09/30/1976
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"I have a deep appreciation of the system, however, that lets people make the free choice about who will lead them for the next 4 years."
"I am designating the Bureau of Mines in the Department of the Interior as the principal Federal agency for nonfuel mineral data gathering and analysis."
"It's now apparent that the American people have chosen you as the next President."
"Obviously, my judgment has been made consistently in what I considered to be better for the country."