George W. Bush

I call upon public officials, educators, librarians, and all the people of the United States to observe this month with appropriate programs and activities that honor the history, accomplishments, and contributions of African Americans.

The bill also would make long-needed changes to the requirements for Federal diversity jurisdiction over class action cases.

We have acted to restore economic growth, win the War on Terror, protect the homeland, improve our schools, rally the armies of compassion, and promote ownership.

It is this strength that will help us to continue to prosper and meet any challenge that lies before us.

It is important to teach our children about the heroes of the civil rights movement who, with courage and dignity, forced America to confront the central defect of our founding.

The bill will remove significant burdens on class action litigants and provide greater protections for the victims whom the class action device originally was designed to benefit.

We are measuring success not by good intentions, or by dollars spent, but rather by results achieved.

Free nations are peaceful nations and are far less likely to produce the kind of terrorism that reached our shores just over three years ago.

S. 5, as reported out of the Senate Judiciary Committee, reflects a carefully negotiated bi-partisan compromise.

I have signed the Fair and Accurate Credit Transactions Act of 2003, which makes it easier for consumers to detect and protect themselves from fraud.

We will continue to build working relationships with community organizations, including faith-based organizations, which are doing so much to bring hope to Americans.

I call upon government officials, industry leaders, and consumer advocates to provide citizens with information about identity theft and how they can be responsible consumers.

I do hereby proclaim February 6 through February 12, 2005, as National Consumer Protection Week.

This Budget also promotes economic growth and opportunity.

Working together, we can reduce this growing problem and protect the financial security of our citizens and our Nation.

It was a powerful moment when the country could see two women from different cultures embrace for the sake of peace.

This isn't just a management plan; this is an everybody plan.

It's time to address it square on.

I believe every soul yearns to be free; that's what I believe.

I recognize there's a little bit of denial in Washington.

I think now is the time to take on the issue.

We're here to talk public policy, about how to make America a better place.

We will be able to look back and say that this is a part of a more peaceful future for our grandchildren.

Every time a society becomes a free society, our children and grandchildren are better off, because free societies are peaceful societies.

Democracies promote peace, and that's what we're interested in.