“If the people were to ever find out what we have done, we would be chased down the streets and lynched.” – George Herbert Walker Bush
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"If the people were to ever find out what we have done, we would be chased down the streets and lynched." – George Herbert Walker Bush
"If the people were to ever find out what we have done, we would be chased down the streets and lynched." – George Herbert Walker Bush
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