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Robert C. Byrd: “The era of lawlessness and the era of subversion of the best interests of education and the Nation must be brought to an…”

On the recordJune 25, 1970
The era of lawlessness and the era of subversion of the best interests of education and the Nation must be brought to an end. I believe in the essentiality of education. Let it be an education in the normal sense, and not an education dominated by revolutionaries who advocate the tyranny of the left or of the right.
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Robert C. Byrd
West Virginia
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Jun 25, 1970

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Speaking on campus disorder and the rights of students.

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