12/26/2000
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"This threat of the shutdown— as much as I hate to see people furloughed, as much as I hate to see people working and not getting paid, as much as I hate to see these young people not getting their hom..."
"May it find guidance and inspiration in the lessons of his long life so well lived."
"Today we mourn the passing of a great American."
"Every life is a lesson, but his life particularly so."