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America has never been an empire. We may be the only great power in history that had the chance, and refused - preferring greatness to power and justice to glory.

George W. Bush
Greatness, America, Justice
"Governor George W. Bush - 'A Distinctly American Internationalism'". Ronald Reagan Presidential Library, Simi Valley, California, www.globalsecurity.org. November 19, 1999.
America has never been an empire. We may be the only great power in history that had the chance, and refused - preferring greatness to power and justice to glory.