05/12/1976
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"If you don't like my program, show me a better one."
"I intend to seek the nomination of the Republican Party as its candidate for President in 1976."
"We must discard the attitude of exclusiveness that has kept the Republican Party's door closed too often."
"I pledge to you now that I will be in the middle of the 1976 campaign."