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George H.W. Bush: “Well, the one key lesson is: Aggression will not stand. You don't bully your neighbor. You don't swagger around the…”

On the recordMarch 8, 1991
Well, the one key lesson is: Aggression will not stand. You don't bully your neighbor. You don't swagger around the neighborhood with an arrogance and back it up by overwhelming force without paying a price. Same thing you learned in the school yard when you were over there in Egypt. One guy came out and tried to beat the hell out of you when you're in the third grade, and you'd wait for a while, and then somebody would hit him and he'd go back into his shell and he wouldn't do it again. And that is what happened in this case. Same thing.
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George H.W. Bush
Republican · Texas

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