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title: George W. Bush
url: https://propagandaarchive.org/quotes/george-w-bush/
description: 1 verified quote from George W. Bush, President of the United States, with sources.
section: FRAME
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# George W. Bush

President of the United States · United States

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1. **Content note:** Describes named states as an axis of evil. The words are shown as they were said or written. [Why](https://propagandaarchive.org/about/#as-it-was) — > “States like these and their terrorist allies constitute an axis of evil, arming to threaten the peace of the world. By seeking weapons of mass destruction, these regimes pose a grave and growing danger.” — January 29, 2002 · Speech · Washington, D.C., United States Capitol, joint session of Congress — State of the Union address four months after the 11 September 2001 attacks. The states named earlier in the passage are North Korea, Iran and Iraq. — Address Before a Joint Session of the Congress on the State of the Union, 29 January 2002, The American Presidency Project (UC Santa Barbara) [Source](https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/address-before-joint-session-the-congress-the-state-the-union-22)