On the recordDecember 9, 1990
Words on paper -- just as our own Constitution, our own Bill of Rights, our own Declaration of Independence are nothing more than words -- and yet nothing less than the sum of human hope.
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presidency.ucsb.eduGeorge H.W. Bush: “Words on paper -- just as our own Constitution, our own Bill of Rights, our own Declaration of Independence are nothing…”
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Remarks on Signing the Human Rights Day, Bill of Rights Day, and Human Rights Week Proclamation
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