On the recordJuly 10, 1977
He made our nation stronger because he made it better.
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presidency.ucsb.eduHe made our nation stronger because he made it better.
Presidential Medal of Freedom Remarks on Presenting the Medal to Dr. Jonas E. Salk and to Martin Luther King, Jr.
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