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Ronald Reagan was an excellent leader of our nation during challenging times at home and abroad.
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 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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To me, the Presidency and the Vice-Presidency were not prizes to be won, but a duty to be done.
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There is no undertaking more challenging, no responsibility more awesome, than that of being a mother.
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This is an hour of history that troubles our minds and hurts our hearts.
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Personal excellence can be achieved by a visionary goal, through planning, dedicated execution, and total follow-through.
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I love sports. Whenever I can, I always watch the Detroit Tigers on the radio.
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I believe that truth is the glue that holds government together, not only our government, but civilization itself.
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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.
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My fellow Americans, our long national nightmare is over.
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When a man is asked to make a speech, the first thing he has to decide is what to say.
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If compassion and mercy are not compatible with politics then something is the matter with politics.
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I know I am getting better at golf because I am hitting fewer spectators.
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The American dream does not come to those who fall asleep.
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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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The old question still remains: Can a free people restrain crime without sacrificing fundamental liberties and a heritage of compassion?
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It's more like it is now than it ever has been.
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Humor can help you to disagree without being disagreeable. The key in democracy is not necessarily that we agree, but that we participate....Despite all the heavy problems- domestic and international- there is humor. Humor transcends partisanship.
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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.
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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.
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