T exas Governor George W. Bush ran for president in 2000 on the theme of compassionate conservatism. As part of The Catalyst’s focus on what that term means now, President Bush spoke before the elections with Catalyst Editor William McKenzie about the origins of the phrase, the philosophy that guides it, and compassionate conservatism’s meaning for today.
https://www.bushcenter.org/catalyst/opportunity-road/george-w-bush-on-compassionate-conservatism

