“My dog Millie knows more about foreign affairs than these two bozos.”

—  George H. W. Bush

Quoted in Barry Hillenbrand (30 October 2000), " Global Warnings http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,998337-3,00.html", Time; attributed as a 1992 remark about Bill Clinton and Al Gore

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American politician, 41st President of the United States 1924–2018

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