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1913–2006 United States
Gerald Rudolph Ford Jr. (born Leslie Lynch King Jr.; July 14, 1913 – December 26, 2006) was an American politician who served as the 38th president of the United States from 1974 to 1977. Prior to this he was the 40th vice president of the United States, serving from 1973 until President Richard Nixon's resignation in 1974.
United States Episcopalians Lawyers Politicians Also known as: Ford, Gerald, Gerald R. Ford, Jerry Ford, Leslie Lynch
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Americans are beautiful -- individually, in communities, and freely joined together by dedication to the United States of America.
My concern is the immediate future of this great country.
Remarks on pardoning Nixon (1974)
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.
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.
It is only as the temporary representatives and servants of the people that we meet here, we bring no hereditary status or gift of infallibility, and none follows us from this place.
I deeply believe in equal justice for all Americans, whatever their station or former station. The law, whether human or divine, is no respecter of persons; but the law is a respecter of reality.
Remarks on pardoning Nixon (1974)
My conscience tells me it is my duty, not merely to proclaim domestic tranquillity but to use every means that I have to insure it.
Remarks on pardoning Nixon (1974)
It's the quality of the ordinary, the straight, the square, that accounts for the great stability and success of our nation. It's a quality to be proud of. But it's a quality that many people seem to have neglected.
I once told you that I am not a saint, and I hope never to see the day that I cannot admit having made a mistake.
Address to Congress (1974)
I do believe that right makes might and that if I am wrong, 10 angels swearing I was right would make no difference.
Remarks on pardoning Nixon (1974)
I have not sought this enormous responsibility, but I will not shirk it.
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.
Richard Nixon… was just offered $2 million by Schick to do a television commercial — for Gillette.
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.
There is no Soviet domination of Eastern Europe — and there never will be under a Ford administration... The United States does not concede that those countries are under the domination of the Soviet Union.
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.
State of the Union Address (1975)
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.
I have not subscribed to any partisan platform. I am indebted to no man, and only to one woman — my dear wife — as I begin this very difficult job.
My fellow Americans, our long national nightmare is over.
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.
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