Remarks at a Republican Fundraising Dinner in Detroit
10/09/1974
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Enlisted personnel received $1,175,908.50 in awards, which represents 81 percent of the total cash awards paid.
The Medals of Freedom you are about to receive are the highest civilian honor that our country can bestow.
Excellence has its own reward, not only to those who strive for it but also to the free society which encourages it.
Well, every time I ski with Russ Ward we get good snow.