The Weekly Standard

Prague
In January 2005, George W. Bush delivered what will surely go down as one of the most ambitious inaugural addresses in presidential history. He pledged the United States to “the ultimate goal of ending tyranny” in the world through the promotion of “democratic movements and institutions in every nation and culture.” In other words, he proposed the eradication of the most consistently recurring character in politics since its misty origins in prehistory, the dictator or ruler or strongman.

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