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On the recordJune 1, 2004
Like other totalitarian movements, the terrorists seek to impose a grim vision in which the (unintelligible) is crushed and every man and woman must think and live in colorless conformity.
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George H.W. Bush
Republican · Texas

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President Bush compares terrorists to totalitarian movements in a speech about the war on terrorism.

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