I, George Herbert Walker Bush. I, George Herbert Walker Bush. How does a man get to this point in his life? How does one man come so far? Maybe for George Bush, it began when he became the youngest pilot in the Navy. Or perhaps it began this day in 1944, when he earned the Distinguished Flying Cross for bravery under fire. I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same. Wherever it began, it continued when he took his family off to Texas and started and built a successful company. I take this obligation freely. And it would continue when he was elected to Congress, selected to serve as U.N. Ambassador and emissary to mainland China, and later run the CIA. The more you learn how George Bush came this far, the more you realize that perhaps no one in this century is better prepared to be President of the United States. To help you, God. So help me, God.

I, George Herbert Walker Bush. I, George Herbert Walker Bush. How does a man get to this point in his life? How does one man come so far? Maybe for George Bush, it began when he became the youngest pilot in the Navy. Or perhaps it began this day in 1944, when he earned the Distinguished Flying Cross for bravery under fire. I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same. Wherever it began, it continued when he took his family off to Texas and started and built a successful company. I take this obligation freely. And it would continue when he was elected to Congress, selected to serve as U.N. Ambassador and emissary to mainland China, and later run the CIA. The more you learn how George Bush came this far, the more you realize that perhaps no one in this century is better prepared to be President of the United States. To help you, God. So help me, God., 93a74ee0ae6f17b35bf0615571aae4a8. Carl Albert Center Congressional and Political Collections. https://arc.libraryhost.com/repositories/3/digital_objects/60875 Accessed August 12, 2026.