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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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The power and diversity of the Armed Forces, active Guard and Reserve, the resolve of our fellow citizens, the flexibility in our command to navigate international waters that remain troubled are all essential to our security.
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There is no Soviet domination of Eastern Europe.
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I strongly support the feeding of children.
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The Communist leaders in Moscow, Peking and Hanoi must fully understand that the United States considers the freedom of South Viet Nam vital to our interests. And they must know that we are not bluffing in our determination to defend those interests.
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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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I would hope that understanding and reconciliation are not limited to the 19th hole alone.
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I know I will go to hell, because I pardoned Richard Nixon.
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We . . . declared our independence 200 years ago, and we are not about to lose it now to paper shufflers and computers.
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It's more like it is now than it ever has been.
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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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My golf must be improving, I'm not hitting as many spectators.
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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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The harder you work, the luckier you are, and I worked like hell.
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I love sports. Whenever I can, I always watch the Detroit Tigers on the radio.
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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 think they ought to be treated equally. Period.
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There is an American tragedy in which we all have played a part.
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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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I was dumbfounded by the stupidity of the Watergate break-in.
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Our great Republic is a government of laws and not of men. Here, the people rule.
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