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Gerald Ford

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Gerald Rudolph Ford was the 38th President of the United States, serving from August 9, 1974, to January 20, 1977. A member of the Republican Party, Ford was born in Michigan and previously served as the U.S. House of Representatives member from 1949 to 1973. He also held the position of House Minority Leader from 1965 until he became President. Ford is particularly known for his efforts to heal the nation following the Watergate scandal and for his controversial decision to pardon former President Richard Nixon.

Quotes by year · 197420064,565 total · peak 1976 (2422)
1974: 882 quotes1975: 799 quotes1976: 2,422 quotes1977: 70 quotes1995: 29 quotes1996: 121 quotes1997: 85 quotes1998: 96 quotes1999: 10 quotes2000: 16 quotes2001: 6 quotes2002: 5 quotes2003: 14 quotes2004: 4 quotes2005: 1 quote2006: 5 quotes
Apr 15, 1975

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

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Apr 15, 1975

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

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Apr 15, 1975

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

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Apr 15, 1975

I hereby create a board of three members, to be appointed by me, to investigate this dispute.

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Apr 15, 1975

I believe that the United States, the Federal Government, has to proceed according to law in the development of our outer continental oil resources on all of our shores, not just in California.

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Apr 15, 1975

I believe that continued United States participation in the Coffee Agreement will serve both our foreign policy and our consumer interests.

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Apr 15, 1975

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

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Apr 15, 1975

I can assure you that what I have said on more than one occasion, I believe and I will try to implement, that I will work with the Congress.

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Apr 15, 1975

Your efforts today will breathe new life into the textbooks of tomorrow.

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Apr 14, 1975

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.

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Apr 14, 1975

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

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Apr 14, 1975

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

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Apr 14, 1975

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

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Apr 14, 1975

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.

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Apr 14, 1975

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

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Apr 14, 1975

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.

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Apr 14, 1975

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

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Apr 13, 1975

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.

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Apr 13, 1975

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

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Apr 13, 1975

A nation is only as strong, a nation is only as creative as its citizens.

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Apr 13, 1975

Laws alone, as we know in many, many instances, are not enough.

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