George Bush actually said...

If a nation expects to be ignorant and free, in a state of civilization, it expects what never was and never will be.

Remarks on Signing the American Education Week Proclamation

11/13/1989

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It doesn't matter.

A balanced budget amendment is real action, and it will work.

Now is the time to pass a constitutional amendment mandating a balanced budget.

A balanced budget amendment is the only way to force the Federal Government, both the Congress and the executive branch, to live within its ...