Political Quotes

On the recordMarch 11, 1976
I made the decision just because I thought it was in the national interest-not in his interest but the national interest-to get that tragedy, that trauma period behind us.
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Gerald Ford
Republican · Michigan

Editor's note · Context

Remarks and a Question-and-Answer Session With Members of the Northern Illinois Newspaper Association in Chicago.

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