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On the recordFebruary 12, 1975
The reports of the free enterprise system's death or demise have been greatly exaggerated.
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Gerald Ford
Republican · Michigan

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Remarks and a Question-and-Answer Session at a Meeting of the New York Society of Security Analysts in New York City.

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