05/08/1977
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"Change is a constant force in our lives, and we must adapt to it with resilience and hope."
"His greatest personal attribute was that he really knew how to love."
"Despite campaign disagreements and my own harsh words spoken under pressure and in haste, it was not his nature to forget how to love or to forgive."
"At critical times in our history, the United States has been blessed by great people who, just by being themselves, give us a vision of what we are at our best and of what we might become."