On the recordMay 9, 1975
We recognize that every State has the right to adopt its own system of government and its own economic and social organization.
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presidency.ucsb.eduGerald Ford: “We recognize that every State has the right to adopt its own system of government and its own economic and social…”
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Remarks at a Reception for Chiefs of Delegation to the General Assembly of the Organization of American States.
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