The 1976 Republican primary campaign between Ronald Reagan and incumbent Gerald Ford was a hard-fought and close race.

After President Ford had been given the nomination and he and Bob Dole, his running mate, had made their speeches the delegates called out for Ronald Reagan to speak.

Being the gentleman he was he spoke and was not bitter in his speech.

Listen to it and remember the good old days when candidates were somewhat respectful of each other:

Thank you, Mr. President, for showing us how a person loses gracefully.

As you all know, he came back in 1980 to win the White House. I was proud to have worked in both those campaigns, and my proudest moment was when North Carolina was the first state to go to Reagan in 1976, as I was a resident of North Carolina and got my feet wet in national politics in this election contest.