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Abraham Lincoln Truly Inspired Me. It Wasn’t Just The Freeing Of The Slaves, He Kept The Union Together. Some People Even Forget That Today. What I Think Inspired Me Was The Fact That In Spite Of Being The President Of The United States He Retained A Certain Down-to-earth Quality. He Never Got To Be A Big Shot, And He Cared About People.

-George H. W. Bush

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Abraham Lincoln Truly Inspired

George H. W. Bush

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Abraham Lincoln Truly Inspired Me. It Wasn’t Just The Freeing Of The Slaves, He Kept The Union Together. Some People Even Forget That Today. What I Think Inspired Me Was The Fact That In Spite Of Being The President Of The United States He Retained A Certain Down-to-earth Quality. He Never Got To Be A Big Shot, And He Cared About People.

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The Fact Is Prosperity Has A Purpose. It's To Allow Us To Pursue "the Better Angels," To Give Us Time To Think And Grow.

Surely A Tired Woman On Her Way To Work At Six In The Morning On A Subway Deserves The Right To Get There Safely . Everyone Who Changes His Or Her Life Because Of Crime . Have Been Denied A Basic Civil Right.

I Don't Worry About Superpower Confrontation. You Know, I Lived Through The Cold War Days, And Where Everybody Was Worried About A Soviet Union Armed To The Teeth. I Think We're Going To Get Along Fine With Russia, And I Don't See Them As Internationally Ambitious.

It's No Exaggeration To Say That The Undecideds Could Go One Way Or Another.

I'm Conservative, But I'm Not A Nut About It.

Now We Can See A New World Coming Into View, A World Where There Is A Very Real Prospect Of A New World Order.

I Want To Make Sure Everybody Who Has A Job Wants A Job.

We Don't Think Of Ourselves As A Dynasty. I Really Hope Some Of My Grandkids Will Be Actively Involved In Politics.

I Think I'd Be A Better President Because I Was In Combat.

I Can't Ever Remember Sitting Around And Saying, 'gosh Let's Hurry Up And Get These Debates Going, That'll Win It For Me.' Nope.

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