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

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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Bill Clinton
Democratic · Arkansas

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Remarks at a Democratic National Committee Luncheon in New York City

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