Political Quotes

On the recordSeptember 5, 1974
It was not a revolution to tear down what the colonists had, but to preserve the freedoms.
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Gerald Ford
Republican · Michigan

Editor's note · Context

Remarks at a Dinner Concluding the Reconvening of the First Continental Congress in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

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