04/08/1976
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"Chairman Mao was a giant figure in modern Chinese history."
"I decided a long time ago... that the principal responsibility I had was that of being President of the United States."
"The Ford record is the record that I will run on as far as foreign policy is concerned, as far as domestic policy is concerned."
"I don't expect the campaign on behalf of President Ford to run into a dry gulch."