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Robert C. Byrd: “We must not succumb to the notion that class should be pitted against class in this country; that region should be…”

On the recordJanuary 28, 1982
We must not succumb to the notion that class should be pitted against class in this country; that region should be pitted against region in this country; that State should be pitted against State in this Nation. Our greatest strength is in unity and indivisibility.
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Robert C. Byrd
West Virginia
Source
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Jan 28, 1982

Editor's note · Context

Speaking on national purpose and the role of government, with reference to Franklin D. Roosevelt.

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