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Gerald R. Ford

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Gerald R. Ford was the 38th President of the United States, serving from 1974 to 1977. He had been Vice President from 1973 to 1974 after Richard Nixon resigned, and before that he was a member of the House of Representatives from 1949 to 1973.

Quick Facts About Gerald R. Ford

Notable works: A Time to Heal: The Autobiography of Gerald R. Ford

About Gerald R. Ford

Gerald Rudolph Ford Jr. was the 38th President of the United States, serving from 1974 until 1977 after Richard Nixon resigned. He had been the 40th Vice President from 1973 to 1974, stepping in when Spiro Agnew left office. A Republican, Ford earlier served in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1949 to 1973.

Quotes by Gerald R. Ford · Page 2

I am a Ford, not a Lincoln.

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Compromise is the oil that makes governments go.

Compromise

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I would hope that understanding and reconciliation are not limited to the 19th hole alone.

Learning

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I had a lot of experience with people smarter than I am.

Experience

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If compassion and mercy are not compatible with politics then something is the matter with politics.

Compassion

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Frankly, I've never felt voting to be all that essential to the process.

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To me, the Presidency and the Vice-Presidency were not prizes to be won, but a duty to be done.

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Let us remember that our national unity is a most priceless asset.

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I know I will go to hell, because I pardoned Richard Nixon.

Forgiveness

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If it is a clichй to say athletics build character as well as muscle, then I subscribe to the clich.

Athlete

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Mr. President, putting it bluntly, wouldn't we just be continuing a bloodbath that already exists in Cambodia if we voted the 222…

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The Constitution is the bedrock of all our freedoms; guard and cherish it; keep honor and order in your own house; and…

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In all my public and private acts as your president, I expect to follow my instincts of openness and candor with full…

Candor

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All my children have spoken for themselves since they first learned to speak, and not always with my advance approval, and I…

Approval

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In a democracy, the public has a right to know not only what the government decides, but why and by what process.

Democracy

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In the age-old contest between popularity and principle, only those willing to lose for their convictions are deserving of posterity's approval.

Age

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An impeachable offense is whatever a majority of the House of Representatives considers it to be at a given moment in history.

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A great nation cannot abandon its responsibilities. Responsibilities abandoned today return as more acute crises tomorrow.

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My fellow Americans, our long national nightmare is over. Our Constitution works; our great Republic is a government of laws and not…

Constitution

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I know well the coequal role of the Congress in our constitutional process. I love the House of Representatives. I revere the…

Basic principles

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The Communist leaders in Moscow, Peking and Hanoi must fully understand that the United States considers the freedom of South Viet Nam…

Communist

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I have taken special interest in these accounts [of UFOs].. I think there may be substance to some of these reports... I…

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Can a free people restrain crime without sacrificing fundamental liberties and a heritage of compassion?... Let us show that we can temper…

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During the day on Monday, Washington time, the airport at Saigon came under persistent rocket as well as artillery fire and was…

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So much of what passes for public life consists of little more than candidates without ideas, hiring consultants without conviction, to stage…

Campaigns

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I believe that truth is the glue that holds government together, not only our Government but civilization itself. That bond, though strained,…

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It's discouraging how hard it is for a President to slice away large chunks of a $305 billion budget.

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The American dream does not come to those who fall asleep.

American dream

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America's leadership is essential. America's resources are vast. America's opportunities are unprecedented.

America

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In baseball when they say you're out, you're out. It's the same way in politics.

Baseball

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Nothing in life is more important than the ability to communicate effectively.

Ability

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An American tragedy in which we all have played a part.

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I know I am getting better at golf because I am hitting fewer spectators.

Getting better

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The future of our nation depends on providing our children with a complete education that includes music.

Art and music

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My golf must be improving, I'm not hitting as many spectators.

Golf

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There is an American tragedy in which we all have played a part.

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The length of one's days matters less than the love of one's family and friends.

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Our great Republic is a government of laws and not of men. Here, the people rule.

Government

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I have had a lot of adversaries in my political life, but no enemies that I can remember.

Adversaries

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When a man is asked to make a speech, the first thing he has to decide is what to say.

Communication

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