Gerald Ford

I believe to be successful in this effort, this endeavor, the Congress and the President must work together.

I think we have an obligation to continue to have a presence in the Pacific, in Latin America, in Africa.

I have ordered the evacuation of all nonessential U.S. personnel in South Vietnam.

It is my best judgment, based on experts within the Administration, both economic and military, that if we had made available for the next 3 years reasonable sums of military aid and economic assistance, that South Vietnam would have been…

We leave not footprints, but color prints, in the sands of time.

I certainly would not lift my hand to try and get any State to do away with a Presidential primary election law.

The United States must play a very major role in world affairs in the years ahead.

I urge that our Republican Party remain faithful to the principles of Abraham Lincoln.

I do not choose to run in 1976 for myself alone.

Thank you very, very much, Ted.

Really, it is a tremendous privilege and a pleasure for me to be here tonight, especially with Betty.

Young people today are a vital source of new Republican energy, Republican idealism, and Republican ideas.

The ultimate strength of our party lies in its commitment to principle.

The one thing that I learned in the hard contest once every 2 years is that prospects for victory are seldom so bleak or so good as they seem.

Let us resolve from this night on that our party's primary goal should be to attract the broadest spectrum of people sharing our basic beliefs.

May I add very quickly: Never forget, a government big enough to give us everything we want is a government big enough to take from us everything we have.

I believe this trend to a larger number of small contributors will be a great blessing.

I am sure you share with me my pride in the Armed Forces of the United States and my thankfulness that the operation was conducted without incident.

Small business has been a vital part of American life from the very beginning.

It is a great privilege for me to participate in the actual swearing in of these six very distinguished individuals who will be undertaking a very serious responsibility.

We want fair elections.

Small business in America is still the free enterprise system's gateway to opportunity.

The campaign reform legislation, which was enacted by the Congress in 1974, which I had the privilege of signing, is landmark legislation.

Your work to promote the observance of the International Women's Year begins tomorrow.

I ordered U.S. military forces to proceed with the planned evacuation out of consideration for the safety of U.S. citizens.