On 9/11, we saw the spirit of courage and optimism of the American people - that greatest assurance of the ultimate triumph of our cause. Courage and optimism led colleagues to help each other in escaping from collapsing buildings.
Courage and optimism led policemen, firefighters, emergency medical professionals, public works employees, our men & women in uniform, and selfless volunteers to run into burning buildings to save others and undertake a mammoth rescue and recovery effort
Source: 2004 Republican Party Platform, p. 4
Sep 7, 2004
Bush will nominate conservative judges only
Many judges make up laws, invent new rights, free vicious criminals, and pamper felons in prison. They have arbitrarily overturned state laws, utterly disregarding the right of the people and the democratic process. A
Republican president will restore the separation of powers. We applaud Governor Bush’s pledge to name only judges who have demonstrated that they share his conservative beliefs and respect the Constitution.
Source: Republican Platform adopted at GOP National Convention
Aug 12, 2000
A distinctly American internationalism for the 21st century
The Twenty-First Century opens with unique promise for the United States. There is every reason for Americans to be extraordinarily optimistic about their future.
Few nations in history have been granted such a singular opportunity to shape the future.
Even after World War II the United States had to reckon with a divided world and terrible dangers. Now America can help mold international ideals and institutions for decades to come. Handed the torch by generations that won great battles, our generation
of Americans with its allies and friends can build a different and better world, promoting U.S. interests and principles, avoiding the economic convulsions and perilous conflicts that so scarred the century just past. Through a distinctly
American internationalism, a new Republican president will build public support for a new strategy that can lead the United States of America toward a more peaceful and prosperous world for us, our children, and future generations.
Source: Republican Platform adopted at GOP National Convention
Aug 12, 2000
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