Political Quotes

On the recordJune 22, 1989
We can erect no greater monument to their memory than to ensure that the arrogance and bigotry that took their lives never again exists in America.
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George H.W. Bush
Republican · Texas

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Statement on the 25th Anniversary of the Slaying of Civil Rights Activists James Chaney, Andrew Goodman, and Michael...

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