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Gerald R. Ford

History and experience tell us that moral progress comes not in comfortable and complacent times, but out of trial and confusion.

Gerald R. Ford

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Gerald R. Ford is saying that improvements in what people consider right and wrong usually happen during difficult and uncertain periods rather than when life is easy and stable.

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