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On the recordApril 30, 1975
We must make sure not to lose this great legacy of freedom, progress, and prosperity through apathy or indifference or even ignorance.
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Gerald Ford
Republican · Michigan

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Remarks at the Swearing In of Rogers C. B. Morton as Secretary of Commerce

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