Gerald R. Ford Quotes - Page 4

Quotes about:

• All my children have spoken for themselves since they first learned to speak, and not always with my advance approval, and I expect that to continue in the future.

  Gerald R. Ford

  Children, Appreciate, Firsts

  The New York Post, August 13, 1974.

  11 Copy quote

• As I rejected amnesty, so I reject revenge. I ask all Americans who ever asked for goodness and mercy in their lives, who ever sought forgiveness for their trespasses, to join in rehabilitating all the casualties of the tragic conflict of the past.

  Gerald R. Ford

  Revenge, Patriotic, Past

  Gerald R. Ford's address to Veterans of Foreign Wars in Chicago, Illinois, August 19, 1974.

  10 Copy quote

• Can a free people restrain crime without sacrificing fundamental liberties and a heritage of compassion?... Let us show that we can temper together those opposite elements of liberty and restraint into one consistent whole. Let us set an example for the world of a law-abiding America glorying in its freedom as well as its respect for law.

  Gerald R. Ford

  Freedom, Sacrifice, Compassion

  Gerald R. Ford's Address at Yale Law School's 150th anniversary, www.presidency.ucsb.edu. April 25, 1975.

  13 Copy quote

• This is an hour of history that troubles our minds and hurts our hearts.

  Gerald R. Ford

  Hurt, Heart, History

  Address Upon Taking the Oath of the U.S. Presidency, delivered 9 August 1974 East Room of the White House, Washington, D.C.

  5 Copy quote

• I have always felt that the real purpose of government is to enhance the lives of people and that a leader can best do that by restraining government in most cases instead of enlarging it at every opportunity.

  Gerald R. Ford

  Real, Opportunity, Government

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

  15 Copy quote

• An impeachable offense is whatever a majority of the House of Representatives considers it to be at a given moment in history; conviction results from whatever offense or offenses two-thirds of the other body considers to be sufficiently serious to require removal of the accused from office.

  Gerald R. Ford

  Two, Office, House

  Remarks in House of Representatives, 15 Apr. 1970

  4 Copy quote

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

  Gerald R. Ford

  Stupidity, Break, Watergate

  5 Copy quote

• My commitment to the security and future of Israel is based upon basic morality as well as enlightened self-interest. Our role in supporting Israel honors our own heritage.

  Gerald R. Ford

  Pregnancy, Commitment, Israel

  United States. President (1974-1977 : Ford), Gerald R. Ford, United States. Office of the Federal Register (1975). “Gerald R. Ford: Containing the public messages, speeches, and statements of the President”

  9 Copy quote

• 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

  World, Massage, Grim Reaper

  8 Copy quote

• If I went back to college again, I'd concentrate on learning to write and to speak before an audience . Nothing is more important than the abillity to communicate effectively.

  Gerald R. Ford

  Writing, Wrestling, College

  6 Copy quote

• I believe that truth is the glue that holds government together, not only our Government but civilization itself. That bond, though strained, is unbroken at home and abroad. In all my public and private acts as your President, I expect to follow my instincts of openness and candor with full confidence that honesty is always the best policy in the end. My fellow Americans, our long national nightmare is over.

  Gerald R. Ford

  Honesty, Believe, Home

  Address Upon Taking the Oath of the U.S. Presidency, delivered 9 August 1974 East Room of the White House, Washington, D.C.

  4 Copy quote

• I recognize the need for technology that enriches life while preserving our natural environment. My goal is to stimulate productivity, but use technology to redeem, not to destroy our environment.

  Gerald R. Ford

  Technology, Goal, Needs

  "A War Tat is Finished". Gerald R. Ford's speech at Tulane University in New Orleans, Louisiana, www.historyplace.com. April 23, 1975.

  4 Copy quote

• Truth is the glue that holds government together.

  Gerald R. Ford

  Truth, Honesty, Patriotic

  Address Upon Taking the Oath of the U.S. Presidency, delivered 9 August 1974 East Room of the White House, Washington, D.C.

  10 Copy quote

• In a political sense, there is one problem that currently underlies all of the others. That problem is making Government sufficiently responsive to the people. If we don't make government responsive to the people, we don't make it believable. And we must make government believable if we are to have a functioning democracy.

  Gerald R. Ford

  Government, People, Political

  Gerald R. Ford (1973). “Selected speeches”, Desert Publications

  7 Copy quote

• 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

  War, Agony, Glory

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

  7 Copy quote

• 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

  Leader, Political, Speech

  www.foxnews.com.

  4 Copy quote

• I am determined to seek self-sufficiency in energy as an urgent national priority. My goal is to make America independent of foreign energy sources by 1985.

  Gerald R. Ford

  Independent, Self, America

  "A War Tat is Finishe". Gerald R. Ford's speech at Tulane University in New Orleans, Louisiana, www.historyplace.com. April 23, 1975.

  4 Copy quote

• Speaker, with mixed emotions we mark the 50th anniversary of the Turkish genocide of the Armenian people. In taking notice of the shocking events in 1915, we observe this anniversary with sorrow in recalling the massacres of Armenians and with pride in saluting those brave patriots who survived to fight on the side of freedom during World War I.

  Gerald R. Ford

  War, Fighting, Pride

  9 Copy quote

• My golf must be improving, I'm not hitting as many spectators.

  Gerald R. Ford

  Golf, Hitting, Spectators

  4 Copy quote

• There is no Soviet domination of Eastern Europe.

  Gerald R. Ford

  Europe, Presidential Debate, Domination

  Televised presidential debate, 6 Oct. 1976

  20 Copy quote

• In the two centuries that have passed since 1776, millions upon millions of Americans have worked and taken up arms when necessary to make that dream a reality. We can be extremely proud of what they have accomplished. Today, we are the world's oldest republic. We are at peace. Our Nation and our way of life endure. We are free.

  Gerald R. Ford

  Dream, Freedom, Taken

  Gerald R. Ford's Address at Memorial Day Ceremonies at Arlington National Cemetery, www.presidency.ucsb.edu. May 31, 1976.

  4 Copy quote

• I do believe that the buck stops here, that I cannot rely upon public opinion polls to tell me what is right. I do believe that right makes might and that if I am wrong, 10 angels swearing I was right would make no difference. I do believe, with all my heart and mind and spirit, that I, not as President but as a humble servant of God, will receive justice without mercy if I fail to show mercy.

  Gerald R. Ford

  Believe, Heart, Humble

  Address to the Nation Pardoning Richard M. Nixon, delivered on September 8, 1974, Washington D.C.

  4 Copy quote

• To me, the Presidency and the Vice-Presidency were not prizes to be won, but a duty to be done.

  Gerald R. Ford

  Vices, Done, Duty

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

  4 Copy quote

• I remain convinced that pardoning Nixon was the right thing to do.

  Gerald R. Ford

  Things To Do, Convinced, Right Thing

  4 Copy quote

• 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.

  7 Copy quote

Page 4 of 7

First

← Prev

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

Next →

• facebook
• twitter
• googleplus
• email
• linkedin