Gerald R. Ford Quotes

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• Never be satisfied with less than your very best effort. If you strive for the top and miss, you'll still 'beat the pack.'

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  Best Effort, Missing, Strive

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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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  Inspirational, Success, Peace

  "If Elected, I Promise: 1001 Jokes, Toasts, Stories, and Gems of Wisdom by and about Politicians". Book by John Francis Parker, 1960.

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• Nothing in life is more important than the ability to communicate effectively.

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  Communication, Important, Life Is

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• America now is stumbling through the darkness of hatred and divisiveness. Our values, our principles, and our determination to succeed as a free and democratic people will give us a torch to light the way. And we will survive and become the stronger - not only because of a patriotism that stands for love of country, but a patriotism that stands for love of people.

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  Love, Country, Determination

  Gerald R. Ford's address to the state conference of the Order of DeMolay in Grand Rapids, Michigan, September 7, 1968.

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• The political lesson of Watergate is this: Never again must America allow an arrogant, elite guard of political adolescents to by-pass the regular party organization and dictate the terms of a national election.

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  Party, Organization, America

  The New York Times, March 31, 1974.

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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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  Motivational, Luck, Trying

  Ford, Gerald R. (1977). “Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: Gerald R. Ford, 1975”, p.1730, Best Books on

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

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  Mistake, Made, Made A Mistake

  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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• The American dream does not come to those who fall asleep.

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  Dream, Inspirational Life, Fall

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• Truth is the glue that holds government together.

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  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.

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• If compassion and mercy are not compatible with politics then something is the matter with politics.

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  Compassion, Matter, Mercy

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• I believe that truth is the glue that holds government together, not only our government, but civilization itself.

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  Believe, Government, Civilization

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

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• We cannot stand still or slip backwards. We must go forward now together.

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  Unity, Together, Backwards

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

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• My fellow Americans, our long national nightmare is over. Our Constitution works; our great Republic is a government of laws and not of men. Here the people rule. But there is a higher Power, by whatever name we honor Him, who ordains not only righteousness but love, not only justice but mercy.

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  Love, Men, Names

  On being sworn in as President, 9 August 1974: G. J. Lankevich 'Gerald R. Ford' (1977)

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• Music education opens doors that help children pass from school into the world around them - a world of work, culture, intellectual activity, and human involvement. The future of our nation depends on providing our children with a complete education that includes music.

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  Children, School, Carpe Diem

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• If it is a clichй to say athletics build character as well as muscle, then I subscribe to the clich.

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  Character, Muscles, Wells

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• The Constitution is the bedrock of all our freedoms; guard and cherish it; keep honor and order in your own house; and the republic will endure.

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  Order, House, Honor

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• Personal excellence can be achieved by a visionary goal, through planning, dedicated execution, and total follow-through.

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  Motivation, Goal, Excellence

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• A strong defense is the surest way to peace. Strength makes detente attainable. Weakness invites war, as my generation - my generation - knows from four very bitter experiences. Just as America's will for peace is second to none, so will America's strength be second to none. We cannot rely on the forbearance of others to protect this Nation. The power and diversity of the Armed Forces, active Guard and Reserve, the resolve of our fellow citizens, the flexibility in our command to navigate international waters that remain troubled are all essential to our security.

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  Strong, Peace, War

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

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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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  Government, Democracy, Process

  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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• I had a lot of experience with people smarter than I am.

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  Patriotic, People, Smarter

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• History and experience tell us that moral progress comes not in comfortable and complacent times, but out of trial and confusion.

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  Confusion, Progress, Trials

  State of the Union Address, January 19, 1975.

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• I am a Ford, not a Lincoln.

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  Presidential

  Remarks on taking the vice-presidential oath, 6 Dec. 1973

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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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• 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.

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• Without God there could be no American form of government, nor an American way of life.

  Gerald R. Ford

  Government, Way, Form

  From remarks recorded for the "Back to God" Program of the American Legion, www.presidency.ucsb.edu. February 20, 1955.

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