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On the recordJanuary 31, 1881
In my judgment we should be liberal to the verge of lavishness in the expenditure of our money to improve their condition, so that they and all others may know that, although, like all nations and all men, we may do wrong, we are willing to make ample reparation.
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Rutherford B. Hayes
Republican · Ohio

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