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George H.W. Bush: “Dictatorships shelter terrorists and feed resentment and radicalism and seek weapons of mass destruction. Democracies…”

On the recordJanuary 30, 2006
Dictatorships shelter terrorists and feed resentment and radicalism and seek weapons of mass destruction. Democracies replace resentment with hope, respect the rights of their citizens and their neighbors and join the fight against terror. Every step toward freedom in the world makes our country safer, so we will act boldly in freedom's cause.
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George H.W. Bush
Republican · Texas

Editor's note · Context

President Bush discusses the relationship between democracy and terrorism in his State of the Union address.

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