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You do not reform a world by ignoring it.

George H. W. Bush (b. 1924) US President (1989-93)
Commencement Speech, Yale University (27 May 1991)

Just as Poland had a rebellion against totalitarianism, I am rebelling against broccoli, and I refuse to give ground. I do not like broccoli, and I haven’t liked it since I was a little kid and my mother made me eat it. And I’m President of the United States, and I’m not going to eat any more broccoli.

George H. W. Bush (b. 1924) US President (1989-93)
Comment at State Dinner for Polish PM Tadeusz Mazowiecki (21 Mar 1990)

America is never wholly herself unless she is engaged in high moral principle. We as a people have such a purpose today. It is to make kinder the face of the nation and gentler the face of the world.

George H. W. Bush (b. 1924) US President (1989-93)
Inaugural Address (20 Jan 1989)

There is but one just use of power, and it is to serve people.

George H. W. Bush (b. 1924) US President (1989-93)
Inaugural Address (20 Jan 1989)

No, I don’t know that atheists should be considered as citizens, nor should they be considered patriots. This is one nation under God.

George H. W. Bush (b. 1924) US President (1989-93)
News Conference, O’Hare Airport, Chicago (27 Aug. 1987)