Oct 23, 1976
We don't need a government to do everything for us or tell us everything we can or cannot do.
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 23, 1976
This Nation is sound; this Nation is secure; this Nation is on the way to a better quality of life.
Oct 23, 1976
Give me your mandate, and we will reduce the growth of government in the next 4 years.
Oct 23, 1976
I submitted a budget for the third fiscal year which will cut the rate of growth in Federal spending by 50 percent.
Oct 23, 1976
I believe that the American people in all 50 States want straight talk.
Oct 23, 1976
I am proud to say that we have cut inflation by 50 percent in the past 2 years.
Oct 23, 1976
You can believe me when I say with conviction that America is sound, America is secure.
Oct 23, 1976
The middle-income taxpayer deserves a break and Jerry Ford will see to it that you get it.
Oct 23, 1976
Not a single young American is fighting or dying on any foreign soil tonight, and we will keep it that way.
Oct 22, 1976
I have held the line on Federal spending with 66 vetoes, which saved the hard-pressed taxpayer something like $9 billion.
Oct 22, 1976
We've cut inflation in half, and we'll do even better in the future, because you know, as I know, that inflation is the cruelest tax of all.
Oct 22, 1976
Not a single young American is fighting and dying today on any foreign battlefield, and I intend to keep it that way.
Oct 22, 1976
More Americans were working in 1976 than ever before in the history of this country, nearly 88 million.
Oct 22, 1976
I firmly believe that private morality and public service can and must go hand-in-hand, and it will under a Ford administration.
Oct 22, 1976
I promise you once more, to uphold the Constitution, to do what is right as God gives me the right.
Oct 22, 1976
I would not concede a single State, I would not concede a single vote.
Oct 21, 1976
I think the record can be put in this way... We have added 4 million jobs.
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