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Robert C. Byrd: “Our country is not perfect. But no political experiment in history has been more successful than has been the United…”

On the recordJune 14, 1983
Our country is not perfect. But no political experiment in history has been more successful than has been the United States of America. And no nation deliberately created by its own citizens has ever inspired as much admiration in other countries and other people.
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Robert C. Byrd
West Virginia
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Jun 14, 1983

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Speaking on the meaning of the American flag.

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