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A Charge to Keep

A Charge to Keep

A Charge to Keep is a 1999 book written by then-Governor of Texas George W. Bush, with a foreword by Karen Hughes. Later editions have the sub-title My Journey To The White House.


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“My appointees to the [Texas] board of pardons and paroles reflect my no-nonsense approach to crime and punishment. They believe people who commit crimes against innocent Texans should pay the consequences; they believe sentences imposed by juries should be carried out.”

1990s
Source: "George W. Bush on Crime" http://www.issues2000.org/2004/George_W__Bush_Crime.htm, OnTheIssues, attributed to "A Charge to Keep", p.151-152. Dec 9, 1999.

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