President Bush Commends Pro-Lifers
Statement by the President Read at the Annual March for Life
January 22, 2001
Good afternoon, friends and fellow citizens. Two
days ago, Americans gathered on the Washington
Mall to celebrate our Nation's ideals. Today, you
are gathered to remind our country that one of
those ideals is the infinite value of every life.
I deeply appreciate your message and your work.
You see the weak and the defenseless, and you try
to help them. You see the hardship of many young
mothers and their unborn children, and you care
for them both. In so many ways, you make our
society more compassionate and welcoming.
We share a great goal: to work toward a day when
every child is welcomed in life and protected in
law. We know this will not come easily, or all at
once. But the goal leads us onward: to build a
culture of life, affirming that every person, at
every stage and season of life, is created equal
in God's image.
The promises of our Declaration of Independence
are not just for the strong, the independent, or
the healthy. They are for everyone -- including
unborn children. We are a society with enough
compassion and wealth and love to care for both
mothers and their children, to seek the promise
and potential in every human life.
I believe that we are making progress toward that
goal. I trust in the good hearts of Americans. I
trust in the unfolding promise of our country -- an
expanding circle of inclusion and protection. And
I trust in the civility and good sense of our
citizens -- a willingness to engage our differences
in a spirit of tolerance and good will.
All of you marching today have never tired in a
good cause. Thank you for your conviction, your
idealism, and your courage. May God bless you all.
GEORGE W. BUSH
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