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Robert C. Byrd: “This country was founded on the old virtues and by men and women whose guiding light was the Holy Bible. They were men…”

On the recordMay 27, 1988
This country was founded on the old virtues and by men and women whose guiding light was the Holy Bible. They were men and women of all faiths.
Said by
Robert C. Byrd
West Virginia
Source
govinfo.gov
May 27, 1988

Editor's note · Context

Speaking on religion in the Soviet Union during a United States-Soviet summit in Moscow.

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