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Gerald R. Ford
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Gerald R. Ford
Age: 93 †
Born: 1913
Born: July 14
Died: 2006
Died: December 26
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An impeachable offense is whatever a majority of the House of Representatives considers it to be at a given moment in history.
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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'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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Richard Nixon... was just offered $2 million by Schick to do a television commercial - for Gillette.
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Personal excellence can be achieved by a visionary goal, through planning, dedicated execution, and total follow-through.
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I hope never to see the day that I cannot admit having made a mistake.
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My fellow Americans, our long national nightmare is over. Our Constitution works our great Republic is a government of laws and not of men. Here the people rule. But there is a higher Power, by whatever name we honor Him, who ordains not only righteousness but love, not only justice but mercy.
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Compromise is the oil that makes governments go.
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I was dumbfounded by the stupidity of the Watergate break-in.
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I strongly support the feeding of children.
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I have always felt that the real purpose of government is to enhance the lives of people and that a leader can best do that by restraining government in most cases instead of enlarging it at every opportunity.
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I love sports. Whenever I can, I always watch the Detroit Tigers on the radio.
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If you have not chosen me by secret ballot, neither have I gained office by any secret promises. I have not campaigned either for the Presidency or the Vice Presidency. I have not subscribed to any partisan platform. I am indebted to no man, and only to one womanmy dear wifeas I begin this very difficult job.
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I know I will go to hell, because I pardoned Richard Nixon.
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We have come tardily to the tremendous task of cleaning up our environment. We should have moved with similar zeal at least a decade ago. But no purpose is served by post-mortems. With visionary zeal but the greatest realism, we must now address ourselves to the vast problems that confront us.
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Ronald Regan doesn't dye his hair - he's just prematurely orange.
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Mr. President, putting it bluntly, wouldn't we just be continuing a bloodbath that already exists in Cambodia if we voted the 222 million in aid?
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Even though this is late in an election year, there is no way we can go forward except together and no way anybody can win except by serving the people's urgent needs. We cannot stand still or slip backwards. We must go forward now together.
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Ronald Reagan was an excellent leader of our nation during challenging times at home and abroad.
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The Constitution is the bedrock of all our freedoms guard and cherish it keep honor and order in your own house and the republic will endure.
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