01/12/1978
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"Yours is an ancient country, a nation of intense commitment to independence, to freedom, and to world leadership."
"I think it's also good to point out that Thomas Jefferson, as an Ambassador to France, absorbed the best elements of the French commitment to freedom."
"I think it's accurate to say that of all the nations in the world, our own country owes its greatest debt to France."
"The economic efforts that have been initiated in France under your leadership are watched with great attention by us."