On the recordOctober 5, 1979
Our Nation was not founded to deny human beings a life of the spirit, but to welcome the spiritual into our lives.
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presidency.ucsb.eduOur Nation was not founded to deny human beings a life of the spirit, but to welcome the spiritual into our lives.
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