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Compromise is the oil that makes governments go.
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 spirit of seeking understanding through personal contact with people of other nations and other cultures deserves the respect and support of all.
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In the firm belief that the American public deserves a better explanation than that thus far given by the Air Force, I strongly recommend that there be a committee investigation of the UFO phenomena. I think we owe it to the people to establish credibility regarding UFOs, and to produce the greatest possible enlightenment of the subject.
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I know I will go to hell, because I pardoned Richard Nixon.
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The harder you work, the luckier you are, and I worked like hell.
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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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I love sports. Whenever I can, I always watch the Detroit Tigers on the radio.
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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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