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Joe Biden: “There is a quotation engraved on the wall at Union Station. It goes like this: Be noble, and the nobleness that lies in…”

On the recordJanuary 20, 2004
There is a quotation engraved on the wall at Union Station. It goes like this: Be noble, and the nobleness that lies in other men sleeping but never dead will rise in majesty to meet thine own. Bill Roth also brought out the humility in those who worked with him and those who were around him. There is much more to say about him. I have said too much. I apologize.
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Joe Biden
Democratic · Delaware

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Paying tribute to Bill Roth during a Senate floor speech.

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