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We Will Prevail: President George W. Bush on War, Terrorism, and Freedom by The National Review (Editor), George W. Bush, Peggy Noonan, Jay Nordlinger (Introduction)
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- Pub. Date: September 2003
- Publisher: National Review, Incorporated
- Format: Hardcover, 288pp
- Sales Rank: 473,134
- ISBN-13: 9780826415523
- ISBN: 0826415520
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This volume presents a collection of excerpts from statements and speeches delivered by President George W. Bush since the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001. Selected and edited by editors of the National Review, Bush's words address issues of war, terrorism, and freedom. Included are Bush's declarations on Osama bin Laden and the Taliban, excerpts from two State of the Union Addresses, and the Executive Decision to remove the regime of Saddam Hussein. The volume does not contain bibliographical references or an index. Annotation ©2004 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
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July 31, 2004: THIS IS A GREAT BOOK TO HAVE AND TO READ AND TO GIVE TO A FRIEND OR FAMILY MEMBER DURING THESE TRYING TIMES. BECAUSE THIS BOOK OF GEORGE W BUSHS GIVES ALOT OF HOPE AND INSPIRATION THROUGH HIS MANY SPEECHS AND THOUGHTS ON THE TERRORISTS WAR ON FREEDOM. THIS BOOK OFFERS ALOT STRENTH AND SHOWS THAT AMERICA WILL TRULY PREVAIL. i COULD HARDLY PUT IT DOWN AND IT GAVE ME A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT A GREAT MAN BUSH IS.
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"We Will Prevail" is a definitive collection, representing the inspiring statements and speeches of the President as he rallies the United States and other nations against our terrorist enemies after the terrible and tragic attacks of September 11, 2001.
We Will Prevail" includes President Bush's first public words as the World Trade Center burned, his declarations on Osama bin Laden and the Taliban, generous excerpts from two State of the Union Addresses, the Executive Decision to remove the regime of Saddam Hussein, and more. The book concludes on Memorial Day 2003.
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- Pub. Date: September 2003
- Publisher: National Review, Incorporated
- Format: Hardcover, 288pp
- Sales Rank: 473,134
- ISBN-13: 9780826415523
- ISBN: 0826415520
Table of Contents
Contents
Foreword by Peggy Noonan..............................................................................................................................................................xv
Introduction by Jay Nordlinger........................................................................................................................................................xix
September 2001
September 11 Remarks by the President After Two Planes Crash into the World Trade Center.............................................................................................1
September 11 Remarks by the President upon Arrival at Barksdale Air Force Base.......................................................................................................1
September 11 Presidential Address to the Nation......................................................................................................................................2
September 13 Presidential Proclamation Declaring National Day of Prayer and Remembrance for the Victims of the Terrorist Attacks.....................................................4
September 14 Remarks by the President from Speech at National Day of Prayer and Remembrance Ceremony at The National Cathedral.......................................................5
September 14 Remarks by the President to Police Officers, Firefighters, and Rescue Workers at Ground Zero............................................................................7
September 15 Presidential Radio Address to the Nation................................................................................................................................8
September 17 Remarks by the President from Speech at the Islamic Center of Washington, D.C...........................................................................................9
September 18 Statement by the President upon Signing Authorization for Use of Military Force Bill....................................................................................10
September 23 Presidential Address to a Joint Session of Congress.....................................................................................................................11
September 23 Letter to Congress Transmitting a Presidential Executive Order Declaring a National Emergency...........................................................................18
September 25 Excerpted Remarks by the President from Speech to Employees at the Federal Bureau of Investigation......................................................................22
September 26 Excerpted Remarks by the President from Speech to Employees of the Central Intelligence Agency..........................................................................24
October 2001
October 1 Excerpted Remarks by the President from Speech to the Employees of the Federal Emergency Management Agency..............................................................27
October 4 Excerpted Remarks by the President from Speech to the Employees of the Department of Labor..............................................................................29
October 6 Presidential Radio Address to the Nation................................................................................................................................31
October 7 Presidential Address to the Nation......................................................................................................................................33
October 7 Excerpted Remarks by the President from Speech at the National Fallen Firefighters Memorial Tribute.....................................................................35
October 8 Excerpted Remarks by the President from Speech at the Swearing-in Ceremony for Governor Thomas Ridge....................................................................37
October 10 Excerpted Remarks by the President from Speech Unveiling "Most Wanted" Terrorist List...................................................................................38
October 11 Excerpted Remarks by the President from Speech at the Department of Defense Service of Remembrance......................................................................39
October 17 Excerpted Remarks by the President from Speech to the California Business Association...................................................................................42
October 17 Excerpted Remarks by the President from Speech to Military Personnel at Travis Air Force Base...........................................................................46
October 24 Excerpted Remarks by the President from Speech to Employees of the Dixie Printing Company...............................................................................48
October 26 Excerpted Remarks by the President from Speech at the Patriot Act Signing Ceremony......................................................................................53
