| Ford's Acceptance Speech at the Republican National Convention | ||
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| Tape Master: | 1187 | |
| Catalog #: | 494248 | |
| Clip Number: | 494248-9 | |
| Orginal Film: | ||
| Timecode: | 01:29:29 - 01:33:54 | |
| Location: | Kansas City, Missouri | |
| Year Shot: | 1976 (Actual Year) | |
| Audio: | Yes | |
| Color: | Yes | |
| Headings: | ELECTIONS: Conventions LOCATIONS/NORTH AMERICA: USA, Missouri PERSONALITIES: Ford, Gerald POLITICS: Political Party, USA, Republican POLITICS: Public Address (Speech) | |
| Description: | President Gerald Ford: "We will continue winning the fight against inflation. We will go on reducing the dead weight and impudence of bureaucracy. We will submit a balanced budget by 1978. We will improve the quality of life at work, at play, and in our homes and in our neighborhoods. We will not abandon our cities. We will encourage urban programs which assure safety in the streets, create healthy environments, and restore neighborhood pride. (applause) We will return control of our children's education to parents and local school authorities. (C/A MS of Texas delegation getting to feet, one man holding up a small vinyl flag of Texas.) We will make sure that the party of Lincoln remains the party of equal rights. (applause) We will create a tax structure that is fair for all our citizens, one that preserves the continuity of the family home, the family farm, and the family business. (applause) We will ensure the integrity of the social security system and improve Medicare so that our older citizens can enjoy the health and the happiness that they have earned. There is no reason they should have to go broke just to get well. (applause) We will make sure that this rich Nation does not neglect citizens who are less fortunate, but provides for their needs with compassion and with dignity. We will reduce the growth and the cost of government and allow individual breadwinners and businesses to keep more of the money that they earn. (applause) We will create a climate in which our economy will provide a meaningful job for everyone who wants to work and a decent standard of life for all Americans. We will ensure that all of our young people have a better chance in life than we had, an education they can use, and a career they can be proud of. (applause) We will carry out a farm policy that assures a fair market price for the farmer, encourages full production, leads to record exports, and eases the hunger within the human family. We will never use the bounty of America's farmers as a pawn in international diplomacy. (applause) There will be no embargoes. We will continue our strong leadership to bring peace, justice, and economic progress where there is turmoil, especially in the Middle East. We will build a safer and saner world through patient negotiations and dependable arms agreements which reduce the danger of conflict and horror of thermonuclear war. While I am President, we will not return to a collision course that could reduce civilization to ashes." (applause) | |
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