Quote

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

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
Ends
Someone
Part
Must
Concluded
Writing
Tragedy
Played
American
Write

More quotes by Gerald R. Ford

Image
I hope never to see the day that I cannot admit having made a mistake.
Gerald R. Ford
Image
I had a life-long ambition to be a professional baseball player, but nobody would sign me.
Gerald R. Ford
Image
I strongly support the feeding of children.
Gerald R. Ford
Image
In a democracy, the public has a right to know not only what the government decides, but why and by what process.
Gerald R. Ford
Image
There is no undertaking more challenging, no responsibility more awesome, than that of being a mother.
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
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
The Constitution is the bedrock of all our freedoms guard and cherish it keep honor and order in your own house and the republic will endure.
Gerald R. Ford
Image
I know I am getting better at golf because I am hitting fewer spectators.
Gerald R. Ford
Image
Richard Nixon... was just offered $2 million by Schick to do a television commercial - for Gillette.
Gerald R. Ford
Image
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?
Gerald R. Ford
Image
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.
Gerald R. Ford
Image
We have come tardily to the tremendous task of cleaning up our environment. We should have moved with similar zeal at least a decade ago. But no purpose is served by post-mortems. With visionary zeal but the greatest realism, we must now address ourselves to the vast problems that confront us.
Gerald R. Ford
Image
As I rejected amnesty, so I reject revenge. I ask all Americans who ever asked for goodness and mercy in their lives, who ever sought forgiveness for their trespasses, to join in rehabilitating all the casualties of the tragic conflict of the past.
Gerald R. Ford
Image
There is no Soviet domination of Eastern Europe.
Gerald R. Ford
Image
I think they ought to be treated equally. Period.
Gerald R. Ford
Image
Our great Republic is a government of laws and not of men. Here, the people rule.
Gerald R. Ford
Image
Frankly, I've never felt voting to be all that essential to the process.
Gerald R. Ford
Image
Obviously, it's a great privilege and pleasure to be here at the Yale Law School Sesquicentennial Convocation. And I defy anyone to say that and chew gum at the same time.
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