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When a man is asked to make a speech, the first thing he has to decide is what to say.
Gerald R. Ford
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Gerald R. Ford
Age: 93 †
Born: 1913
Born: July 14
Died: 2006
Died: December 26
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Too often critics seem more intent on seeking new ways to alter Congress than to truly learn how it functions. They might well profit from the advice of Thomas Huxley, who said a century ago: Sit down before facts as a little child, be prepared to give up every preconceived notionor you shall learn nothing.
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