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    State of the Union Addresses
    State of the Union Addresses
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    State of the Union Addresses

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      Title: State of the Union Addresses of George H.W. Bush

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      *** START OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK OF ADDRESSES BY GEORGE H.W. BUSH ***

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      Dates of addresses by George H.W. Bush in this eBook: January 31, 1990 January 29, 1991 January 28, 1992

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      State of the Union Address

      George H.W. Bush

      January 31, 1990

      Tonight, I come not to speak about the State of the Government, not to detail every new initiative we plan for the coming year, nor describe every line in the budget. I'm here to speak to you and to the American people about the State of the Union about our world, the changes we've seen, the challenges we face. And what that means for America.

      There are singular moments in history, dates that divide all that goes before from all that comes after. And many of us in this chamber have lived much of our lives in a world whose fundamental features were defined in 1945. And the events of that year decreed the shape of nations, the pace of progress, freedom or oppression for millions of people around the world.

      Nineteen Forty-Five provided the common frame of reference the compass points of the postwar era we've relied upon to understand ourselves. And that was our world until now. The events of the year just ended, the Revolution of '89, have been a chain reaction, changes so striking that it marks the beginning of a new era in the world's affairs.

      Think back think back just twelve short months ago to the world we knew as 1989 began.

      One year, one year ago the people of Panama lived in fear under the thumb of a dictator. Today democracy is restored. Panama is free.

      Operation Just Cause has achieved its objective. And the number of military personel in Panama is now very close to what it was before the operation began. And tonight I am announcing that before the end of February the additional numbers of American troops, the brave men and women of our armed forces who made this mission a success, will be back home.

      A year ago in Poland, Lech Walesa declared he was ready to open a dialogue with the Communist rulers of that country. And today, with the future of a free Poland in their own hands, members of Solidarity lead the Polish government.

      And a year ago, freedom's playwright, Vaclav Havel, languished as a prisoner in Prague. And today it's Vaclav Havel, President of Czechoslovakia.

      And one year ago Erich Honecker of East Germany claimed history as his guide. He predicted the Berlin Wall would last another hundred years. And today, less than one year later, it's the wall that's history.

      Remarkable events, remarkable events, events that fulfill the long-held hopes of the American people. Events that validate the longstanding goals of American policy, a policy based upon a single shining principle: the cause of freedom.

      America, not just the nation, but an idea alive in the minds of the people, everywhere. As this new world takes shape, America stands at

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