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Gerald R Ford Inspirational Quotes (81)

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I'm a Ford, not a Lincoln. My addresses will never be as eloquent as Mr. Lincoln's. But I will do my very best to equal his brevity and his plain speaking.
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The American dream does not come to those who fall asleep.
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I had a lot of experience with people smarter than I am.
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To me, the Presidency and the Vice-Presidency were not prizes to be won, but a duty to be done.
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For millions of men and women, the church has been the hospital for the soul, the school for the mind and the safe depository for moral ideas.
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I know I am getting better at golf because I am hitting fewer spectators.
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I love sports. Whenever I can, I always watch the Detroit Tigers on the radio.
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It feels like getting a back massage from the Grim Reaper: one must get comfortable with the most horrifying things in the world.
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We are bound together by the most powerful of all ties, our fervent love for freedom and independence, which knows no homeland but the human heart.
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I hope never to see the day that I cannot admit having made a mistake.
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This is an hour of history that troubles our minds and hurts our hearts.
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My golf must be improving, I'm not hitting as many spectators.
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A coalition of groups is waging a massive propaganda campaign against the president of the United States. an all-out attack. Their aim is total victory for themselves and total defeat for him.
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Truth is the glue that holds government together.
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Humor can help you to disagree without being disagreeable. The key in democracy is not necessarily that we agree, but that we participate....Despite all the heavy problems- domestic and international- there is humor. Humor transcends partisanship.
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There is an American tragedy in which we all have played a part.
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Theirs is an American tragedy in which we all have played a part. It could go on and on, or someone must write The End to it. I have concluded that only I can do that. And if I can, I must.
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I believe in friendly compromise. I said over in the Senate hearings that truth is the glue that holds government together. Compromise is the oil that makes governments go.
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Frankly, I've never felt voting to be all that essential to the process.
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We have too long treated the natural world as an adversary rather than as a life-sustaining gift from the Almighty. If man has the genius to build, which he has, he must also have the ability and the responsibility to preserve.
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I remain convinced that pardoning Nixon was the right thing to do.
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The three-martini lunch is the epitome of American efficiency. Where else can you get an earful, a bellyful and a snootful at the same time?
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Ronald Reagan was an excellent leader of our nation during challenging times at home and abroad.
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I think they ought to be treated equally. Period.
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