Best passage by far of President Bush?s inaugural address:
From all of you, I have asked patience in the hard task of securing America, which you have granted in good measure. Our country has accepted obligations that are difficult to fulfill, and would be dishonorable to abandon. Yet because we have acted in the great liberating tradition of this nation, tens of millions have achieved their freedom. And as hope kindles hope, millions more will find it. By our efforts, we have lit a fire as well as a fire in the minds of men. It warms those who feel its power, it burns those who fight its progress, and one day this untamed fire of freedom will reach the darkest corners of our world.
Like Roy, I wish the president consistently practiced what he preaches. But preaching has importance on its own terms. It cannot be a bad thing to see a president say the words ?freedom? or ?liberty? dozens of times in the course of an inauguration address.
One thing Bush has clearly done right is hire speechwriters. I think they are among the best we?ve seen in public life in the past half-century.
