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By George W. Bush
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.
- Source
- Inaugural Address, January 20, 2001
- Read at
- The American Presidency Project, UC Santa Barbara
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From Bush's first inaugural address on January 20, 2001, where he spoke of a country divided by suspicion and prejudice and asked Americans to see the ideals they share.