08/23/2000
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"They weaken the sense that we are one people with common values and a common future."
"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."
"Together, we will move closer to the day when acts of hatred are no longer a stain on our community or our conscience."
"A newborn child today does not know how to hate or stereotype another human being; that behavior must be learned."