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On the recordJuly 31, 1991
Freedom requires tolerance, a concept embedded in openness, in glasnost, and in our first amendment protections for the freedoms of speech, association, and religion.
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George H.W. Bush
Republican · Texas

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Remarks to the Supreme Soviet of the Republic of the Ukraine in Kiev, Soviet Union

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