03/25/1982
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"Belgium is one of our oldest, closest, and most valuable allies."
"In the words of George Will, 'Representative governments are, well, awfully representative...'"
"Respect for the sanctity of human life remains too deeply engrained in the hearts of our people."
"Yet his portrait shows, despite all those years of exercising power, John Stennis has remained what he was at the outset—a man of gentleness, courage, and conviction."