The peaceful transfer of authority is rare in history, yet common in our country. With a simple oath, we affirm old traditions and make new beginnings.

—George W. Bush

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George Walker Bush (born July 6, 1946) is an American former politician, businessman, and U.S. Air Force veteran who served as the 43rd president of the United States from 2001 to 2009. A member of the Republican Party, he served as the 46th governor of Texas from 1995 to 2000....

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By heritage and by choice, the United States of America will make that stand.

—George W. Bush

America will never run… And we will always be grateful that liberty has found such brave defenders.

—George W. Bush

America has never been united by blood or birth or soil. We are bound by ideals that move us beyond our backgrounds, lift us above our interests and teach us what it means to be citizens.

—George W. Bush

America has never been an empire. We may be the only great power in history that had the chance, and refused—preferring greatness to power and justice to glory.

—George W. Bush

I do not need to explain why I say things. That's the interesting thing about being the president. Maybe somebody needs to explain to me why they say something, but I don't feel like I owe anybody an explanation.

—George W. Bush

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No moral system can rest solely on authority.

What you need is sustained outrage.… There's far too much unthinking respect given to authority.

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What causes adolescents to rebel is not the assertion of authority but the arbitrary use of power, with little explanation of the rules and no involvement [of the adolescent] in the decision making.

—Laurence Steinberg and Ann Levine

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Every great advance in natural knowledge has involved the absolute rejection of authority.

—Thomas H. Huxley

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The most absurd apology for authority and law is that they serve to diminish crime. Aside from the fact that the State is itself the greatest criminal, breaking every written and natural law, stealing in the form of taxes, killing in the form of war and capital punishment, it has come to an absolute standstill in coping with crime.

—Emma Goldman

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