Second Presidential Inaugural Address, delivered 20 January 2005

• The contrast couldn't be clearer between the intentions and the hearts of those of us who care deeply about human rights and human liberty and those who kill. [on the terrorist bombings in London, July 7, 2005

  George W. Bush

  Heart, Rights, July

  George W. Bush's address to the people of London on the terrorist bombings, georgewbush-whitehouse.archives.gov. July 7, 2005.

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