“Our enemies are innovative and resourceful, and so are we. They never stop thinking about new ways to harm our country and our people, and neither do we.”
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George Herbert Walker Bush (born June 12, 1924) was the 41st President of the United States (1989–1993). He was also Ronald Reagan's Vice President (1981–1989), a congressman, an ambassador, and Director of Central Intelligence. Bush was born in Massachusetts to Senator and New York Banker Prescott Bush and Dorothy Walker Bush. Following the attacks on Pearl Harbor in 1941, at the age of 18, Bush postponed going to college and became the youngest aviator in the US Navy at the time. He served until the end of the war, then attended Yale University. Graduating in 1948, he moved his family to West Texas and entered the oil business, becoming a millionaire by the age of 40. In 1988, Bush launched a successful campaign to succeed Reagan as president, defeating Democratic opponent Michael Dukakis. Foreign policy drove the Bush presidency; military operations were conducted in Panama and the Persian Gulf at a time of world change; the Berlin Wall fell in 1989 and the Soviet Union dissolved two years later. Domestically, Bush reneged on a 1988 campaign promise and after a struggle with Congress, signed an increase in taxes that Congress had passed. In the wake of economic concerns, he lost the 1992 presidential election to Democrat Bill Clinton. Bush is the father of George W. Bush, the 43rd President of the United States, and Jeb Bush, former Governor of Florida. He is the last president to have been a World War II veteran. ([Source][1]) [1]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_H._W._Bush
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“Our enemies are innovative and resourceful, and so are we. They never stop thinking about new ways to harm our country and our people, and neither do we.”
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“I know the human being and fish can co-exist peacefully.”
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“It's a time of sorrow and sadness when we lose a loss of life.”
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“One of the great things about books is sometimes there are some fantastic pictures.”
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“I had to abandon free market principles in order to save the free market system.”
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“I would like to be remembered as a guy who had a set of priorities, and was willing to live by those priorities. In terms of accomplishments, my biggest accomplishment is that I kept the cou...”
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“Saddam Hussein is a homicidal dictator who is addicted to weapons of mass destruction.”
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“Today we affirm a new commitment to live out our nation's promise through civility, courage, compassion and character.”
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“The men and women of Afghanistan are building a nation that is free, and proud, and fighting terror - and America is honored to be their friend.”
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“I believe in the transformational power of liberty. I believe that the free Iraq is in this nation's interests. I believe a free Afghanistan is in this nation's interest.”
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“So, I'm lying on the couch and Laura walks in and I say, 'Free at last,' and she says 'You're free all right, you're free to do the dishes.' So I say, 'You're talking to the former president...”
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“We know that dictators are quick to choose aggression, while free nations strive to resolve differences in peace.”
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“The once all-powerful ruler of Iraq was found in a hole, and now sits in a prison cell.”
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“The United States and our allies are determined: we refuse to live in the shadow of this ultimate danger.”
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“We cannot let terrorists hold this nation hostile or hold our allies hostile.”
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“The United States prefers that Iraq meet its obligations voluntarily, yet we are prepared for the alternative.”
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“I'm hopeful. I know there is a lot of ambition in Washington, obviously. But I hope the ambitious realize that they are more likely to succeed with success as opposed to failure.”
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“I believe the most solemn duty of the American president is to protect the American people. If America shows uncertainty and weakness in this decade, the world will drift toward tragedy. Thi...”
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“I sent American troops to Iraq to make its people free, not to make them American. Iraqis will write their own history and find their own way.”
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“I have zero desire, just so you know, to be in the limelight. I don't think it's good for the country to have a former president criticize his successor. You're not going to see me giving my...”
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