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George H.W. Bush: A fifth grader? A fifth grader can study. I know you're not going to like the answer too much. [Laughter] A fifth grader…

On the recordMay 27, 1992
A fifth grader? A fifth grader can study. I know you're not going to like the answer too much. [Laughter] A fifth grader can watch less than the national average of kids watching television. You can learn. You can listen to those around you who are helping you with your value structure, and I think you then find that through your studies and through your environment, you have the values that will help keep this country strong. I am an old-fashioned kind of guy. I think it's good when the people are patriotic and salute the flag and stand for the Pledge of Allegiance and say we are ``one Nation under God.'' I think a fifth grader learns those things and shares them with her schoolmates, and then it's a part of your life as you get older. You'll be standing for something; you believe in something, something good. What's your friend got? Are you a friend of hers?
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George H.W. Bush
Republican · Texas

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