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Gerald Ford: “I might add parenthetically, I have found that it's great to be a part of a government where all of the troops without…”

On the recordDecember 8, 1976
I might add parenthetically, I have found that it's great to be a part of a government where all of the troops without hesitation or qualification, follow whatever the leaders tell them to do.
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Gerald Ford
Republican · Michigan

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Remarks at the Annual Congressional Christmas Ball

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