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Gerald Ford: Never promise anything you are not perfectly sure you can deliver.

On the recordOctober 20, 1976
Never promise anything you are not perfectly sure you can deliver.
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Gerald Ford
Republican · Michigan

Editor's note · Context

Remarks at the Annual Alfred E. Smith Memorial Dinner in New York City.

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