There are no adequate substitutes for father, mother, and children bound together in a loving commitment to nurture and protect. No government, no matter how well-intentioned, can take the place of the family in the scheme of things.


Speech to the International Eucharistic Conference, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania as quoted in the Los Angeles Herald-Examiner (13 August 1976)

Gerald Ford Quotes

There are no adequate substitutes for father, mother, and children bound together in a loving commitment to nurture and protect. No government, no...

There are no adequate substitutes for father, mother, and children bound together in a loving commitment to nurture and protect. No government, no...

There are no adequate substitutes for father, mother, and children bound together in a loving commitment to nurture and protect. No government, no...

There are no adequate substitutes for father, mother, and children bound together in a loving commitment to nurture and protect. No government, no...