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On the recordJanuary 29, 1975
If we act imaginatively and boldly to deal with our present problems, as we acted after World War II, then this period will, in retrospect, be seen as one of the great creative moments in our history.
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Gerald Ford
Republican · Michigan

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Remarks of Welcome to Prime Minister Harold Wilson of the United Kingdom

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