October 30 Excerpted Remarks by the President from Speech on the "Lessons of Liberty" Initiative...................................................................................55
November 2001
November 6 Excerpted Remarks by the President from Speech to the Warsaw Conference.................................................................................................58
November 7 Excerpted Remarks by the President from Speech to the Financial Crime Enforcement Network...............................................................................60
November 8 Excerpted Remarks from Presidential Address to the Nation...............................................................................................................61
November 10 Remarks by the President from Speech to the United Nations General Assembly.............................................................................................66
November 11 Excerpted Remarks by the President from Speech to the Veterans Day Prayer Breakfast.....................................................................................72
November 21 Excerpted Remarks by the President from Speech to Military Personnel at Fort Campbell...................................................................................76
November 24 Presidential Radio Address to the Nation................................................................................................................................77
November 29 Excerpted Remarks by the President from Speech to the U.S. Attorneys Conference.........................................................................................78
December 2001
December 4 Excerpted Remarks by the President from Statement on the Financial Fight Against Terror.................................................................................81
December 6 Excerpted Remarks by the President from Speech at the Lighting of the National Christmas Tree...........................................................................82
December 7 Excerpted Remarks by the President from Speech Commemorating Pearl Harbor Day...........................................................................................83
December 9 Presidential Proclamation Declaring Human Rights Day and Bill of Rights Week............................................................................................88
December 11 Excerpted Remarks by the President from Speech to Citadel Cadets........................................................................................................89
December 12 Excerpted Remarks by the President from Speech at the Signing Ceremony for the Afghan Women and Children Relief Act.....................................................95
December 19 Excerpted Remarks by the President from Speech Marking the Donation of the Spirit of Louisiana Fire Truck to New York City..............................................97
January 2002
January 14 Excerpted Remarks by the President from Speech to the Missouri Farmers Association......................................................................................99
January 23 Excerpted Remarks by the President from Speech to the Reserve Officers Luncheon.........................................................................................100
January 25 Excerpted Remarks by the President from Speech at Southern Maine Technical College......................................................................................103
January 29 Excerpted Remarks from the President's State of the Union Address.......................................................................................................105
February 2002
February 6 Excerpted Remarks by the President from Speech to New York Police Department Personnel..................................................................................113
February 7 Excerpted Remarks by the President from Speech at the National Prayer Breakfast.........................................................................................118
February 16 Excerpted Remarks by the President from Speech to Military Personnel in Alaska..........................................................................................120
February 20 Excerpted Remarks by the President from Speech to Military Personnel Stationed in the Demilitarized Zone................................................................123
February 21 Excerpted Remarks by the President from Speech to Military Personnel Stationed at Osan Air Base.........................................................................125
February 22 Statement by the President on Confirmation of the Death of Daniel Pearl.................................................................................................127
March 2002
March 1 Excerpted Remarks by the President from Speech to Iowa Republican Party Victory Luncheon................................................................................128
March 11 Remarks by the President from Speech on the Six-Month Anniversary of the September 11th Attacks.........................................................................131
March 15 Excerpted Remarks by the President from Speech to Citizens and Military Personnel in North Carolina.....................................................................135
March 27 Presidential Easter Message.............................................................................................................................................139
April 2002
April 17 Excerpted Remarks by the President from Speech to the George C. Marshall ROTC Award Seminar on National Security at the Virginia Military Institute.....................141
May 2002
May 14 Excerpted Remarks by the President from Speech upon Signing the Enhanced Border Security and Visa Entry Reform Act......................................................147
May 15 Excerpted Remarks by the President from Speech at Annual Peace Officers Association Memorial Service....................................................................149
May 23 Excerpted Remarks by the President from Speech to the German Bundestag..................................................................................................151
June 2002
June 1 Excerpted Remarks by the President from Speech at the Graduation Exercises at West Point................................................................................158
June 6 Presidential Address to the Nation......................................................................................................................................163
June 11 Excerpted Remarks by the President from Speech at the Opening of Oak Park High School...................................................................................167
June 24 Excerpted Remarks by the President from Speech at Ceremony Honoring Port Authority Heroes...............................................................................173
September 2002
September 4 Presidential Proclamation Establishing Patriot Day......................................................................................................................178
