Political Quotes

On the recordJune 11, 1996
This church is like Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego; they can burn the building down, but they couldn't burn the faith out.
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Bill Clinton
Democratic · Arkansas

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Remarks at the Dedication of Mount Zion A.M.E. Church in Greeleyville, South Carolina

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