Alert Quote by Jeff Greenfield

Gerald R. Ford was a decent and honorable man. Under his steady hand, the nation began the process of recovering from the terrible trauma…

— Richard Ben-Veniste

Watergate got us to think of leaders as mere mortals. America began to think of itself in a very different way - I would…

— Rick Perlstein

I was born in 1970 and I got to see a little bit of [Richard] Nixon's attempts at redefining himself. I saw [Gerald] Ford.

— David Mandel

When you talk about presidents, loyalty is a great thing until it becomes a bad thing. Witness once again Watergate.

— Monica Crowley

The fact was, Ford kept stumbling around. I didn't want him in the White House. I wanted Carter in, and I had a forum…

— Chevy Chase

[Gerald] Ford and [Jimmy] Carter, in fact, were huge disappointments to me. Think about this: They were the presidents around the time of America's…

— Paul Kengor

We all obviously need others to look up to, and be inspirational to us. Ford did a great job as far as putting the…

— Steve Garvey

Just when you think there's nothing to write about, Nixon says, 'I am not a crook.' Jimmy Carter says, 'I have lusted after women…

— Art Buchwald

Indeed, it was largely the clubbiness of the Washington village press corps that let Nixon get away with Watergate and still win his landslide…

— Rick Perlstein

While I do not believe Ford was wrong to pardon Nixon, the timing of the pardon was premature and may have cost Ford the…

— Richard Ben-Veniste

Nixon was a good president on the environment. Gerald Ford was good.

— Stewart Udall

I contend that, in spite of all that might be said about Watergate, Richard Nixon was good for the poor people of America.

— Tony Campolo