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Robert C. Byrd: “Mr. Speaker, America yearns for peace, works for peace, sacrifices for peace. Before history we have honorably acquitted…”

On the recordMarch 25, 1958
Mr. Speaker, America yearns for peace, works for peace, sacrifices for peace. Before history we have honorably acquitted ourselves in the cause of peace.
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Robert C. Byrd
West Virginia
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Mar 25, 1958

Editor's note · Context

Speaking on diplomacy and a proposed summit conference with the Soviet Union.

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