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Bush reprised the phrase near the end of his speech, affirming that he would "keep America moving forward, always forward—for a better America, for an endless enduring dream and a thousand points of light." [2] He repeated the phrase in his inaugural address on January 20, 1989:
The two finalist cities that Houston had defeated to land the convention were New Orleans and San Diego. [1] While Houston was the adopted hometown of the incumbent Republican president George H. W. Bush, when the location was announced, the party insisted that Bush had not used his influence to land the city the convention, and had only instructed the party to choose "the best site" for the ...
I have spoken of a Thousand Points of Light, of all the community organizations that are spread like stars throughout the Nation, doing good. We will work hand in hand, encouraging, sometimes ...
Margaret Ellen "Peggy" Noonan (born September 7, 1950) is a weekly columnist for The Wall Street Journal and contributor to NBC News and ABC News.She was a primary speechwriter and Special Assistant to President Ronald Reagan from 1984 to 1986 and has been right-leaning in her writings since leaving the Reagan administration.
Thousand points of light, first used by George H. W. Bush in his speech accepting the presidential nomination at the 1988 Republican National Convention. "Senator, you're no Jack Kennedy", said by Senator Lloyd Bentsen to Senator Dan Quayle in the 1988 vice presidential debate. [24] Sometimes misquoted as "you, sir, are no Jack Kennedy."
"Light itself is a great corrective. A thousand wrongs and abuses that are grown in darkness disappear, like owls and bats, before the light of day." ... “Free speech exercised both individually ...
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"Free Soil, Free Labor, Free Speech, Free Men, Fremont" – 1856 U.S. presidential campaign slogan of John Fremont ... "Thousand Points of Light" – George H. W. Bush