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Robert C. Byrd: “I always start with the assumption that we are going to succeed when we try to do something. I never start on the…”

On the recordMarch 19, 1980
I always start with the assumption that we are going to succeed when we try to do something. I never start on the assumption that we are going to fail.
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Robert C. Byrd
West Virginia
Source
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Mar 19, 1980

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Urging support for a plan to balance the federal budget.

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