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• Although I believe that the economy is on the right track, let me be the first to say that all is not well.
  -- President George Bush, September 1991...
• We have a sluggish economy ... That's why I favor this deficit so much. -- President George Bush
• Saddam doesn't realize that if he doesn't get out, we're going to kick his ass out.
  -- President George Bush, January 1991...
• The attempt to tear down our president's leadership with the knowledge of the issues has not failed.
  -- Vice President George Bush...
• The king's servant is beset by obstruction upon obstruction, But it is not his own fault.
• 7/16/89] I've had no indication from home, nor have we picked up any here that they felt that the US economy was going to move towards a recession.
  [10/4/91] The economy is moving in the right direction....
• Just call him the vacation president. -- An aide to President George Bush
• Asking when [Saddam Hussein] will be overthrown is like asking when the economy's coming back.
  -- An aide to President Bush...
• They're enormous! -- President George Bush, on the previous eight years'deficits, -- Day 12 of the Bush presidency.
  He didn't understand the deficit until after the election....