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George H.W. Bush: “We cannot shrink from our national commitment to equal protection under the law and equal opportunity for all.”

On the recordOctober 19, 1990
We cannot shrink from our national commitment to equal protection under the law and equal opportunity for all.
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George H.W. Bush
Republican · Texas

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Message to the Congress Transmitting Proposed Civil Rights Legislation

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