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George H.W. Bush: “It is time, in fact, to end the false distinctions between the First World and Third World.”

On the recordDecember 2, 1990
It is time, in fact, to end the false distinctions between the First World and Third World.
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George H.W. Bush
Republican · Texas

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Remarks to a Joint Session of the Congress in Brasilia, Brazil

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