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David Cicilline: “The world will little note, nor long remember what we say here, but it can never forget what they did here.”

On the recordFebruary 23, 2021
The world will little note, nor long remember what we say here, but it can never forget what they did here.
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David Cicilline
Democratic · Rhode Island

Editor's note · Context

Cicilline quotes Lincoln to emphasize the importance of their actions.

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