January 19, 2009 1:29PM 

# Bush’s Chutzpah Institute 

By [David Boaz](https://www.cato.org/people/david-boaz) 

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The president who launched our longest war, arrogated more power to the executive than ever before, increased federal spending by a trillion dollars, pushed for the biggest expansion of entitlements since Lyndon Johnson, further nationalized education, tried to nationalize marriage, and held Americans in jail without access to a lawyer or a judge has found [a theme for his presidential library](http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/01/17/AR2009011702508.html): freedom.

> The George W. Bush Presidential Center will include a “Freedom Institute” focused on a broad portfolio of topics, including the expansion of democracy abroad and education reforms of the kind Bush implemented during his presidency, according to organizers.

Coming next: The Clinton Center for Honesty and the Paris Hilton Center for Modesty.

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