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On the recordSeptember 11, 1974
let all of us, as equal partners in a Nation of justice under law, resolve to work, with all our strength and common sense, to achieve . . . a more perfect Union, establish justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defence, promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity.
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Gerald Ford
Republican · Michigan

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Proclamation 4312—Citizenship Day and Constitution Week, 1974

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