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“We recognize that we are collective agents of history and that history cannot be deleted like web pages.”
Source: Speech at the Women's March on Washington, 21 January 2017
Context She addressed the Women's March in Washington, of which she was an honorary co-chair, the day after Donald Trump's inauguration.
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