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I've had a lot of experience with people smarter than I am.
— Gerald R. Ford
America's leadership is essential. America's resources are vast. America's opportunities are unprecedented.
— Gerald R. Ford
We came from many roots, and we have many branches.
— Gerald R. Ford
I strongly support the feeding of children.
— Gerald R. Ford
I don't remember a big fight between the Republicans and Democrats in the Nixon administration or President Gerald Ford and so on.
— Stewart Udall
To me, the Presidency and the Vice-Presidency were not prizes to be won, but a duty to be done.
— Gerald R. Ford
If compassion and mercy are not compatible with politics," Ford said, "then something is the matter with politics.
— Nancy Gibbs
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He's [Gerald Ford] a nice guy but he played too much football with his helmet off.
— Lyndon B. Johnson
He was one of the few political leaders I have ever met whose public speeches revealed more than his private conversations. [On Ronald Reagan]
— Gerald R. Ford
My goal is for a cooperative world at peace, using its resources to build, not to destroy.
— Gerald R. Ford
I remain convinced that pardoning Nixon was the right thing to do.
— Gerald R. Ford
America needed recovery, not revenge. The hate had to be drained and the healing begun.
— Gerald R. Ford
A government big enough to give you everything you want is a government big enough to take from you everything you have.
— Gerald R. Ford
We ... declared our independence 200 years ago, and we are not about to lose it now to paper shufflers and computers.
— Gerald R. Ford
In a democracy, the public has a right to know not only what the government decides, but why and by what process.
— Gerald R. Ford
Never be satisfied with less than your very best effort. If you strive for the top and miss, you'll still 'beat the pack.'
— Gerald R. Ford
There is no undertaking more challenging, no responsibility more awesome, than that of being a mother.
— Gerald R. Ford
Sit down before facts as a little child, be prepared to give up every preconceived notion - or you shall learn nothing.
— Gerald R. Ford
An American tragedy in which we all have played a part.
— Gerald R. Ford
I watch a lot of baseball on the radio.
— Gerald R. Ford
The Federal role in overcoming barriers to needed health care should emphasize health care financing programs-such as Medicare and Medicaid.
— Gerald R. Ford
I do believe that the buck stops here, that I cannot rely upon public opinion polls to tell me what is right.
— Gerald R. Ford
It's more like it is now than it ever has been.
— Gerald R. Ford
I just don't think we should go hellfire damnation around the globe freeing people, unless it is directly related to our own national security.
— Gerald R. Ford
I am a Ford, not a Lincoln.
— Gerald R. Ford
Personal excellence can be achieved by a visionary goal, through planning, dedicated execution, and total follow-through.
— Gerald R. Ford
Mr. President, putting it bluntly, wouldn't we just be continuing a bloodbath that already exists in Cambodia if we voted the 222 million in aid?
— Gerald R. Ford
Tell the truth, work hard, and come to dinner on time.
— Gerald R. Ford
Teddy Roosevelt ... once said, 'Speak softly and carry a big stick.' Jimmy Carter wants to speak loudly and carry a fly swatter.
— Gerald R. Ford
I know I will go to hell, because I pardoned Richard Nixon.
— Gerald R. Ford
I believe that truth is the glue that holds government together, not only our government, but civilization itself.
— Gerald R. Ford
My golf must be improving, I'm not hitting as many spectators.
— Gerald R. Ford
For millions of men and women, the church has been the hospital for the soul, the school for the mind and the safe depository for moral ideas.
— Gerald R. Ford
Richard Nixon was just offered $2 million by Schick to do a television commercial - for Gillette.
— Gerald R. Ford
I had a life-long ambition to be a professional baseball player, but nobody would sign me.
— Gerald R. Ford
The harder you work, the luckier you are, and I worked like hell.
— Gerald R. Ford
I couldn't wait to start the day.
— Gerald R. Ford
When a man is asked to make a speech, the first thing he has to decide is what to say.
— Gerald R. Ford
I think they ought to be treated equally. Period.
— Gerald R. Ford
It feels like getting a back massage from the Grim Reaper: one must get comfortable with the most horrifying things in the world.
— Gerald R. Ford
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
Truth is the glue that holds government together.
— Gerald R. Ford
The Constitution is the bedrock of all our freedoms; guard and cherish it; keep honor and order in your own house; and the republic will endure.
— Gerald R. Ford
There is an old saying, The harder you try the luckier you get. I kind of like that definition of luck.
— Gerald R. Ford
If Lincoln were alive today he'd be turning over in his grave.
— Gerald R. Ford
I am acutely aware that you have not elected me as your President by your ballots, so I ask you to confirm me with your prayers.
— Gerald R. Ford
Gerald Ford, one of the most admirable presidents of our time, once observed that if Lincoln were alive today, he'd be turning over in his grave. With
— David McCullough
It's discouraging how hard it is for a President to slice away large chunks of a $305 billion budget.
— Gerald R. Ford
All of us who served in one war or another know very well that all wars are the glory and the agony of the young.
— Gerald R. Ford
Ronald Reagan was an excellent leader of our nation during challenging times at home and abroad.
— 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
An impeachable offense is whatever a majority of the House of Representatives considers it to be at a given moment in history.
— Gerald R. Ford
The Gerald R. Ford Amphitheater in Vail is unlike any other performance venue in the world, set with mountains and trees as a backdrop.
— Damian Woetzel
The American dream does not come to those who fall asleep.
— Gerald R. Ford
We are bound together by the most powerful of all ties, our fervent love for freedom and independence, which knows no homeland but the human heart.
— Gerald R. Ford
I don't know what the future may hold for me-or for any of us. But I want you to know that I am a man who likes having critics who are not enemies.
— Gerald R. Ford
A great nation cannot abandon its responsibilities. Responsibilities abandoned today return as more acute crises tomorrow.
— Gerald R. Ford
Things are more like today than they have ever been before.
— Gerald R. Ford
The person I liked the best was Gerald R. Ford. He was the most decent man in politics I ever had any relationships with.
— Alan Greenspan
Compromise is the oil that makes governments go.
— Gerald R. Ford
I was dumbfounded by the stupidity of the Watergate break-in.
— Gerald R. Ford
Ronald Regan doesn't dye his hair - he's just prematurely orange.
— Gerald R. Ford
Let us remember that our national unity is a most priceless asset.
— Gerald R. Ford
The spirit of seeking understanding through personal contact with people of other nations and other cultures deserves the respect and support of all.
— Gerald R. Ford
I have had a lot of adversaries in my political life, but no enemies that I can remember.
— Gerald R. Ford
The old question still remains: Can a free people restrain crime without sacrificing fundamental liberties and a heritage of compassion?
— Gerald R. Ford
I am the first to admit that I am no great orator or no person that got where I have gotten by any William Jennings Bryan technique.
— Gerald R. Ford
I would like to deny all allegations by Bob Hope that during my last game of golf, I hit an eagle, a birdie, an elk and a moose.
— Gerald R. Ford
Real assistance is to help people to help themselves. We can't do everything for everybody, but there is room for all who try to make it.
— Gerald R. Ford
