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Gerald Ford: “I have emphasized recently my hope that America's third century will be known as the century of the individual.”

On the recordOctober 17, 1976
I have emphasized recently my hope that America's third century will be known as the century of the individual.
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Gerald Ford
Republican · Michigan

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Remarks at the Swearing In of Edward Aguirre as Commissioner of Education, Department of Health, Education, and Welfare

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