Bill Clinton actually said...

With great pleasure and humility, I now offer a full pardon to Lieutenant Henry Ossian Flipper of the United States Army.

Remarks on the Posthumous Pardon of Lieutenant Henry O. Flipper

02/18/1999

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Henry Ford said, 'Coming together is a beginning. Keeping together is progress. Working together is a success.'

People like that came together in Detroit and all across America; they forged America's transition from farm to factory.

I applaud his decision.

We have pursued a vision of 21st century America with opportunity for all, responsibility from all, a community of all Americans.