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George W. Bush: “Now they must rise to the responsibilities of a free people and secure the blessings of their own liberty.”

On the recordSeptember 6, 2003
Now they must rise to the responsibilities of a free people and secure the blessings of their own liberty.
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George W. Bush
Republican · Texas

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Address to the Nation on the War on Terror

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