On the recordMarch 25, 1958
What a national dishonor and tragedy it would be for America, born in liberty and dedicated to universal freedom, to be a party, in the name of expediency, to the confirmation in slavery of any nation.
Robert C. Byrd: “What a national dishonor and tragedy it would be for America, born in liberty and dedicated to universal freedom, to be…”
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Speaking on diplomacy and a proposed summit conference with the Soviet Union.
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