46th Annual Naturalization Keynote

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In this July 4 naturalization ceremony speech at Monticello, President George W. Bush briefly reviews some of Jefferson’s accomplishments, then argues that Jefferson believed the rights to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness won by Americans in the Revolution should be universal. The words of the Declaration, he suggests, still drive immigrants from around the world to America’s shores.


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