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Gerald Ford: “You are the very perceptive leaders who can turn uncertain youngsters into winning adults.”

On the recordJanuary 8, 1975
You are the very perceptive leaders who can turn uncertain youngsters into winning adults.
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Gerald Ford
Republican · Michigan

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Remarks at the Annual Awards Dinner of the American Football Coaches Association

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