03/27/1978
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"John Lennon helped create the music and the mood of our time."
"This is no time to strip a President of inflation-fighting powers."
"I know that I speak for many millions of Americans when I say that I am saddened by his death, and distressed by the senseless manner of it."
"The children of America are our most precious resource."