10/03/1997
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"For 32 years, in war and in peace, General Ralston has served our Nation with uncommon distinction."
"It is time for us to mount an all-out assault on hate crimes, to punish them swiftly and severely."
"A newborn child today does not know how to hate or stereotype another human being; that behavior must be learned."
"We are clearly the world's most diverse democracy, bound together across all of our differences by a belief in the basic dignity of every human being's life and liberty."