Transcript of President Bush address

It was exactly one year ago today that all of this happened.

The attack on our nation was also an attack on the ideals that make us a nation. Our deepest national conviction is that every life is precious, because every life is the gift of a creator who intended us to live in liberty and equality. More than anything else, this separates us from the enemy we fight. We value every life; our enemies value none — not even the innocent, not even their own. And we seek the freedom and opportunity that give meaning and value to life.

That was pretty harsh. I loved it.

Ping, for a transcript of Pres. Bush's speech of 9/11/2002, as you requested.

What the enemy has begun, WE WILL FINISH.

I love my president. Period. I feel so privileged to be here now. I have never, ever, felt that way in my life. Can you imagine a President having that effect people?

When x42 ruled, I wanted to go into hiding. In fact, I did. I ran an obscure, local business and kept having to cover my ears and eyes to keep from getting sick at what he and his band of gangsters did and said.

History will recall President Bush as a great president and the man for our times. Thank you God, that you are paying attention to us, working in this land.

God, if we didn't get out and vote, we would truly be in peril today. God, please make us ever aware that we are co-workers with you, and that we have a part to play, and our parts are important. Please help us to not be slothful in playing our part. Thank you.

The attack on our nation was also an attack on the ideals that make us a nation. Our deepest national conviction is that every life is precious, because every life is the gift of a creator who intended us to live in libert

Well said, Mr. President.

As you are working to defeat foreign enemies, it would be well to go to war on domestic enemies who slaughter as many as died on 9/11, every day.

Speak up for the unborn, Mr. President.

I really loved that comparison he made between how they view life and how we view it, but you are correct, of course.

You seem to carry a tell tale leftist trait: cynicism.

Ping!

Move to the head of the class. :-)

Pong back!

NBC didn't even carry the speech.
Tom Brokaw just kept yappin' all the way through it.

And we will not allow any terrorist or tyrant to threaten civilization with weapons of mass murder.

Thanks for the ping Mitchell. This is the phrase that caught my ear.

Go back to the DU.

I see that you didn't read the speech:

"This nation has defeated tyrants, liberated death camps, raised this lamp of liberty to every captive land. We have no intention of ignoring or appeasing history’s latest gang of fanatics trying to murder their way to power. They are discovering, as others before them, the resolve of a great country and a great democracy. In the ruins of two towers, under a flag unfurled at the Pentagon, at the funerals of the lost, we have made a sacred promise, to ourselves and to the world: We will not relent until justice is done and our nation is secure. What our enemies have begun, we will finish."

Transcript of President Bush address

‘Now and in the future, Americans will live as free people’

Good evening.
A long year has passed since enemies attacked our country. We have seen the images so many times they are seared on our souls, and remembering the horror, reliving the anguish, re-imagining the terror, is hard — and painful.
For those who lost loved ones, it has been a year of sorrow, of empty places, of newborn children who will never know their fathers here on Earth. For members of our military, it has been a year of sacrifice and service far from home. For all Americans, it has been a year of adjustment — of coming to terms with the difficult knowledge that our nation has determined enemies and that we are not invulnerable to their attacks.
Yet in the events that have challenged us, we have also seen the character that will deliver us. We have seen the greatness of America in airline passengers who defied their hijackers and ran a plane into the ground to spare the lives of others. We’ve seen the greatness of America in rescuers who rushed up flights of stairs toward peril. And we continue to see the greatness of America in the care and compassion our citizens show to each other.
September 11, 2001, will always be a fixed point in the life of America. The loss of so many lives left us to examine our own. Each of us was reminded that we are here only for a time. And these counted days should be filled with things that last and matter: love for our families, love for our neighbors and for our country, gratitude for life and to the giver of life.
We resolved a year ago to honor every last person lost. We owe them remembrance, and we owe them more. We owe them and their children and our own the most enduring monument we can build: a world of liberty and security made possible by the way America leads and by the way Americans lead our lives.
The attack on our nation was also an attack on the ideals that make us a nation. Our deepest national conviction is that every life is precious, because every life is the gift of a creator who intended us to live in liberty and equality. More than anything else, this separates us from the enemy we fight. We value every life; our enemies value none — not even the innocent, not even their own. And we seek the freedom and opportunity that give meaning and value to life.
There is a line in our time and in every time between those who believe that all men are created equal and those who believe that some men and women and children are expendable in the pursuit of power. There is a line in our time and in every time between the defenders of human liberty and those who seek to master the minds and souls of others. Our generation has now heard history’s call, and we will answer it.
America has entered a great struggle that tests our strength and, even more, our resolve. Our nation is patient and steadfast. We continue to pursue the terrorists in cities and camps and caves across the earth. We are joined by a great coalition of nations to rid the world of terror. And we will not allow any terrorist or tyrant to threaten civilization with weapons of mass murder. Now and in the future, Americans will live as free people, not in fear, and never at the mercy of any foreign plot or power.
This nation has defeated tyrants, liberated death camps, raised this lamp of liberty to every captive land. We have no intention of ignoring or appeasing history’s latest gang of fanatics trying to murder their way to power. They are discovering, as others before them, the resolve of a great country and a great democracy. In the ruins of two towers, under a flag unfurled at the Pentagon, at the funerals of the lost, we have made a sacred promise, to ourselves and to the world: We will not relent until justice is done and our nation is secure. What our enemies have begun, we will finish.
I believe there is a reason that history has matched this nation with this time. America strives to be tolerant and just. We respect the faith of Islam, even as we fight those whose actions defile that faith. We fight not to impose our will, but to defend ourselves and extend the blessings of freedom.

We cannot know all that lies ahead. Yet we do know that God has placed us together in this moment, to grieve together, to stand together, to serve each other and our country. And the duty we have been given — defending America and our freedom — is also a privilege we share.
We are prepared for this journey. And our prayer tonight is that God will see us through and keep us worthy.
Tomorrow is September 12th. A milestone is passed, and a mission goes on. Be confident. And our country is strong. And our cause is even larger than our country. Ours is the cause of human dignity: freedom guided by conscience and guarded by peace. This ideal of America is the hope of all mankind. That hope drew millions to this harbor. That hope still lights our way. And the light shines in the darkness. And the darkness will not overcome it.
May God bless America.

Because President Bush is REAL.