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Gerald Ford: The strength of our political system is dependent on educated, sovereign people.

On the recordOctober 28, 1976
The strength of our political system is dependent on educated, sovereign people.
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Gerald Ford
Republican · Michigan

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Remarks in Milwaukee at the Annual Meeting of the Wisconsin Education Association

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