“If peace is your goal, which it's got to be a goal for any American president, it matters a lot whether people live in a free society.”

—  George W. Bush

2010s, 2011, Speech at the Gerald R. Ford Foundation (2011)
Context: My argument is that it really matters, if you're interested in peace. If peace is your goal, which it's got to be a goal for any American president, it matters a lot whether people live in a free society.

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