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Gerald Ford: “Because this Nation is founded on the principle that all citizens share the same rights, what affects the rights of one…”

On the recordJune 30, 1976
Because this Nation is founded on the principle that all citizens share the same rights, what affects the rights of one affects the freedoms of all.
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Gerald Ford
Republican · Michigan

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Remarks Upon Receiving the Report of the National Commission on the Observance of International Women's Year

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