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Gerald Ford: “We must make sure not to lose this great legacy of freedom, progress, and prosperity through apathy or indifference or…”

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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