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Bushism of the Day

By |Posted Friday, Sept. 17, 2004, at 5:49 PM ET

"Free societies are hopeful societies. And free societies will be allies against these hateful few who have no conscience, who kill at the whim of a hat."—Washington, D.C., Sept. 17, 2004 (Thanks to David Stanford.)

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