Encouraging responsibility is not a search for scapegoats; it is a call to conscience.
I, George Walker Bush do solemnly swear...
Americans in need are not strangers; they are citizens—not problems but priorities.
I ask all Americans to join with me in prayer and thanksgiving.
When this spirit of citizenship is missing, no Government program can replace it.
...that I will faithfully execute the office of President of the United States...
...preserve, protect, and defend the Constitution of the United States.
I seek God's guidance and His blessings on our land and all our people.
...and will to the best of my ability...
America has never been united by blood or birth or soil.
Let us become a nation rich not only in material wealth but in ideals.