by jpitney | Jul 24, 2020 | Civility, Deliberation
President George H.W. Bush, University of Michigan Commencement, May 4, 1991: The freedom to speak one’s mind — that may be the most fundamental and deeply revered of all our liberties. Americans, to debate, to say what we think — because, you see,...
by jpitney | May 3, 2020 | civic virtue, Civility, Coronavirus, Presidency
A Message from President George W. Bush@TheCalltoUnite pic.twitter.com/FIn9wuOPTF — George W. Bush Presidential Center (@TheBushCenter) May 2, 2020
by jpitney | Apr 27, 2020 | Presidency
Kate Anderson Brower at The New York Times: John F. Kennedy called on all three of his predecessors during the Cuban missile crisis, two Republicans (Herbert Hoover and Dwight D. Eisenhower) and one Democrat (Harry Truman). In 2005, George W. Bush sent his father on a...
by jpitney | Nov 24, 2019 | Ethics, Public Administration, Public Service
Accepting the Republican presidential nomination, 1988: Some people who are enjoying our prosperity have forgotten what it’s for. But they diminish our triumph when they act as if wealth is an end in itself. And there are those who have dropped their standards...
