Gerald R. Ford Quotes
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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.
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Nothing in life is more important than the ability to communicate effectively.
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The pat on the back, the arm around the shoulder, the praise for what was done right and the sympathetic nod for what wasn't are as much a part of golf as life itself.
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I love sports. Whenever I can, I always watch the Detroit Tigers on the radio.
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I hope never to see the day that I cannot admit having made a mistake.
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Let America symbolize humanity's struggle to conquer nature and master technology. The time has now come for our Government to facilitate the individual's control over his or her future - and of the future of America.
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Too often critics seem more intent on seeking new ways to alter Congress than to truly learn how it functions. They might well profit from the advice of Thomas Huxley, who said a century ago: Sit down before facts as a little child, be prepared to give up every preconceived notionor you shall learn nothing.
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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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I'm 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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Let us remember that our national unity is a most priceless asset.
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I watch a lot of baseball on the radio.
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There is no undertaking more challenging, no responsibility more awesome, than that of being a mother.
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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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My fellow Americans, our long national nightmare is over.
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Today, America can regain the sense of pride that existed before Vietnam... These events, tragic as they are, portend neither the end of the world nor of America's leadership in the world.
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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.
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If compassion and mercy are not compatible with politics then something is the matter with politics.
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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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Compromise is the oil that makes governments go.
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Government exists to create and preserve conditions in which people can translate their ideas into practical reality. In the best of times, much is lost in translation. But we try.
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The American dream does not come to those who fall asleep.
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Even though this is late in an election year, there is no way we can go forward except together and no way anybody can win except by serving the people's urgent needs. We cannot stand still or slip backwards. We must go forward now together.
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I couldn't wait to start the day.
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If Lincoln were alive today, he'd be turning over in his grave.
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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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It is good to be back in the Peoples House. But this cannot be a real homecoming. Under the Constitution, I now belong to the executive branch. The Supreme Court has even ruled that I am the executive branchhead, heart, and hand.
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We came from many roots, and we have many branches.
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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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One of the enduring truths of the nation's capital is that bureaucrats survive.
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I remain convinced that pardoning Nixon was the right thing to do.
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Gerald R. Ford
- Born: July 14, 1913
- Died: December 26, 2006
- Occupation: 38th U.S. President
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