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• The three-martini lunch is the epitome of American efficiency.

  Gerald R. Ford

  Lunch, Alcohol, Three

  Remarks to the National Restaurant Association, in Chicago, Illinois, May 28, 1978.

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• To know John Kennedy, as I did, was to understand the true meaning of the word. He understood that courage is not something to be gauged in a poll or located in a focus group. No adviser can spin it. No historian can backdate it. For, in the age old contest between popularity and principle, only those willing to lose for their convictions are deserving of posterity's approval.

  Gerald R. Ford

  Focus, Age, Approval

  Remarks by President Gerald R. Ford on Receiving the 2001 Profile in Courage Award, www.jfklibrary.org. May 21, 2001.

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• 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

  Thinking, People, Damnation

  "Ford: Bush made 'big mistake' on Iraq justifications", www.cnn.com. December 28, 2006.

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• 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

  Powerful, Heart, Ties

  United States. President (1974-1977 : Ford), Gerald R. Ford (1977). “Gerald R. Ford: Containing the Public Messages, Speeches, and Statements of the President”

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• My fellow Americans, our long national nightmare is over.

  Gerald R. Ford

  Patriotic, Long, Nightmare

  Remarks upon taking oath of office, 9 Aug. 1974

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• Richard Nixon... was just offered $2 million by Schick to do a television commercial - for Gillette.

  Gerald R. Ford

  Television Commercials, Television, Millions

  Gerald R. Ford's remarks at a "Humor and the Presidency Symposium" at Ford Museum in Grand Rapids, Michigan, as quoted in US Weekly Magazine, November 3, 1986.

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

  Gerald R. Ford

  Opportunity, America, Essentials

  Ford, Gerald R. (1977). “Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: Gerald R. Ford, 1975”, p.572, Best Books on

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• 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

  School, Men, Ideas

  United States. President (1974-1977 : Ford), Gerald R. Ford (1979). “Gerald R. Ford: Containing the Public Messages, Speeches, and Statements of the President”

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

  Gerald R. Ford

  Unity, Priceless, Remember

  United States. President (1974-1977 : Ford), Gerald R. Ford (1975). “Gerald R. Ford: Containing the Public Messages, Speeches, and Statements of the President”

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• Ronald Regan doesn't dye his hair - he's just prematurely orange.

  Gerald R. Ford

  Funny, Hair, Orange

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

  Gerald R. Ford

  Mother, Responsibility, Challenges

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• It's more like it is now than it ever has been.

  Gerald R. Ford

  Has Beens

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• For nearly two hundred years, our nation has derived its strength from the diversity of its people and of their beliefs. That strength has been greatly enhanced by [the Islamic] religious heritage.

  Gerald R. Ford

  Religious, Islamic, Years

  United States. President (1974-1977 : Ford), Gerald R. Ford (1975). “Gerald R. Ford: Containing the Public Messages, Speeches, and Statements of the President”

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• I believe that prayer in public schools should be voluntary. It is difficult for me to see how religious exercises can be a requirement in public schools, given our Constitutional requirement of separation of church and state. I feel that the highly desirable goal of religious education must be principally the responsibility of church and home. I do not believe that public education should show any hostility toward religion, and neither should it inhibit voluntary participation, if it does not interfere with the educational process.

  Gerald R. Ford

  Religious, Prayer, Educational

  Jimmy Carter, Gerald R. Ford (1979). “The Presidential Campaign 1976: President Gerald R. Ford. 2. v”

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• I think they ought to be treated equally. Period.

  Gerald R. Ford

  Gay, Thinking, Periods

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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.

  Gerald R. Ford

  Courage, Principles, Approval

  Remarks by President Gerald R. Ford on Receiving the 2001 Profile in Courage Award, www.jfklibrary.org. May 21, 2001.

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

  Gerald R. Ford

  Responsibility, Today, Return

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• America needed recovery, not revenge. The hate had to be drained and the healing begun.

  Gerald R. Ford

  Revenge, Hate, Healing

  "A Time to Heal: The Autobiography of Gerald R. Ford". Book by Gerald R. Ford, 1979.

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• Humor can help you to disagree without being disagreeable. The key in democracy is not necessarily that we agree, but that we participate....Despite all the heavy problems- domestic and international- there is humor. Humor transcends partisanship.

  Gerald R. Ford

  Humor, Keys, Democracy

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

  Gerald R. Ford

  President, Discouraging, Billions

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• I strongly support the feeding of children.

  Gerald R. Ford

  Children, Support, Feeding

  United States. President (1974-1977 : Ford), Gerald R. Ford (1977). “Gerald R. Ford: Containing the Public Messages, Speeches, and Statements of the President”

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• 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

  Men, Enemy, May

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• 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

  Want, Sticks, Speak

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• Let us put an end to self-inflicted wounds. Let us remember that our national unity is a most priceless asset. Let us deny our adversaries the satisfaction of using Vietnam to pit Americans against Americans.

  Gerald R. Ford

  Self, Unity, Vietnam

  United States. President (1974-1977 : Ford), Gerald R. Ford (1975). “Gerald R. Ford: Containing the Public Messages, Speeches, and Statements of the President”

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