12/01/1977
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"I believe in the separation of church and state."
"I wanted to be here on behalf of 230 million people to let you know that the whole world understands the great contribution that these men and women and the Italian Americans have made to our country."
"The Democratic Party has always been the party of better education for those who were poor and whose families didn't have a good chance."
"I grew up during the Depression years on the farm, and I saw how my own life was transformed by a Federal Government that I felt cared about us."