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Gerald Ford: “I intend to be a candidate for a political party that is devoted to the basic principles that have built this country…”

On the recordFebruary 27, 1975
I intend to be a candidate for a political party that is devoted to the basic principles that have built this country from a small nation of some 3 million to a strong, vigorous, effective nation of over 213 million people.
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Gerald Ford
Republican · Michigan

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Remarks at the Young Republican Leadership Conference

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