Political Quotes

On the recordNovember 18, 2015
Look, we used fear during World War II. Boy, did we regret it, the internment camps of the Japanese, a stain and a blemish on America.
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Luis Gutiérrez
Democratic · Illinois

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Gutierrez warns against repeating past mistakes of using fear to justify discrimination.

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