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“I think in defeat you grope for things that are happy, and it's hard.”

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George H. W. Bush was the 41st President of the United States, born on June 12, 1924. He had a rich experience in politics and diplomacy, serving as the U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, Director of Central Intelligence, and Vice President. As President, Bush led the United States through the end of the Cold War and played a key role in the Gulf War of 1991, contributing significantly to regional stability. more

“We ought to be very cautious in the prosecution of magic and heresy. The attempt to put down these two crimes may be extremely perilous to liberty, and may be the origin of a number of petty acts of tyranny if the legislator be not on his guard; for as such an accusation does not bear directly on the overt acts of a citizen, but refers to the idea we entertain of his character.”

“The Ottoman Empire whose sick body was not supported by a mild and regular diet, but by a powerful treatment, which continually exhausted it.”

Body Powerful Sick Diets Empires Treatment Exhausted Ottomans Ottoman Empire

Author:Baron de Montesquieu

“January has only one thing to be said for it: it is followed by February. Nothing so well becomes its passing.”

Wells Said One Thing Passing Passings January February

Book:Twenty-five Years: Reminiscences

Source: Twenty-five Years: Reminiscences

“To exclude from positions of trust and command all those below the age of 44 would have kept Jefferson from writing the Declaration of Independence, Washington from commanding the Continental Army, Madison from fathering the Constitution, Hamilton from serving as secretary of the treasury, Clay from being elected speaker of the House and Christopher Columbus from discovering America.”

Quote by George H. W. Bush

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