Gerald Ford actually said...

It is a measure of our progress as a Nation that today, in the 200th year of American Independence, we are in the midst of a dynamic movement to restore, protect and preserve our environment.

Context

Message to the Congress Transmitting Annual Report of the Council on Environmental Quality

02/26/1976

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