Political Quotes

On the recordNovember 29, 1989
This meeting represents a point of departure, the beginning of a process as full of promise as any that we've known.
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George H.W. Bush
Republican · Texas

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Remarks and an Exchange With Reporters on the Upcoming Meeting With Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev at Malta

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