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Gerald Ford: “We can avoid this holocaust, and we will avoid it if we keep America strong, not strong for the sake of war, but strong…”

On the recordApril 9, 1976
We can avoid this holocaust, and we will avoid it if we keep America strong, not strong for the sake of war, but strong for the sake of peace.
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Gerald Ford
Republican · Michigan

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Remarks at a Bicentennial Commemoration Ceremony in El Paso

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