08/22/1976
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"This increased interest reinforces my great, great faith in democracy."
"I promised at the very beginning of my Administration to be President of all the people, and I am keeping that pledge."
"We need a program that will make us invulnerable to the possibility of foreign oil embargoes or any other action."
"This proclamation that I am about to sign is the first step down the long and difficult road toward regaining our energy freedom."