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Gerald Ford: “We have never wholly abandoned Jefferson's decent respect for the opinions of mankind or Lincoln's faith that right does…”

On the recordMay 21, 1976
We have never wholly abandoned Jefferson's decent respect for the opinions of mankind or Lincoln's faith that right does make might.
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Gerald Ford
Republican · Michigan

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Remarks and a Question-and-Answer Session in Portland With Members of the World Affairs Council of Oregon.

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