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George H.W. Bush: “Stay with your principles. Stay with your reforms. Stay with your commitment to democratic process and constitutional…”

On the recordAugust 20, 1991
Stay with your principles. Stay with your reforms. Stay with your commitment to democratic process and constitutional law.
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George H.W. Bush
Republican · Texas

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The President's News Conference in Kennebunkport, Maine, on the Attempted Coup in the Soviet Union

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