Gerald Ford

US President

1913 – 2006

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Famous Quotes:

  • I had a lot of experience with people smarter than I am.
  • I do not want a honeymoon with you. I want a good marriage. I want progress, and I want problemsolving which requires my best efforts and also your best efforts. I have no need to learn how Congress speaks for the people. As President, I intend to listen. But I also intend to listen to the people themselvesall the peopleas I promised last Friday. I want to be sure that we are all tuned in to the real voice of America.
  • America now is stumbling through the darkness of hatred and divisiveness. Our values, our principles, and our determination to succeed as a free and democratic people will give us a torch to light the way. And we will survive and become the strongernot only because of a patriotism that stands for love of country, but a patriotism that stands for love of people.
  • 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.
  • All of us who served in one war or another know very well that all wars are the glory and the agony of the young.
  • A strong defense is the surest way to peace. Strength makes detente attainable. Weakness invites war, as my generationmy generationknows from four very bitter experiences. Just as Americas will for peace is second to none, so will Americas strength be second to none. We cannot rely on the forbearance of others to protect this Nation. 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.
  • I once told you that I am not a saint, and I hope never to see the day that I cannot admit having made a mistake. So I will close with another confession. Frequently, along the tortuous road of recent months from this chamber to the Presidents House, I protested that I was my own man. Now I realize that I was wrong. I am your man, for it was your carefully weighed confirmation that changed my occupation. The truth is I am the peoples man, for you acted in their name, and I accepted and began my new and solemn trust with a promise to serve all the people and do the best that I can for America.
  • The American wage earner and the American housewife are a lot better economists than most economists care to admit. They know that a government big enough to give you everything you want is a government big enough to take from you everything you have.
  • I do believe that the buck stops here, that I cannot rely upon public opinion polls to tell me what is right. I do believe that right makes might and that if I am wrong, 10 angels swearing I was right would make no difference. I do believe, with all my heart and mind and spirit, that I, not as President but as a humble servant of God, will receive justice without mercy if I fail to show mercy.
  • 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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Born
Jul 14, 1913
Omaha
Also known as
  • Gerald Rudolph Ford
  • Gerald R. Ford
  • Leslie Lynch King, Jr.
  • Congressman Gerald Ford
  • President Gerald Ford
  • President Gerald R. Ford
  • Gerald Rudolph "Jerry" Ford, Jr.
  • Leslie Lynch King Jr.
  • Jerry
Parents
Siblings
Spouses
Children
Religion
  • Episcopalian
  • Protestantism
Nationality
  • United States of America
Profession
Education
  • Bachelor of Arts, University of Michigan
    Political Science
    ( - 1935)
  • Economics
  • Bachelor of Laws, Yale Law School
    (1938 - 1941)
  • University of Michigan Law School
    (1937 - 1937)
Employment
  • President, Federal government of the United States
    (1974/08/09 - 1977/01/20)
Lived in
  • Omaha
  • Grand Rapids
Died
Dec 26, 2006
Rancho Mirage

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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