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I believe in open government. I've always believed in open government. I don't e-mail, however. And there's a reason: I don't want you reading my personal stuff.

George W. Bush

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George W. Bush
Age: 78
Born: 1946
Born: July 6
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I don't know why you're talking about Sweden. They're the neutral one. They don't have an army.
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If people want to get to know me better, they've got to know my parents and the values my parents instilled in me, and the fact that I was raised in West Texas, in the middle of the desert, a long way away from anywhere, hardly. There's a certain set of values you learn in that experience.
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