“It's going to be the year of the sharp elbow and the quick tongue.”
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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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“It's going to be the year of the sharp elbow and the quick tongue.”
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“States should have the right to enact laws... particularly to end the inhumane practice of ending a life that otherwise could live.”
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“I believe that God has planted in every heart the desire to live in freedom.”
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“Every nation in every region now has a decision to make. Either you are with us, or you are with the terrorists.”
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“I am mindful not only of preserving executive powers for myself, but for predecessors as well.”
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“The tyrant has fallen, and Iraq is free.”
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“We will not waver; we will not tire; we will not falter, and we will not fail. Peace and Freedom will prevail.”
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“It is clear our nation is reliant upon big foreign oil. More and more of our imports come from overseas.”
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“We can't allow the world's worst leaders to blackmail, threaten, hold freedom-loving nations hostage with the world's worst weapons.”
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“Only a liberal senator from Massachusetts would say that a 49 percent increase in funding for education was not enough.”
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“The resolve of our great nation is being tested. But make no mistake, we will show the world that we will pass the test.”
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“Use power to help people. For we are given power not to advance our own purposes nor to make a great show in the world, nor a name. There is but one just use of power and it is to serve peop...”
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“Great tragedy has come to us, and we are meeting it with the best that is in our country, with courage and concern for others because this is America. This is who we are.”
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“The momentum of freedom in our world is unmistakable - and it is not carried forward by our power alone. We can trust in that greater power Who guides the unfolding of the years. And in all...”
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“People make suggestions on what to say all the time. I'll give you an example; I don't read what's handed to me. People say, 'Here, here's your speech, or here's an idea for a speech.' They'...”
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“I want to thank you for taking time out of your day to come and witness my hanging.”
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“Now, there are some who would like to rewrite history - revisionist historians is what I like to call them.”
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“There's no bigger task than protecting the homeland of our country.”
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“For all who love freedom and peace, the world without Saddam Hussein's regime is a better and safer place.”
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“Do I think faith will be an important part of being a good president? Yes, I do.”
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