08/02/1976
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"I will give you all an A-plus, and I will do that whether you are a Democrat or a Republican."
"May it be said above all: We kept the faith, freedom flourished, liberty lived."
"I am deeply grateful, and I thank you very, very much."
"I congratulate you as the ancestors of those people who had the strength and the foresight a good many years ago to take that important step in establishing our great country."