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George W. Bush: I wish I could make people love one another, and I'd sign the bill, but that's not the way life works.

On the recordDecember 19, 2001
I wish I could make people love one another, and I'd sign the bill, but that's not the way life works.
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George W. Bush
Republican · Texas

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