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George H.W. Bush
@georgehwbush· Republican · TX· Jun 5, 1992

Forty-eight years ago today, Ike and Monty, Churchill and FDR, Allied soldiers, sailors, marines, and airmen, heroes all, forged the greatest armada in the history of man, the D-day invasion.

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George H.W. Bush
@georgehwbush· Republican · TX· Oct 17, 1991

America is the first nation in history founded on an idea: On the unshakable certainty that all men are created equal.

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George H.W. Bush
@georgehwbush· Republican · TX· Oct 9, 1991

Most important, perhaps, Columbus Day is a time for us to do some exploring of our own -- to study and learn from the past so that we might appreciate more fully the blessings of freedom and the principles that unite all Americans today.

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George H.W. Bush
@georgehwbush· Republican · TX· Sep 17, 1991

History records that when Brigham Young first stood overlooking the Wasatch Front and saw Salt Lake, he uttered the now-famous words, 'This is the place.'

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George H.W. Bush
@georgehwbush· Republican · TX· Jun 27, 1991

This anniversary celebrates what many historians consider to have been the watershed event in American conservation history.

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George H.W. Bush
@georgehwbush· Republican · TX· Jun 13, 1991

The concepts of forced termination and excessive dependency on the Federal Government must now be relegated, once and for all, to the history books.

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George H.W. Bush
@georgehwbush· Republican · TX· Oct 22, 1990

Never, in their view, never in this history of this country have we had more motivated, more better trained, or more fine troops, men and women, than we have today.

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George H.W. Bush
@georgehwbush· Republican · TX· Nov 30, 1989

And so, thank you for that, for writing still-new pages in the history of America and of her Navy.

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Jimmy Carter
@jimmycarter· Democratic · GA· Sep 22, 1980

U.S. farm exports will reach $40 billion, up $8 billion above last year—the greatest 1-year increase in history.

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Jimmy Carter
@jimmycarter· Democratic · GA· Sep 15, 1980

This year our country will produce more coal than in any other year in the history of the United States.

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Jimmy Carter
@jimmycarter· Democratic · GA· Feb 24, 1980

I think history has shown that it has never worked except during a time of intense crisis.

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