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Article: Faithful Bush calls on God's blessings.(PAGE ONE)
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- The Washington Times (Washington, DC)
- Article date:
- January 21, 2005
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Byline: Julia Duin, THE WASHINGTON TIMES
President Bush mixed images of the Almighty as a just ruler, as a judge, and as a freedom-loving deity in a speech that surpassed his 2001 inaugural address in references to God.
Barely one minute into the 21-minute discourse, he said, "every man and woman on this earth has rights, and dignity, and matchless value, because they bear the image of the Maker of heaven and earth."
A few minutes later, he addressed dictators with a quote from Abraham Lincoln: "Those who deny freedom to others deserve it not for themselves; and, under the rule of a just God, cannot long retain it."
Four years ago, ...