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.
May 22, 1976
I will finish my most important job--restoration of trust in the Presidency itself.
May 22, 1976
I agree with Theodore Roosevelt's observation that 'to educate a man in mind and not in morals is to educate a menace to society.'
May 22, 1976
This year is absolutely no reason whatsoever to trade in your reliable Ford for a flashier model.
May 22, 1976
The alternatives are well set forth in what we call the Esch amendment.
May 22, 1976
It may sound awfully trite, but we have been letting Uncle Sam do it far, far too long.
May 22, 1976
As President, I'm constantly aware that the ultimate authority of our Republic is not in the White House; it is in the people.
May 22, 1976
I will secure that peace through strength and through perseverance and leave that legacy of peace for our children and for their children.
May 22, 1976
Your generation bears a very special task--the preservation of individualism-but you do not bear that task alone.
May 22, 1976
We will talk about the affirmative achievements and accomplishments of the Ford administration in the last 22 months.
May 22, 1976
I have done a good job under the toughest kinds of circumstances, and I would appreciate your wholehearted support.
May 21, 1976
We cannot have 535 elected officials and as many more candidates making the critical foreign policy decisions that arise daily and sometimes hourly.
May 21, 1976
Since I became President, we have restored confidence and trust in the White House.
May 21, 1976
I will continue my policies of cutting your taxes, expanding the private economy, reducing bureaucracy and useless regulation, and restraining Federal spending.
May 21, 1976
I have said at the proper time it will undoubtedly be appropriate for me to meet with the proper government officials in South Africa.
May 21, 1976
We have never wholly abandoned Jefferson's decent respect for the opinions of mankind or Lincoln's faith that right does make might.
May 21, 1976
The theme of my campaign is peace, growing prosperity, and the restoration of trust in the White House.
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