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On the recordApril 12, 1976
Let us honor Thomas Jefferson this year and throughout the next century of our independence by weaving into our national life the qualities, the talents, and the ideals which were the warp and woof of his.
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Gerald Ford
Republican · Michigan

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Remarks Upon Signing Bills Commemorating the Birth of Thomas Jefferson

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