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1/10/77 - Remarks During Ceremony Presenting Medals of Freedom to 19 Recipients
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The original documents are located in Box 42, "1/10/77 - Remarks During Ceremony
Presenting Medals of Freedom to 19 Recipients" of the President's Speeches and
Statements: Reading Copies at the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library.
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Digitized from Box 42 of President's Speeches and Statements: Reading Copies at the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library
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THE PRESIDENT HAS SEEN
LET ME WELCOME ALL OF YOU TO THE WHITE HOUSE
IT IS A GREAT PRIVILEGE FOR BETTY AND MYSELF TO HAVE SUCH
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AN OUTSTANDING GROUP OF MEN AND WOMEN HERE WITH US
TODAY
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SOME OF YOU WE KNOW PERSONALLY
OTHERS WE ARE MEETING
FOR THE FIRST TIME
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BUT YOU ARE ALL HERE BECAUSE OF
YOUR GREAT CONTRIBUTIONS TO AMERICAN LIFE
-3-
I AM ESPECIALLY HAPPY TO HAVE YOU HERE TODAY,
BECAUSE HONORING EXTRAORDINARY AMERICANS,
ON BEHALF
OF ALL THEIR FELLOW CITIZENS, IS ONE OF A PRESIDENT'S
MOST ENJOYABLE DUTIES
-4-
THE MEDALS OF FREEDOM YOU ARE ABOUT TO RECEIVE ARE THE
HIGHEST CIVILIAN HONOR OUR COUNTRY CAN BESTOW
OF COURSE, EXCELLENCE IS ITS OWN REWARD --
NOT ONLY TO THOSE WHO STRIVE FOR IT, BUT ALSO TO THE
FREE SOCIETY WHICH ENCOURAGES IT
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YOU ARE MEN AND WOMEN WHO HAVE USED THAT FREEDOM TO
ACHIEVE EXCELLENCE
YOUR OUTSTANDING ACCOMPLISHMENTS
HAVE MADE OUR LIVES BETTER, AND SET STIRRING EXAMPLES
FOR OTHERS TO FOLLOW
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AS WE MOVE FROM THE BICENTENNIAL YEAR INTO OUR THIRD
CENTURY, AMERICA MUST REMAIN A PLACE WHERE MEN AND
WOMEN ARE ENCOURAGED TO CREATE,
TO INNOVATE,
TO EXPLORE,
AND TO SET THE VERY HIGHEST STANDARDS
WHATEVER THEIR
VOCATION
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OUR COUNTRY, AND ALL MANKIND, WILL ALWAYS NEED PEOPLE
LIKE YOU WHOSE ENERGY AND IMAGINATION REVEAL OUR
GREATEST POTENTIAL
LET US NOW BEGIN THE PRESENTATION OF THE MEDALS OF
FREEDOM
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