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Gerald Ford: “We can help ourselves only if we are considerate and only if we are helpful to others.”

On the recordSeptember 22, 1974
We can help ourselves only if we are considerate and only if we are helpful to others.
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Gerald Ford
Republican · Michigan

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Remarks to the Ninth World Energy Conference, Detroit, Michigan

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