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David Cay Johnston: Again, the question is, what is the value of a human life? It is, in my view, very clearly by nature nonquantifiable.

On the recordJuly 17, 1995
Again, the question is, what is the value of a human life? It is, in my view, very clearly by nature nonquantifiable.
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David Cay Johnston
West Virginia

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Discussing the value of human life in a Senate debate.

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