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History values men as much for what they are for as for what they espouse. Let not its view of balanced budgets determine its judgment of Harry Byrd.

— J. Harvie Wilkinson III Harry Byrd and the Changing Face of Virginia Politics (1968)

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There are those who end life feeling the future will nourish their cause. There are those also whose causes pass with themselves. Harry Byrd's cause belonged to the latter category.

Harry Byrd and the Changing Face of Virginia Politics (1968)

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