09/14/1976
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"I am deeply grateful, and I thank you very, very much."
"I congratulate you as the ancestors of those people who had the strength and the foresight a good many years ago to take that important step in establishing our great country."
"You can be proud of men like Norris Cotton and others."
"Tonight we stand in tribute to those who stood for liberty and for us two centuries ago."