01/23/1976
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"My choice, then, is unavoidable; my responsibility clear."
"I plan to pass on to the Nation in a speech in Kansas City Tuesday evening."
"The obligation is great, but the person who has been selected and confirmed I know will do the job."
"Forcing the general taxpayer to carry an unfair burden is not the only defect in this bill."