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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.
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 know well the coequal role of the Congress in our constitutional process. I love the House of Representatives. I revere the traditions of the Senate despite my too-short internship in that great body. As President, within the limits of basic principles, my motto toward the Congress is communication, conciliation, compromise, and cooperation.
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I think they ought to be treated equally. Period.
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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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In a democracy, the public has a right to know not only what the government decides, but why and by what process.
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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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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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In baseball when they say you're out, you're out. It's the same way in politics.
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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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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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There is no Soviet domination of Eastern Europe.
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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 Regan doesn't dye his hair - he's just prematurely orange.
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The old question still remains: Can a free people restrain crime without sacrificing fundamental liberties and a heritage of compassion?
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This is an hour of history that troubles our minds and hurts our hearts.
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There is no undertaking more challenging, no responsibility more awesome, than that of being a mother.
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I strongly support the feeding of children.
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The harder you work, the luckier you are, and I worked like hell.
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I know I will go to hell, because I pardoned Richard Nixon.
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