I will keep America moving forward, always forward—for a better America, for an endless enduring dream and a thousand points of light.
ATTRIBUTION:
George Bush (b. 1924), U.S. Republican politician, president. Acceptance speech, August 18, 1988, New Orleans, New York Times (August 19, 1988).
The phrase “a thousand points of light,” written for Bush by speechwriter Peggy Noonan, was used on various occasions during the 1988 presidential campaign. The words are not original, echoing similar phrases by Charles Dickens and Thomas Wolfe, among others. As president, Bush initiated a “Points of Light” reform program in June 1989.