September 11 Excerpted Remarks by the President from Speech at the Pentagon Marking the Observance of the September 11th Attacks.....................................................180
September 11 Presidential Address to the Nation from Ellis Island Marking the Observance of the September 11th Attacks...............................................................181
September 13 Presidential Radio Address to the Nation................................................................................................................................283
October 2002
October 4 Excerpted Remarks by the President from Speech at the Massachusetts Victory 2002 Reception..............................................................................185
October 5 Presidential Radio Address to the Nation................................................................................................................................191
October 7 Excerpted Remarks by the President from Speech at the Cincinnati Museum Center..........................................................................................192
October 13 President's Statement on Terrorist Attack in Bali.......................................................................................................................200
November 2002
November 3 Excerpted Remarks by the President from a Campaign Speech in South Dakota...............................................................................................201
November 11 Excerpted Remarks by the President from Speech at the Metropolitan Police Operations Center.............................................................................204
November 25 Remarks by the President at Speech Upon the Signing of the Homeland Security Act of 2002................................................................................209
December 2002
December 20 Radio Address by the President to the People of Iran on Radio Farda.....................................................................................................213
January 2003
January 28 Excerpted Remarks of President's State of the Union Address.............................................................................................................214
February 2003
February 6 Statement by the President Regarding the United Nations Security Council and Iraq.......................................................................................222
February 26 Excerpted Remarks from of President's Speech to the American Enterprise Institute.......................................................................................225
March 2003
March 8 Presidential Radio Address to the Nation................................................................................................................................230
March 17 Presidential Address to the Nation......................................................................................................................................231
March 19 Presidential Addresses the Nation on the Commencement of Military Operations Against Iraq...............................................................................235
March 22 Presidential Radio Address to the Nation................................................................................................................................237
March 26 Excerpts of Remarks by the President in Speech to SOCOM and CENTCOM Community...........................................................................................238
March 27 Remarks by President Bush and Prime Minister Blair......................................................................................................................241
March 31 Excerpts from President's Speech on Operations Liberty Shield and Iraqi Freedom.........................................................................................245
April 2003
April 3 Excerpted Remarks by the President in Speech to Military Personnel and their Families...................................................................................248
April 10 Presidential Message to the Iraqi People................................................................................................................................251
April 12 Presidential Radio Address to the Nation................................................................................................................................252
April 28 Excerpted Remarks by the President from Speech at the Ford Community and Performing Arts Center.........................................................................253
May 2003
May 1 Remarks by the President from Speech on the USS Abraham Lincoln on the Cessation of Combat Operations in Iraq...........................................................259
May 26 Excerpted Remarks by the President from Speech at Memorial Day Service at Arlington National Cemetery...................................................................263
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"We Will Prevail"
President George W. Bush on War, Terrorism, and FreedomBy George W. Bush
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Chapter One
September 2001Remarks by the President After Two Planes Crash Into the World Trade Center Emma Booker Elementary School, Sarasota, Florida September 11, 2001
Ladies and gentlemen, this is a difficult moment for America. I, unfortunately, will be going back to Washington after my remarks. Secretary Rod Paige and the Lt. Governor will take the podium and discuss education. I do want to thank the folks here at Booker Elementary School for their hospitality.
Today we've had a national tragedy. Two airplanes have crashed into the World Trade Center in an apparent terrorist attack on our country. I have spoken to the Vice President, to the Governor of New York, to the Director of the FBI, and have ordered that the full resources of the federal government go to help the victims and their families, and to conduct a full-scale investigation to hunt down and to find those folks who committed this act.
Terrorism against our nation will not stand.
And now, if you would join me in a moment of silence. May God bless the victims, their families, and America. Thank you very much.
Remarks by the President upon Arrival at Barksdale Air Force Base Barksdale Air Force Base, Louisiana September 11, 2001
I want to reassure the American people that the full resources of the federal government are working to assist local authorities to save lives and to help the victims of these attacks. Make no mistake: The United States will hunt down and punish those responsible for these cowardly acts.
I've been in regular contact with the Vice President, the Secretary of Defense, the national security team, and my Cabinet. We have taken all appropriate security precautions to protect the American people. Our military at home and around the world is on high-alert status, and we have taken the necessary security precautions to continue the functions of your government.
We have been in touch with the leaders of Congress and with world leaders to assure them that we will do whatever is necessary to protect America and Americans.
I ask the American people to join me in saying a thanks for all the folks who have been fighting hard to rescue our fellow citizens and to join me in saying a prayer for the victims and their families.
