07/26/1978
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"I invite the people of this Nation to observe that day in schools, churches, and other suitable places with appropriate ceremonies in honor of the great explorer."
"A just and lasting peace in this vital area of the world requires compromise and courageous leadership from all the parties to the negotiations."
"I think when you go back into the history of Italians, more than 2,000 years, and if you would inventory all the great achievements of humankind, those of the ancestors of Italian Americans would stan..."
"These strong ties are a firm basis for our mutual search for a just and lasting peace in the Middle East."