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If it is a clichй to say athletics build character as well as muscle, then I subscribe to the clich.
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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I believe that truth is the glue that holds government together, not only our government, but civilization itself.
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The pat on the back, the arm around the shoulder, the praise for what was done right and the sympathetic nod for what wasn't are as much a part of golf as life itself.
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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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Frankly, I've never felt voting to be all that essential to the process.
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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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Sit down before facts as a little child, be prepared to give up every preconceived notion — or you shall learn nothing.
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Compromise is the oil that makes governments go.
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In the two centuries that have passed since 1776, millions upon millions of Americans have worked and taken up arms when necessary to make that dream a reality. We can be extremely proud of what they have accomplished. Today, we are the world's oldest republic. We are at peace. Our Nation and our way of life endure. We are free.
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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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It's the quality of the ordinary, the straight, the square, that accounts for the great stability and success of our nation. It's a quality to be proud of. But it's a quality that many people seem to have neglected.
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It's more like it is now than it ever has been.
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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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We must proceed with our own energy development. Exploitation of domestic petroleum and natural gas potentialities, along with nuclear, solar, geothermal, and non-fossil fuels is vital. We will never again permit any foreign nation to have Uncle Sam over a barrel of oil.
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There is an American tragedy in which we all have played a part.
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