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George W. Bush: “We have learned that terrorist attacks are not caused by the use of strength. They are invited by the perception of…”

On the recordSeptember 6, 2003
We have learned that terrorist attacks are not caused by the use of strength. They are invited by the perception of weakness.
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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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