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George W. Bush: “If you learn English and you're a hard worker and you have a dream, you have the capacity from going from picking crops…”

On the recordMay 17, 2006
If you learn English and you're a hard worker and you have a dream, you have the capacity from going from picking crops to owning the store.
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George W. Bush
Republican · Texas

Editor's note · Context

Remarks Following a Tour of the Border in Yuma, Arizona

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