"We can show the way. We can make dust -- or eat dust."
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Democratic Party (United States) politiciansLawyers from the United StatesMembers of the United States SenateGovernors of FloridaPresbyterians from the United States
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State of the State address (2 February 1993)
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Lawton Chiles
Lawton Mainor Chiles, Jr. (April 3, 1930 – December 12, 1998) was an American politician from the U.S. state of Florida. He served as a United States senator from 1971 to 1989 and as the 41st governor of Florida from 1991 to 1998.
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