As long as I am President of the United States we will avoid it.

I have been open, candid, frank; I shoot straight from the shoulder, and the consequence is the American people trust the President of the United States.

It would be the highest honor of my life for you to say to me... 'Jerry Ford, you have done a good job.'

I'm deeply grateful to Mr. McAlister for heading up this wonderful affair.

You are, because of your responsibilities, a tremendous, creative force in our society, and I congratulate you.

We have the momentum.

I pledge to you that in the next 4 years, we will do better than we have done, and you will be proud of America, as I am.

My administration has been open, candid, straightforward.

I promise you once more, to uphold the Constitution, to do what is right as God gives me the right.

I think it's unwise for a President to signal in advance what options he might exercise if any international problem arose.

I have indicated to General Brown that the words that he used in that interview were very ill-advised.

Never promise anything you are not perfectly sure you can deliver.

Our best course of action is to provide as much support as possible for responsible community and neighborhood leaders.

We didn't panic. We didn't lose our cool.

I can never repay you, Al, for all the many things that you did for me as minority leader and the things that you have done while I am President.

I have to get back to the White House to do some work before they turn off the lights.

Because of the urgent need for an organization that would provide focused leadership for this effort, I am asking the Congress to consider my proposal for an Energy Research and Development Administration.

I have what it takes.