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Gerald Ford: “I ask only one thing: Just remember the trenches a bit when you get back up to that ivory tower.”

On the recordAugust 25, 1974
I ask only one thing: Just remember the trenches a bit when you get back up to that ivory tower.
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Gerald Ford
Republican · Michigan

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Remarks at a Farewell Party for Herbert Stein, Chairman of the Council of Economic Advisers

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