State of the Union | Page 6

Gerald R. Ford
of us who
have lived through these challenging times have been changed by them.

We've come to know truths that we will never question: evil is real, and
it must be opposed. (Applause.) Beyond all differences of race or creed,
we are one country, mourning together and facing danger together.
Deep in the American character, there is honor, and it is stronger than
cynicism. And many have discovered again that even in tragedy --
especially in tragedy -- God is near. (Applause.)
In a single instant, we realized that this will be a decisive decade in the
history of liberty, that we've been called to a unique role in human
events. Rarely has the world faced a choice more clear or
consequential.
Our enemies send other people's children on missions of suicide and
murder. They embrace tyranny and death as a cause and a creed. We
stand for a different choice, made long ago, on the day of our founding.
We affirm it again today. We choose freedom and the dignity of every
life. (Applause.)
Steadfast in our purpose, we now press on. We have known freedom's
price. We have shown freedom's power. And in this great conflict, my
fellow Americans, we will see freedom's victory.
Thank you all. May God bless. (Applause.)

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