George H. W. Bush Quotes
Poland should be strong and prosperous and independent and play its proper role as a great nation in the heart of Europe.
Bush, George H. W. "Remarks to the Citizens of Warsaw." Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: George Bush, 1989, Office of the Federal Register, 1990, p. 917.
China, which had been one of the strongest and most modern nations in the world for 1000 years had lapsed into decay and though a huge nation, rich in resources, with more people than any other had been eclipsed by Japan, America and Europe. Cixi was determined to remedy that, and to a great extent started China on the road to modernization which would take over 100 years more.
George Herbert Walker Bush was an American politician, diplomat and businessman who served as the 41st president of the United States from 1989 to 1993. A member of the Republican Party, Bush also served as the 43rd vice president from 1981 to 1989 under Ronald Reagan, in the U.S. House of Representatives, as U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations, and as Director of Central Intelligence.