This Young Century Will Be

We Cannot Show Weakness In This World Today

After 9/11, We Had To Look At The World Differently. After 9/11, We Had To Recognize That When We Saw A Threat, We Must Take It Seriously Before It Comes To Hurt Us. In The Old Days We'd See A Threat, And We Could Deal With It If We Felt Like It Or Not. But 9/11 Changed It All.

Because European Countries Now Resolve Differences Through Negotiation And Consensus, There's Sometimes An Assumption That The Entire World Functions In The Same Way. But Let Us Never Forget ... Beyond Europe's Borders, In A World Where Oppression And Violence Are Very Real, Liberation Is Still A Moral Goal, And Freedom And Security Still Need Defenders.

The Press In America Has Never Been Stronger And Never Been Freer And Never Been More Vibrant, Sometimes To My Chagrin, And A Lot Of Times To My Delight.

You Know, I Could Run For Governor But I'm Basically A Media Creation. I've Never Done Anything. I've Worked For My Dad. I Worked In The Oil Business. But That's Not The Kind Of Profile You Have To Have To Get Elected To Public Office.