Gerald Ford Short Quotes

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We came from many roots, and we have many branches.

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Tell the truth, work hard, and come to dinner on time.

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Ronald Reagan doesn't dye his hair, he's just prematurely orange.

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I hope never to see the day that I cannot admit having made a mistake.

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The length of one's days matters less than the love of one's family and friends.

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

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I would hope that understanding and reconciliation are not limited to the 19th hole alone.

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He's the smartest guy in Congress, but he insists on voting his conscience instead of party.

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

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

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There is an old saying, The harder you try the luckier you get. I kind of like that definition of luck.

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I do believe that the buck stops here, that I cannot rely upon public opinion polls to tell me what is right.

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In a democracy, the public has a right to know not only what the government decides, but why and by what process.

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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.

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If the Government is big enough to give you everything you want, it is big enough to take away everything you have.

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A government big enough to give you everything you want is a government big enough to take from you everything you have.

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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.

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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.

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The Federal role in overcoming barriers to needed health care should emphasize health care financing programs-such as Medicare and Medicaid.

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The three-martini lunch is the epitome of American efficiency. Where else can you get an earful, a bellyful and a snootful at the same time?

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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.

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History and experience tells us that moral progress cannot come in comfortable and in complacent times, but out of trial and out of confusion.

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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.

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The spirit of seeking understanding through personal contact with people of other nations and other cultures deserves the respect and support of all.

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I am a Ford, not a Lincoln. My addresses will never be as eloquent as Mr. Lincoln's. But I will do my very best to equal his brevity and his plain speaking.

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I like your nickname, The Granite State. It shows the strength of character, firmness of principle, and restraint that have long characterized New Hampshire.

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[Gail A. Cobb] has our lasting admiration for the cause of law enforcement and the well-being of our society, a cause for which she made the highest sacrifice.

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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.

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We must introduce a new balance in the relationship between the individual and the government — a balance that favors greater individual freedom and self-reliance.

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I can assure you the National Federation is an organization of Republican women whose power, prestige, perception, and purpose will never be underestimated by anyone.

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