Political Quotes

On the recordJune 11, 1996
We cannot let someone come into our democratic home, the home of our faith, and start torching our houses of worship.
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Bill Clinton
Democratic · Arkansas

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Remarks at the Dedication of Mount Zion A.M.E. Church in Greeleyville, South Carolina

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