The President's News Conference
08/05/1977
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The Nation's environmental programs are producing tangible benefits.
It would serve the Nation equally ill to underrate our strengths and our proven ability to handle difficult issues.
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We can no longer assume as we could in the past that the Earth will heal and renew itself indefinitely.