Our great veterans hospitals must be the finest that medical skill, compassion, and dedication can create.
Gerald Ford
The Public Record
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.
We know that the enemies are Government spending and drastic changes in policy.
Enlist the active support and assistance of individual citizens, civic groups, professional associations, amateur and professional sports groups, private enterprise, voluntary organizations and others in efforts to promote and improve the…
As we near the end of our Bicentennial year, we have good cause to once again give thanks for the unique productivity of our farms and cities.
Assist educational agencies at all levels in developing high-quality, innovative health and physical education programs which emphasize the importance of exercise to good health.
Initiate programs to inform the general public of the importance of exercise and the link which exists between regular physical activity and such qualities as good health and effective performance.
Assist business, industry, government and labor organizations in establishing sound physical fitness programs to elevate employee health and to reduce the financial and human costs resulting from physical inactivity.
Let us set a standard of honor, justice, and charity against which all the years of our third century may be measured.
Give me your mandate, and we'll ensure the integrity of the social security system.
I pledge to you that in the next 4 years, we will do better than we have done, and you will be proud of America, as I am.
To meaningfully commemorate Veterans Day and to pay tribute to our Medal of Honor winners, those great heroes, we must keep America strong in willpower, strong in character, strong in spiritual values as well as strong in national defense.
We've cut inflation in half in the past 2 years, and I pledge to you we'll do even better in the next 4.
Let each of us resolve this Thanksgiving Day to make the coming year one in which our every deed will reflect our constant gratitude to God.
I hereby designate the period November 19 through November 25, 1976, as National Farm-City Week.
I just couldn't come to Oregon and get a finer display of the kind of support that I want.
The middle-income taxpayer deserves a break and Jerry Ford will see to it that you get it.
We don't need a government to do everything for us or tell us everything we can or cannot do.
This Nation is sound; this Nation is secure; this Nation is on the way to a better quality of life.
I have held the line on Government spending with 66 vetoes and saved the hard-pressed American taxpayers more than $9 billion.





