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On the recordMarch 11, 1976
I believe that you have to hold people accountable, and I am fully willing to assume that responsibility.
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Gerald Ford
Republican · Michigan

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Remarks and a Question-and-Answer Session at Wheaton College in Wheaton, Illinois.

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