Oct 26, 1976
We have reduced the rate of inflation from over 12 percent to less than 6 percent.
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.
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Oct 26, 1976
Slowly but surely, there was this restoration of confidence in America.
Oct 26, 1976
It would have consolidated 24 categorical grants into a single block grant.
Oct 26, 1976
I'm on your side for limited government, for fiscal responsibility, for rising prosperity, for military strength, for peace in the world.
Oct 26, 1976
You are, because of your responsibilities, a tremendous, creative force in our society, and I congratulate you.
Oct 26, 1976
Not a single young American is fighting or dying on foreign soil today, and we are proud of it.
Oct 26, 1976
One of the greatest achievements of this administration is the fact that we have peace and not a single young American is fighting or dying on any foreign soil tonight.
Oct 26, 1976
I have held the line on Government spending with 66 vetoes and saved you, the hard-pressed American taxpayer, $9 billion.
Oct 25, 1976
I can assure you the policies this country is following today are policies that will keep the pressure on.
Oct 25, 1976
The foreign policy of our Nation is not difficult to state. We are for peace--peace first, last and always.
Oct 25, 1976
Every American in this country can be proud of our history and can be proud of the things that we are going to do to make that vision of our forefathers a reality.
Oct 25, 1976
I have held the line on Government spending with 66 vetoes and saved you-and I emphasize 'you'--the hard-pressed taxpayers more than $9 billion.
Oct 25, 1976
Today, America is strong, ready to meet any challenge to our national security.
Oct 25, 1976
I stand on your side for limited government, for fiscal responsibility, for rising prosperity, for lower taxes, for military strength, and peace throughout the world.
Oct 25, 1976
I stand on your side for limited government, for fiscal responsibility, for rising prosperity, for lower taxes, for military strength, for peace in the world.
Oct 25, 1976
After so many years of runaway growth in Federal spending, I submitted a budget last January in which I cut the rate of growth in Federal spending by over half.
Oct 25, 1976
It is essential to our security to go forward with the production of this new aircraft, which has met and surpassed every test to date.
Oct 25, 1976
This week America made a clean sweep of the Nobel Prizes for economics, chemistry, medicine, and literature.
Oct 25, 1976
As long as I am President we are going to have an Army, a Navy, an Air Force, and a Marine Corps that are unsurpassed in military capability.
Oct 25, 1976
My idea of tax reform is tax reduction-tax reduction for the shortchanged, middle-income taxpayer.
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