George H. W. Bush Quotes

Just what is it that America stands for? If she stands for one thing more than another it is for the sovereignty of self-governing people.

To this day, America is still the abiding alternative to tyranny. This is our purpose in the world, nothing more and nothing less.

LIBERTY! FREEDOM! DEMOCRACY! True anyhow no matter how many Liars use those words.

I say to you that our goal is freedom, and I believe we are going to get there because however much she strays away from it, the goal of America is freedom.

I think that, as Americans, we should never forget that when we tamper with freedom of speech, it is a very sensitive issue that affects all of our constitutional rights and privileges.

Two things form the bedrock of any open society - freedom of expression and rule of law. If you don't have those things, you don't have a free country.

I believe that freedom of speech and freedom of religion go hand-in-hand in America.

It is during our most challenging and uncertain moments that our nation's commitment to due process is most severely tested; and it is in those times that we must preserve our commitment at home to the principles for which we fight abroad

Liberty is what we Americans wanted most of all.

It is ingrained into our national life that the rule of law makes us free.

What are we fighting the terrorists for if we ourselves do not even stand up for democracy - civil liberties and fundamental rights - which includes independence of the judiciary?

The last hope of human liberty in this world rests on us.

America is today the hope of all honorable men who respect the rights of their fellow men and who believe in the principle of freedom and justice.

Liberty is the only idea which circulates with the human blood, in all ages, in all countries, and in all literature - liberty that is, and what cannot be separated from liberty, a love of country.

In America, we do not seek to impose our way of life on anyone but rather to let it shine as an example. We will shine for everyone to follow.

The strength of this country lies in the Declaration of Independence and the Bill of Rights and the freedom of speech and thought.

When we safeguard (the heavenly virtue of freedom), when we honor it, when we protect it, we will walk with Washington, we will pray with patriots, and we shall have peace on earth, good will to men.

That wall, embodied in the First Amendment, is perhaps America's most important contribution to political progress on this planet.

America is a country founded on religious freedom and liberty.

The United States of America stands for: the ability for people to worship freely, the ability for people to vote and to express their opinion freely is something we hold dear.

Our government leaders... have made many mistakes in the past when they have lost sight of the sacred American values rooted in the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution. We are at the brink of even graver mistakes and assaults on these values.

Taiwan is democratic.

Forget the conspiracy theories! God gave us the right to vote, and He gave the United States, and all of its citizens, freedom through democracy.

Henceforth, we shall be happy to be a free citizen in an independent country.

And a democracy can't exist without free speech and the right to assemble. And that's what Americans tend to forget. And they're born into a culture where they take all of their freedoms for granted.