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Robert C. Byrd: “I believe in equal justice for all citizens of this country, regardless of race, or creed, or color. But I do not…”

On the recordOctober 10, 1968
I believe in equal justice for all citizens of this country, regardless of race, or creed, or color. But I do not believe that social justice and law and order are incompatible or mutually exclusive, one of the other. We can and should have both.
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Robert C. Byrd
West Virginia
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Oct 10, 1968

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Speaking on civil rights legislation and law and order.

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