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Gerald Ford: “I think there are an awful lot of fine brains and good ideas out in Kentucky that might be more helpful than if I sat…”

On the recordOctober 18, 1974
I think there are an awful lot of fine brains and good ideas out in Kentucky that might be more helpful than if I sat there and listened to a bunch of bureaucrats in Washington, D.C.
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Gerald Ford
Republican · Michigan

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Remarks in Louisville, Kentucky

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