George H.W. Bush: “The taste of democracy is such that people aren't going to regurgitate…”

On the recordAugust 18, 1991

The taste of democracy is such that people aren't going to regurgitate it, that they want it to go forward.

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Republican · Texas

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Remarks and an Exchange With Reporters in Kennebunkport, Maine, on the Attempted Coup in the Soviet Union

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George H.W. Bush: “The taste of democracy is such that people aren't going to regurgitate it, that they want it to go forward.”