I will promise no more than I can deliver and I will deliver everything that I promise.
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 decided at that time that the decisions I would make in the months to follow would be decisions that would not be related to politics but would be decisions predicated on what in my heart and conscience I thought was in the best interest…
Your economic future looks very bright in a city with all this talent and all this energy.
I have always enjoyed the company of Americans who are working to bring more jobs and greater prosperity to our country.
As your President, I promise no more than I can deliver, and I promise I will deliver everything that I promise.
I recommended some action that would preserve the financial integrity of the Social Security Trust Fund.
The tuna industry will be ended, will be destroyed, if the full impact of Judge Richey's decision is carried out.
I suggest that you not trade in a reliable Ford in 1976 for a flashier model.
I want your help. I want your support so that we can continue the kind of programs of peace, prosperity, and trust for the next 4 years.
I will not be satisfied until every American who wants a job can find a job.
I am totally determined that your tax dollars work for you as hard as you work for them.
I believe those delegates believe in the programs that I have had for this country.
I have had long sympathy for and admiration for the tuna industry and all the people involved in it.
Ratification of the treaty will clearly add to the treaty's vitality and effectiveness and to the extension of the international safeguards regime.
I think it is in the national interest of the United States to continue our nuclear testing.
I was going to do what was right for America and that I would not promise that I would do more than I could produce.
I welcome the Japanese Diet's approval for ratification of the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons.
I proposed and the Congress accepted a major tax cut for individuals and tax incentives for business expansion and job production.





