09/11/1989
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"Washington sought not the security of power but the power to secure America's independence, to build a nation devoted to freedom and human dignity."
"Your objective was clear. It was the liberation of Kuwait."
"Our challenges are enormous. But remember, this is America, and here, great things are possible."
"On the eve of this Fourth of July—and the 50th anniversary of this monument—let us express our undiminished devotion to the ideals of Washington, Jefferson, Lincoln, and Roosevelt."