Gerald R. Ford Quotes About Compromise

Quotes about: Compromise

• I know well the coequal role of the Congress in our constitutional process. I love the House of Representatives. I revere the traditions of the Senate despite my too-short internship in that great body. As President, within the limits of basic principles, my motto toward the Congress is communication, conciliation, compromise, and cooperation.

  Gerald R. Ford

  Love, Communication, House

  Gerald R. Ford's address to a joint session of Congress, August 12, 1974.

• I believe in friendly compromise. I said over in the Senate hearings that truth is the glue that holds government together. Compromise is the oil that makes governments go.

  Gerald R. Ford

  Believe, Government, Oil

  Gerald R. Ford's remarks on his nomination to be Vice-President during hearings before the US House of Representatives Committee on the Judiciary, November 15, 1973.

• Compromise is the oil that makes governments go.

  Gerald R. Ford

  Oil, Government, President

  Remarks during hearings before the US House of Representatives Committee on the Judiciary, November 15, 1973.

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