Political Quotes

On the recordMarch 27, 2013
Step by step, they have traded bullets for ballots, destruction and division for dialogue and institutions.
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Barack Obama
Democratic · Illinois

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Statement on the 15th Anniversary of the Good Friday Agreement

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