Quote

If compassion and mercy are not compatible with politics then something is the matter with politics.

Gerald R. Ford

Change background

T
T
T

Change font

TAGS & TOPICS

Gerald R. Ford
Age: 93 †
Born: 1913
Born: July 14
Died: 2006
Died: December 26
American Football Player
Autobiographer
Gridiron Football Player
Lawyer
Military Officer
Politician
President
Statesperson
Omaha
Nebraska
Leslie Lynch King Jr.
Gerald Rudolph Ford Jr.
Gerald R. Ford
President Ford
G. R. Ford
Gerald Ford Jr.
Gerald Rudolph Jerry Ford Jr.
Gerald Rudolph Ford
Ford
Compatible
Mercy
Compassion
Politics
Matter
Something

More quotes by Gerald R. Ford

Image
Today, America can regain the sense of pride that existed before Vietnam... These events, tragic as they are, portend neither the end of the world nor of America's leadership in the world.
Gerald R. Ford
Image
This is an hour of history that troubles our minds and hurts our hearts.
Gerald R. Ford
Image
If it is a clichй to say athletics build character as well as muscle, then I subscribe to the clich.
Gerald R. Ford
Image
Too often critics seem more intent on seeking new ways to alter Congress than to truly learn how it functions. They might well profit from the advice of Thomas Huxley, who said a century ago: Sit down before facts as a little child, be prepared to give up every preconceived notionor you shall learn nothing.
Gerald R. Ford
Image
There is no Soviet domination of Eastern Europe.
Gerald R. Ford
Image
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.
Gerald R. Ford
Image
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.
Gerald R. Ford
Image
Our great Republic is a government of laws and not of men. Here, the people rule.
Gerald R. Ford
Image
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.
Gerald R. Ford
Image
Let us put an end to self-inflicted wounds. Let us remember that our national unity is a most priceless asset. Let us deny our adversaries the satisfaction of using Vietnam to pit Americans against Americans.
Gerald R. Ford
Image
I love sports. Whenever I can, I always watch the Detroit Tigers on the radio.
Gerald R. Ford
Image
I had a lot of experience with people smarter than I am.
Gerald R. Ford
Image
I think they ought to be treated equally. Period.
Gerald R. Ford
Image
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.
Gerald R. Ford
Image
An impeachable offense is whatever a majority of the House of Representatives considers it to be at a given moment in history.
Gerald R. Ford
Image
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.
Gerald R. Ford
Image
I know I will go to hell, because I pardoned Richard Nixon.
Gerald R. Ford
Image
Compromise is the oil that makes governments go.
Gerald R. Ford
Image
In a political sense, there is one problem that currently underlies all of the others. That problem is making Government sufficiently responsive to the people. If we don't make government responsive to the people, we don't make it believable. And we must make government believable if we are to have a functioning democracy.
Gerald R. Ford
Image
When a man is asked to make a speech, the first thing he has to decide is what to say.
Gerald R. Ford