text: “We’ve seen nationalism distorted into nativism, forgotten the dynamism that immigration has always brought to America ... We see a fading confidence in the value of free markets and international trade, forgetting that conflict, instability and poverty follow in the wake of protectionism. We’ve seen the return of isolation sentiments, forgetting that American security is directly threatened by the chaos and despair of distant places. ... We’ve seen our discourse degraded by casual cruelty ... Bigotry seems emboldened. Our politics seems more vulnerable to conspiracy theories and outright fabrication.”
  
  I never thought I'd see the day that I would so heartily applaud a speech by George W. Bush.  Well done, sir!