Remembeing When Our President Was A Man

Speech Delivered by President George W. Bush at National Cathedral on September 14, 2001:




"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, and they attacked America because we are freedom's home and defender, and the commitment of our Fathers is now the calling of our time."

President Bush was there for us when, with heavy hearts, distraught emotions and misty eyes, we desperately needed reassurance and hope -- a belief in our own abilities to survive as a nation and to continue on with our lives in the wake of the horrible events of 9-11.  He did not let us down.

Our president manned up to the occasion (which wasn't a difficult stretch for him), and openly showed to us and to the watching world, his moral clarity and his personal abiding faith in God that guides his life.  I shudder to think how disastrously different it would be if (or when) similar circumstances present themselves to us today. 

Thank you, President Bush, and may God bless you.