Oct 26, 1976
We have created 4 million more jobs and we have 88 million American people working today--an all-time high.
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
It would have consolidated 24 categorical grants into a single block grant.
Oct 26, 1976
America is on the move, America is on the march, the Nation is sound, the Nation is secure.
Oct 26, 1976
I held the line on Government spending with 66 vetoes and saved you, the hard-pressed taxpayers of this country, about $9 billion-plus.
Oct 26, 1976
More Americans were on the job in 1976 than ever before in the history of the United States.
Oct 26, 1976
We have campaigned the length and the breadth of this country, and the net result is we have the momentum going.
Oct 26, 1976
That is what we really want--the money to go to your school districts directly with a minimum of red tape as far as Washington, D.C., is concerned.
Oct 26, 1976
I pledge my cooperation and my continuing effort on behalf of American education.
Oct 25, 1976
I don't believe you have to federalize health care in the United States to maintain or to improve the health care of the American people.
Oct 25, 1976
Those 66 vetoes saved each American family $200 in Federal spending, and that is progress by any standard.
Oct 25, 1976
The alternative is to head down a road which could raise doubts about our strength, our determination, on the part of our friends as well as potential adversaries.
Oct 25, 1976
The peace that exists today is directly related to our collective hard work skillful diplomacy, and I am very, very proud of what we have accomplished.
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
Not a single young American is fighting or dying on any foreign battlefield tonight, and they won't.
Oct 25, 1976
My record is one of progress, not platitudes; performance, not promises.
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
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
We ought to focus on trying to improve the quality of life for our 215 million Americans.
Oct 25, 1976
Give me your mandate and we will reduce the growth of government still more.
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