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George H.W. Bush: I think we'd have a much more stable environment everywhere in our country if we had more families, put it this way, if…

On the recordMay 20, 1992
I think we'd have a much more stable environment everywhere in our country if we had more families, put it this way, if the kids had the advantages of two-parent households. It's not always easy. It's not always possible. But I really believe that is stabilizing. I think the decline in the family as this country's known it over the years is a discouraging factor, and I think it offers kids much less hope. I believe that if we had more stable families with a loving mother and father, and fathers taking their responsibility more seriously, that it would add to stability in the community, yes. Abortion
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George H.W. Bush
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