03/18/1984
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"If we do this, then his sacrifice will not have been in vain, and we will have helped to make our country the special place we all know in our hearts that it was meant to be."
"He genuinely believed in the potential of America."
"I believe the American people will welcome this demonstration of bipartisan cooperation."
"He took the tension he found in our nation, a tension of injustice, and channeled it for the good of America and all her people."