01/18/1979
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"I hope that every one of you will leave this room...and become a strong and fervently committed American."
"I believe that these provisions of the Act will encourage the development of a comprehensive, integrated system of care designed to best serve the needs of chronically mentally ill adults and children..."
"I am deeply committed to reducing the tragic toll which mental illness exacts from our citizens and our country."
"We faced an energy crisis with 'the moral equivalent of war.'"