“See, free nations are peaceful nations. Free nations don't attack each other. Free nations don't develop weapons of mass destruction." —George W. Bush, Milwaukee, Wis., Oct. 3, 2003”
“Can a nation be free if it oppresses other nations? It cannot.”
“You know how impossible it is, in short, to have a free nation if it is a military nation and under military orders”
“I would rather belong to a poor nation that was free than to a rich nation that had ceased to be in love with liberty.”
“The proper role of a free nation is to behave like a loving parent and help the less-free nations grow more mature . . . keeping in mind, of course, that the road to good parenting is seldom smooth, and that setting a good example is arguably the best teacher.”
“If a nation expects to be ignorant and free, in a state of civilization, it expects what never was and never will be.”