Political Quotes

On the recordOctober 26, 1976
Nothing pleases me more than we can say, and say with honesty: There's not a single young American fighting or dying on any foreign battlefield tonight.
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Gerald Ford
Republican · Michigan

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Remarks in Devon, Pennsylvania

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