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Robert C. Byrd: “Let us not face the future like sheep going to the slaughter, for weakness, in this hour, will only contribute to our…”

On the recordSeptember 14, 1961
Let us not face the future like sheep going to the slaughter, for weakness, in this hour, will only contribute to our undoing.
Said by
Robert C. Byrd
West Virginia
Source
govinfo.gov
Sep 14, 1961

Editor's note · Context

Supporting the President in standing firm against Khrushchev during a time of crisis.

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