Inaugural address of President George W. Bush
             During this course, we have learned many things. Amidst the things that we have learned is the American Creed which include liberty, self government, equality, individualism, diversity and unity. All these things are the core value system for the people that inhabit the United States and they are the things this country was based on. So its possible that when George W. Bush sat down with his staff to write his inaugural address, he went back to this American Creed and decided to use many of the points of it in his speech.
             Towards the beginning of speech, he talks about freedom or liberty, "The story of a slave-holding society that became a servant of freedom...that everyone belongs, that everyone deserves a chance, that no insignificant person was ever born..." President Bush tries to set a town that America has come a long way from what was but that it shouldn't stop there. That it should keep on protecting those that cant protect themselves.
             He also goes on to suggest that the country should get away from the partisanship and concentrate on the good of the society instead of bickering over issue. "And sometimes our differences run so deep, it seems we share a continent, but not a country."
             Another core of the value system that is mentioned is individualism. "America, at its best, is a place where personal responsibility is valued and expected...Encouraging responsibility is not a search for scapegoats, it is a call to conscience..." He is pretty much saying that the people should not solely relay on the government to give them stuff but to also fend for themselves. That is the foundation of this society, for people to go out and create private enterprise.
             Something that can be noted in his speech was the fact that he made many references to God or the bible. A lot of things have been said that the church and the state should be kept separa...