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Gerald R. Ford

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Gerald Rudolph Ford Jr. was the 38th president of the United States, serving from 1974 to 1977.

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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 to 1977. He assumed the presidency after the resignation of Richard Nixon, under whom he served as the 40th vice president from 1973 to 1974, after the resignation of Spiro Agnew. A member of the Republican Party, Ford previously served in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1949 to 1973.

Biography source: Wikipedia

Quotes by Gerald R. Ford · Page 2

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

Forgiveness

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As I rejected amnesty, so I reject revenge. I ask all Americans who ever asked for goodness and mercy in their lives,…

Amnesty

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

Patriotic

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

Athletics

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Speaker, with mixed emotions we mark the 50th anniversary of the Turkish genocide of the Armenian people. In taking notice of the…

50th anniversary

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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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I hope never to see the day that I cannot admit having made a mistake.

Failure

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I have always felt that the real purpose of government is to enhance the lives of people and that a leader can…

Cases

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There are no adequate substitutes for father, mother, and children bound together in a loving commitment to nurture and protect. No government,…

Adequate

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I am acutely aware that you have not elected me as your President by your ballots, so I ask you to confirm…

Ballots

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There is no undertaking more challenging, no responsibility more awesome, than that of being a mother.

Being a mother

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Compromise is the oil that makes governments go.

Compromise

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

Tragedy

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I am committed to furthering the self-determination of Indian communities but without terminating the special relationship between the Federal Government and the…

American indian

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We came from many roots, and we have many branches.

Branches

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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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There is no Soviet domination of Eastern Europe and there never will be under a Ford administration.... The United States does notconcede…

Administration

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The tough decisions that a president has to make in the Oval Office are in no way related to the capability of…

Capability

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We . . . declared our independence 200 years ago, and we are not about to lose it now to paper shufflers and computers.

Computer

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In a political sense, there is one problem that currently underlies all of the others. That problem is making Government sufficiently responsive…

Believable

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I feel it is my first duty to make an unprecedented compact with my countrymen. Not an inaugural address, not a fireside…

Communication

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I was dumbfounded by the stupidity of the Watergate break-in.

Break

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

Abandon

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Tell the truth, work hard, and come to dinner on time.

Hard

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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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