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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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George H.W. Bush
Republican · Texas

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Remarks on Signing the Human Rights Day, Bill of Rights Day, and Human Rights Week Proclamation

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