I didn't see or hear Bush's speech tonight.
What I did see, however, was Robert F. Kennedy's speech to the University of Cape Town, in South Africa on June 6, 1966.
It is called the Day of Affirmation speech.
Here is a paragraph (called "The Ripple of Hope paragraph").
It spoke to my heart. I believe it is true.
I also believe it is about all of you:
"Give me a place to stand," said Archimedes, "and I will move the world." These men moved the world, and so can we all. Few will have the greatness to bend history itself, but each of us can work to change a small portion of events, and in the total of all those acts will be written the history of this generation. Thousands of Peace Corps volunteers are making a difference in isolated villages and city slums in dozens of countries. Thousands of unknown men and women in Europe resisted the occupation of the Nazis and many died, but all added to the ultimate strength and freedom of their countries. It is from numberless diverse acts of courage and belief that human history is shaped. Each time a man stands up for an ideal, or acts to improve the lot of others, or strikes out against injustice, he sends forth a tiny ripple of hope, and crossing each other from a million different centers of energy and daring those ripples build a current which can sweep down the mightiest walls of oppression and resistance.