"One of the good things about the way the Gulf War ended in 1991 is, you'd see the Vietnam veterans marching with the Gulf War veterans."
-George H. W. Bush
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"History will point out some of the things I did wrong and some of the things I did right.“
-George H. W. Bush
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"I can tell you this: If I'm ever in a position to call the shots, I'm not going to rush to send somebody else's kids into a war."
-George H. W. Bush
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"Well, I think everybody is frustrated by the finances of the U.N. and the inability to solve problems of war and peace."
-George H. W. Bush
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"I hope my own children never have to fight a war."
-George H. W. Bush
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"You cannot be President of the United States if you don't have faith. Remember Lincoln, going to his knees in times of trial in the Civil War and all that stuff."
-George H. W. Bush
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"We can realise a lasting peace and transform the East-West relationship to one of enduring co-operation."
-George H. W. Bush
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"This is a good time to ask apologists for the Islamic regime, who degrades Islam? Who imposes stoning, forced marriage of underage girls and flogging for not wearing the veil? Do such practices represent Iran's ancient history and culture, its ethnic and religious diversity? Its centuries of sensual and subversive poetry?"
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"What would be the nicest thing I could say about Newt Gingrich? He may be one of the great supporters of the humanities, because you have people who don't want to study the social sciences, because it's not profitable, and now Newt, as the highest-paid historian in American history, may be an encouragement to people to study history."
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