The resolve of our great nation is being tested. But make no mistake: We will show the world that we will pass this test. God bless.
Presidential Address to the Nation September 11, 2001
Good evening. Today, our fellow citizens, our way of life, our very freedom came under attack in a series of deliberate and deadly terrorist acts. The victims were in airplanes, or in their offices: secretaries, businessmen and women, military and federal workers, moms and dads, friends and neighbors. Thousands of lives were suddenly ended by evil, despicable acts of terror.
The pictures of airplanes flying into buildings, fires burning, huge structures collapsing, have filled us with disbelief, terrible sadness, and a quiet, unyielding anger. These acts of mass murder were intended to frighten our nation into chaos and retreat. But they have failed; our country is strong.
A great people has been moved to defend a great nation. Terrorist attacks can shake the foundations of our biggest buildings, but they cannot touch the foundation of America. These acts shattered steel, but they cannot dent the steel of American resolve.
America was targeted for attack because we're the brightest beacon for freedom and opportunity in the world. And no one will keep that light from shining.
Today, our nation saw evil, the very worst of human nature. And we responded with the best of America-with the daring of our rescue workers, with the caring for strangers and neighbors who came to give blood and help in any way they could.
Immediately following the first attack, I implemented our government's emergency-response plans. Our military is powerful, and it's prepared. Our emergency teams are working in New York City and Washington, D.C., to help with local rescue efforts.
Our first priority is to get help to those who have been injured, and to take every precaution to protect our citizens at home and around the world from further attacks.
The functions of our government continue without interruption. Federal agencies in Washington, which had to be evacuated today, are reopening for essential personnel tonight, and will be open for business tomorrow. Our financial institutions remain strong, and the American economy will be open for business as well.
The search is underway for those who are behind these evil acts. I've directed the full resources of our intelligence and law-enforcement communities to find those responsible and to bring them to justice. We will make no distinction between the terrorists who committed these acts and those who harbor them.
I appreciate so very much the members of Congress who have joined me in strongly condemning these attacks. And on behalf of the American people, I thank the many world leaders who have called to offer their condolences and assistance.
America and our friends and allies join with all those who want peace and security in the world, and we stand together to win the war against terrorism. Tonight, I ask for your prayers for all those who grieve, for the children whose worlds have been shattered, for all whose sense of safety and security has been threatened. And I pray they will be comforted by a power greater than any of us, spoken [of] through the ages in Psalm 23: "Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I fear no evil, for You are with me."
This is a day when all Americans from every walk of life unite in our resolve for justice and peace. America has stood down enemies before, and we will do so this time. None of us will ever forget this day. Yet, we go forward to defend freedom and all that is good and just in our world.
Thank you. Good night, and God bless America.
Presidential Proclamation Declaring National Day of Prayer and Remembrance for the Victims of the Terrorist Attacks September 13,2001
By the President of the United States of America A Proclamation
On Tuesday morning, September 11, 2001, terrorists attacked America in a series of despicable acts of war. They hijacked four passenger jets, crashed two of them into the World Trade Center's twin towers and a third into the Headquarters of the U.S. Department of Defense at the Pentagon, causing great loss of life and tremendous damage. The fourth plane crashed in the Pennsylvania countryside, killing all on board but falling well short of its intended target apparently because of the heroic efforts of passengers on board. This carnage, which caused the collapse of both Trade Center towers and the destruction of part of the Pentagon, killed more than 250 airplane passengers and thousands more on the ground.
Civilized people around the world denounce the evildoers who devised and executed these terrible attacks. Justice demands that those who helped or harbored the terrorists be punished-and punished severely. The enormity of their evil demands it. We will use all the resources of the United States and our cooperating friends and allies to pursue those responsible for this evil, until justice is done.
We mourn with those who have suffered great and disastrous loss. All our hearts have been seared by the sudden and senseless taking of innocent lives. We pray for healing and for the strength to serve and encourage one another in hope and faith.
Scripture says: "Blessed are those who mourn for they shall be comfort- ed." I call on every American family and the family of America to observe a National Day of Prayer and Remembrance, honoring the memory of the thou- sands of victims of these brutal attacks and comforting those who lost loved ones. We will persevere through this national tragedy and personal loss. In time, we will find healing and recovery; and, in the face of all this evil, we remain strong and united, "one Nation under God."
