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| The Columbia World of Quotations. 1996. |
| NUMBER: | 9390 |
| QUOTATION: | Read my lips: no new taxes. |
| ATTRIBUTION: | George Bush (b. 1924), U.S. Republican politician, president. August 18, 1988, New Orleans. Acceptance speech, New York Times (August 19, 1988). The expression has been in general usage since at least the 1970s. Bush eventually raised taxes. |
| The Columbia World of Quotations. Copyright © 1996 Columbia University Press. |
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