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I come before you and assume the Presidency at a moment rich with promise. We live in a peaceful, prosperous time, but we can make it better.

— George H. W. Bush Inaugural Address (1989)

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Think about every problem, every challenge, we face. The solution to each starts with education.

"Your men are under a different command now, one that knows no rank, only love; knows no danger, only peace, May God bless them all.

This will not stand, this aggression against Kuwait.

Tonight, as I see the drama of democracy unfolding around the globe, perhaps—perhaps we are closer to that new world than ever before.

To all who mourn a son, a brother, a husband, a father, a friend — I can only offer you the gratitude of a nation, for your loved one served his country with distinction and honor."

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