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Robert C. Byrd: “We are better armed against our own inclinations toward wishful thinking and our own inclinations to feel that the other…”

On the recordFebruary 29, 1988
We are better armed against our own inclinations toward wishful thinking and our own inclinations to feel that the other fellow's values are the same as our own, if we will read history.
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Robert C. Byrd
West Virginia
Source
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Feb 29, 1988

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Speaking on the Soviet system and the lessons of history.

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