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George H.W. Bush: “Such liberty calls for a democracy created less by governments than by people.”

On the recordNovember 14, 1989
Such liberty calls for a democracy created less by governments than by people.
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George H.W. Bush
Republican · Texas

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Remarks at the Biannual Convention of the American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations

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