• 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: 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.
    "Governor George W. Bush - 'A Distinctly American Internationalism'". Ronald Reagan Presidential Library, Simi Valley, California, www.globalsecurity.org. November 19, 1999.