Bill Clinton: “I would pray that somehow America could be infected, every single one…”

On the recordApril 13, 2000

I would pray that somehow America could be infected, every single one of us, with the spirit that has animated John Lewis' life.

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Democratic · Arkansas

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Remarks at a Dinner for Representative John Lewis in Atlanta

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