Read my lips: no new taxes
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"Read my lips: no new taxes" is a phrase spoken by American presidential candidate George H. W. Bush at the 1988 Republican National Convention in New Orleans as he accepted the nomination on August 1
Then-Vice President Bush making his promise not to raise taxes during his acceptance speech at the 1988 Republican National Convention, August 18, 1988
George H. W. Bush presidential portrait
George H. W. Bush
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George Herbert Walker Bush was the 41st president of the United States, serving from 1989 to 1993. A member of the Republican Party, he served as the 43rd vice president under Ronald Reagan. His son,
Read my lips: no new taxes
…Read my lips: no new taxes" is a phrase spoken by American presidential candidate George H. W. Bush at the 1988 Republican National Convention in New Orleans as he accepted the nomination on August 18. Written by speechwriter Peggy Noonan, the line…
Official portrait, 1989
Bush's Phillips Academy yearbook photo, 1942
Bush in his Grumman TBM Avenger aboard the USS San Jacinto in 1944, during World War II
Bush, top right, standing with his wife and children, mid-1960s