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Gerald Ford: “Freedom is today misinterpreted by too many to mean the instant equalization of everyone's social and economic situation…”

On the recordFebruary 6, 1976
Freedom is today misinterpreted by too many to mean the instant equalization of everyone's social and economic situation at the public expense through the machinery of the Federal Government.
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Gerald Ford
Republican · Michigan

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Remarks at a Chamber of Commerce Dinner in Nashua

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