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George W. Bush: “We can't impose freedom, but we can eliminate roadblocks to freedom and to allow free societies to develop.”

On the recordJuly 29, 2007
We can't impose freedom, but we can eliminate roadblocks to freedom and to allow free societies to develop.
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George W. Bush
Republican · Texas

Editor's note · Context

The President's News Conference With Prime Minister Gordon Brown of the United Kingdom at Camp David, Maryland

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