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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.
Copyright Notice
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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
+
AN OUTSTANDING GROUP OF MEN AND WOMEN HERE WITH US
TODAY
-2-
SOME OF YOU WE KNOW PERSONALLY
OTHERS WE ARE MEETING
FOR THE FIRST TIME
t
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
-5-
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
-6-
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
-7-
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
END OF TEXT
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