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George H.W. Bush: “The quest for civil rights is a quest for individual rights and equal opportunity.”

On the recordJuly 25, 1991
The quest for civil rights is a quest for individual rights and equal opportunity.
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George H.W. Bush
Republican · Texas

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Remarks Commemorating the First Anniversary of the Signing of the Americans With Disabilities Act of 1990

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