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George W. Bush: “The best way to defeat totalitarianism in the long run is to offer a more hopeful ideology.”

On the recordJanuary 25, 2007
The best way to defeat totalitarianism in the long run is to offer a more hopeful ideology.
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George W. Bush
Republican · Texas

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Remarks to the House Republican Conference in Cambridge, Maryland

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