I believe that the courts should be permitted to rule in these cases in due course.
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.
I think it's disturbing that there are these statements to the effect that the voters are apathetic.
Let me assure you that we in the Federal Government are going to do our part, Martha, to encourage the Martha Grahams of the future.
This legislation that I'm signing today provides that any person who served during World War I or World War II as a member of any armed force of the Government of Czechoslovakia or Poland and participated while so serving in armed conflict…
Tonight, I take pleasure in announcing that I intend to seek full funding for the Cultural Challenge Grant program over the next 3 years.
Martha Graham has been doing that for as long as most of us can remember.
The people we recognize with this legislation today fought alongside of us for these ideals.
I am also concerned that my approval of H.R. 4654 could inappropriately predispose the court's ruling.
Her innovations were so original that one startled traditionalist was reported to have said, 'How long do you intend, Martha, to keep this up?'
I fear that total subsidization might bring with it the attendant problems of control and censorship.
You have learned what it's like when a candidate faces the voters with a smile and then turns his back on them later.
I think the American people have been overtaxed, overburdened, and with Jerry Ford as President, we're going to change that in the next 4 years.
The American people want a government that will promise only what it will deliver and will deliver everything that it promises.
You are concerned, the American people are concerned, and you all have good reason to be concerned.
Through 2 difficult years, I have stood for the little taxpayer against the big tax spender.
I am willing to say no, not only by exercising the Presidential veto but by calling for positive, imaginative alternatives to government by Washington decree.





