She expressed hope that the next Administration would "really try to create a 'kinder, gentler' nation."

"Ditto his pledge to work for a kinder, gentler nation."

It would be a gentler nation if there were enough money to deal with the mentally or economically wretched in the streets.

Sixty percent believed he had made little progress toward the "kinder, gentler" nation he talked about in his campaign.

This is what I mean when I talk about a gentler nation.

Meanwhile, somewhere out there, there's that vision of a kinder, more gentle nation twisting slowly in the wind.

Obviously, George Bush's people do research as well, and that's why they talk about a kinder, gentler nation.

"We must hold the President-elect to his promise of a 'kinder, gentler nation.' "

In any case, it was tough talk from a man who envisioned, as George Bush did, a "kinder, gentler" nation.

Mr. Bush, are you going to make this a gentler, kinder nation?