Bill Clinton: “At that moment in our history, John Quincy Adams... was the embodiment…”

On the recordJanuary 7, 1998

At that moment in our history, John Quincy Adams... was the embodiment of the Nation's opposition to slavery.

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Remarks at a Democratic National Committee Luncheon in New York City

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