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Chris Smith: Not to speak is to speak. Not to act is to act.

On the recordJune 24, 2013
Not to speak is to speak. Not to act is to act.
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Chris Smith
Republican · New Jersey

Editor's note · Context

Emphasizing the moral obligation to act against injustice.

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