And the man I listened to shares that same sense of morality, and that same sense of obligation -- not to free others, but to create the conditions so others can realize the blessings of freedom. We can't impose freedom, but we can eliminate roadblocks to freedom, and to allow free societies to develop. And it's really hard work, you know? There's a lot of cynics saying, how dare they; how dare they impose U.S. or Great British values. And what I found was a man who understands that these aren't Great British and U.S. values, these are universal values.
Obviously not, George.
Everything is really hard work for George. He wants you to know he's working hard. And here, imagine all the pictures you've seen of him goofing around, and generally acting a fool, and recall all the times you've read about how he takes more vacations that just about anybody in the whole wide universe.
I'm not feeling very confident about Gordon Brown, either.
Adam, you asked about the single-most important bilateral relationship for Britain, and I think President Bush has answered that, that that is the view of the United States, as well. Call it the special relationship; call it, as Churchill did, the joint inheritance; call it when we meet as a form of homecoming, as President Reagan did -- then you see the strength of this relationship, as I've said, is not just built on the shared problems that we have to deal with together, or on the shared history that is built, as President Bush has just said, on shared values. And these are values that he rightly says are universal. They're the belief in the dignity of the individual, the freedom and liberty that we can bring to the world, and a belief that everyone -- everyone -- should have the chance of opportunity.
That's pretty big hurdle there - not even an opportunity, just the chance of opportunity.
The "special relationship" continues. We are, after all, the one colony that continued Great Britain's imperial dreams.
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