NOW THEREFORE I, GEORGE W. BUSH, President of the United States of America, by virtue of the authority vested in me by the Constitution and laws of the United States, do hereby proclaim Friday, September 14, 2001, as a National Day of Prayer and Remembrance for the Victims of the Terrorist Attacks on September 1l, 2001. I ask that the people of the United States and places of worship mark this National Day of Prayer and Remembrance with noontime memorial services, the ringing of bells at that hour, and evening candlelight remembrance vigils. I encourage employers to permit their workers time off during the lunch hour to attend the noontime services to pray for our land. I invite the people of the world who share our grief to join us in these solemn observances.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this thirteenth day of September, in the year of our Lord two thousand one, and of the Independence of the United States of America the two hundred and twenty-sixth.
GEORGE W. BUSH
Remarks by the President from Speech at National Day of Prayer and Remembrance Ceremony The National Cathedral, Washington, D.C. September 14, 2001
We are here in the middle hour of our grief. So many have suffered so great a loss, and today we express our nation's sorrow. We come before God to pray for the missing and the dead, and for those who love them.
On Tuesday, our country was attacked with deliberate and massive cruelty. We have seen the images of fire and ashes, and bent steel.
Now come the names, the list of casualties we are only beginning to read. They are the names of men and women who began their day at a desk or in an airport, busy with life. They are the names of people who faced death, and in their last moments called home to say, be brave, and I love you.
They are the names of passengers who defied their murderers, and prevented the murder of others on the ground. They are the names of men and Women who wore the uniform of the United States, and died at their posts.
They are the names of rescuers, the ones whom death found running up the stairs and into the fires to help others. We will read all these names. We will linger over them, and learn their stories, and many Americans will weep.
To the children and parents and spouses and families and friends of the lost, we offer the deepest sympathy of the nation. And 1 assure you, you are not alone.
Just three days removed from these events, Americans do not yet have the distance of history. But our responsibility to history is already clear: To answer these attacks and rid the world of evil.
War has been waged against us by stealth and deceit and murder. This nation is peaceful, but fierce when stirred to anger. This conflict was begun on the timing and terms of others. It will end in a way, and at an hour, of our choosing.
Our purpose as a nation is firm. Yet our wounds as a people are recent and unhealed, and lead us to pray. In many of our prayers this week, there is a searching, and an honesty. At St. Patrick's Cathedral in New York on Tuesday, a woman said, "I prayed to God to give us a sign that He is still here." Others have prayed for the same, searching hospital to hospital, carrying pictures of those still missing.
God's signs are not always the ones we look for. We learn in tragedy that his purposes are not always our own. Yet the prayers of private suffering, whether in our homes or in this great cathedral, are known and heard, and understood.
There are prayers that help us last through the day, or endure the night. There are prayers of friends and strangers, that give us strength for the journey. And there are prayers that yield our will to a will greater than our own.
This world He created is of moral design. Grief and tragedy and hatred are only for a time. Goodness, remembrance, and love have no end. And the Lord of life holds all who die, and all who mourn.
It is said that adversity introduces us to ourselves. This is true of a nation as well. In this trial, we have been reminded, and the world has seen, that our fellow Americans are generous and kind, resourceful and brave. We see our national character in rescuers working past exhaustion; in long lines of blood donors; in thousands of citizens who have asked to work and serve in any way possible.
And we have seen our national character in eloquent acts of sacrifice. Inside the World Trade Center, one man who could have saved himself stayed until the end at the side of his quadriplegic friend. A beloved priest died giving the last rites to a firefighter. Two office workers, finding a disabled stranger, carried her down sixty-eight floors to safety. A group of men drove through the night from Dallas to Washington to bring skin grafts for burn victims.
In these acts, and in many others, Americans showed a deep commitment to one another, and an abiding love for our country. Today, we feel what Franklin Roosevelt called the warm courage of national unity. This is a unity of every faith, and every background.
It has joined together political parties in both houses of Congress. It is evident in services of prayer and candlelight vigils, and American flags, which are displayed in pride, and wave in defiance.
Our unity is a kinship of grief, and a steadfast resolve to prevail against our enemies. And this unity against terror is now extending across the world.
America is a nation full of good fortune, with so much to be grateful for. But we are not spared from suffering. In every generation, the world has produced enemies of human freedom. They have attacked America, because we are freedom's home and defender. And the commitment of our fathers is now the calling of our time.
On this National Day of Prayer and Remembrance, we ask almighty God to watch over our nation, and grant us patience and resolve in all that is to come. We pray that He will comfort and console those who now walk in sorrow. We thank Him for each life we now must mourn, and the promise of a life to come.
As we have been assured, neither death nor life, nor angels nor principalities nor powers, nor things present nor things to come, nor height nor depth, can separate us from God's love. May He bless the souls of the departed. May lie comfort our own. And may He always guide our country.
God bless America.
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