Gerald Ford

It was basically very encouraging; the meeting with Mr. Brezhnev was very helpful.

I had a very, very interesting, helpful, and in-depth 3-hour meeting with the Secretary of State.

I also congratulate the winners of both parties and extend my sympathy to those who lost.

I hereby designate the United States Civil Service Commission as the agency to concur with determinations made by agencies to fix the minimum and maximum limits of age within which an original appointment may be made to a position as a law…

I will work with them wholeheartedly in this urgent task which is certainly beyond partisanship.

There was no argument about the number one issue in this campaign: inflation and its crippling effect on our economy and on the lives of all Americans.

THE PEOPLE have spoken, and for 26 years I have accepted the verdict of the people, which is the essence of our system of free government.

Your three decades at the Department of Justice represent the highest standards of both the Federal career service and appointive office.

Executive Order No. 11810 of September 30, 1974, issued under the authority of the act of October 6, 1917, as amended (12 U.S.C. 95a), is hereby revoked.

As you move on to private life, you have my best wishes for continued success and satisfaction.

Executive Order No. 11533 of June 4, 1970, as continued in effect by Executive Order No. 11683 of August 2, 1972, and Executive Order No. 11798 of August 14, 1974, and all delegations, redelegations, rules, regulations, orders, licenses…

You leave with the respect and admiration of all who were privileged to be your colleagues.

We should raise our sights to the broadening horizon available to us through our national investment in science and technology.

Those who vote... will be voting yes for our system of government.

Success in this endeavor will ultimately come, however, only with the sustained dedication and hard work of the physicians, scientists, health professionals, voluntary agencies, and the volunteers who support this program.

You will not just be voting for Democrats or for Republicans, you will be casting your vote, a vote of confidence in the United States of America.

Everyone who can get to the polls... is actually voting no under our system of government.

The National Cancer Program is beginning to have an impact on Americans who have cancer or are at risk to it.

You will be voting for your own future and exercising the power vested in free people.

Every eligible voter will be sending a message to Washington and to the world.

Aren't we lucky to have a country where all of these assets and attributes just come out in a place like Grand Junction?

We are living in great days.

Friendship you don't sell out. You keep it. You love it.

No government can expect the people to act responsibly when it fails to do so itself.

You have destroyed, you have upset, you have literally torn asunder a basic concept of what is good for America.