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Ernest F. Hollings: “They knew that compromise was not an ignoble word.”

On the recordFebruary 6, 1999
They knew that compromise was not an ignoble word.
Said by
Ernest F. Hollings
South Carolina
Source
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Feb 6, 1999

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Highlighting the value of compromise in political discourse.

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