At the same time that Bush's inaugural address appeared to reject the idea of an aggressive central government that acted on behalf of its people, he also said that public trust in the government is a major component of a civilized nation. ... In essence, his address called on people to go along with his administrations agenda, rather than creating chaos by dissenting. ... The speech implied that his plan was that the outside world could be kept at arms length because his perspective was that American power was so great that it would need to be involved only on a limited basis with the...

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