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

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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Remarks to the House Republican Conference in Cambridge, Maryland

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