We will not waver we will not tire we will not falter, and we will not fail. Peace and Freedom will prevail.

This line is associated with President George W. Bush’s rhetoric in the immediate aftermath of the September 11, 2001 attacks, when his administration sought to project resolve and national unity and to frame the coming response as a long struggle against terrorism. The cadence (“we will not…”) echoes the language Bush used repeatedly in late 2001 to reassure domestic audiences, rally allies, and signal determination to adversaries as U.S. military operations began in Afghanistan and the broader “war on terror” was articulated. The pairing of “Peace and Freedom” reflects the administration’s stated aim of linking security measures and military action to an idealized end state of liberty and stability.

The quotation is a vow of perseverance built on anaphora—repeating “we will not” to create momentum and certainty. It casts the speaker and audience as a collective moral agent (“we”) whose endurance is itself a weapon: wavering, tiring, faltering, and failing are presented as the only real dangers. The closing claim, “Peace and Freedom will prevail,” supplies a teleological ending that justifies sacrifice in the present by promising an ultimate victory of values rather than merely a battlefield outcome. In Bush’s post‑9/11 idiom, the line functions as both reassurance (to citizens) and deterrence (to enemies), framing the conflict as a test of will.