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Gerald Ford: “I have said, and I think we all must concede, that inflation is public enemy number one.”

On the recordOctober 18, 1974
I have said, and I think we all must concede, that inflation is public enemy number one.
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Gerald Ford
Republican · Michigan

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Remarks in Rock Hill, South Carolina

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