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I am acutely aware that you have not elected me as your President by your ballots, so I ask you to confirm me with your prayers.
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Never be satisfied with less than your very best effort. If you strive for the top and miss, you'll still 'beat the pack.'
Gerald Rudolph Ford Jr.
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I just don't think we should go hellfire damnation around the globe freeing people, unless it is directly related to our own national security.
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This is an hour of history that troubles our minds and hurts our hearts.
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The earth will continue to regenerate its life sources only as long as we and all the peoples of the world do our part to conserve its natural resources. It is a responsibility which every human being shares. Through voluntary action, each of us can join in building a productive land in harmony with nature.
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I had pro offers from the Detroit Lions and Green Bay Packers, who were pretty hard up for linemen in those days. If I had gone into professional football the name Jerry Ford might have been a household word today.
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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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Real assistance is to help people to help themselves. We can't do everything for everybody, but there is room for all who try to make it.
Gerald Rudolph Ford Jr.
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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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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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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.
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So much of what passes for public life consists of little more than candidates without ideas, hiring consultants without conviction, to stage campaigns without content. The result, increasingly, is elections without voters.
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A government big enough to give you everything you want is a government big enough to take from you everything you have.
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The American dream does not come to those who fall asleep.
Gerald Rudolph Ford Jr.
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There is no Soviet domination of Eastern Europe.
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In the age-old contest between popularity and principle, only those willing to lose for their convictions are deserving of posterity's approval.
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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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He was one of the few political leaders I have ever met whose public speeches revealed more than his private conversations. (On Ronald Reagan)
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Our Nation has a diverse and extremely rich cultural heritage. It is a source of pride and strength to millions of Americans who look to the arts for inspiration, communication and the opportunity for creative self-expression.
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The political lesson of Watergate is this: Never again must America allow an arrogant, elite guard of political adolescents to by-pass the regular party organization and dictate the terms of a national election.
Gerald Rudolph Ford Jr.
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I was dumbfounded by the stupidity of the Watergate break-in.
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It feels like getting a back massage from the Grim Reaper: one must get comfortable with the most horrifying things in the world.
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The veto is a President's Constitutional right, given to him by the drafters of the Constitution because they wanted it as a checkagainst irresponsible Congressional action. The veto forces Congress to take another look at legislation that has been passed. I think this is a responsible tool for a president of the United States, and I have sought to use it responsibly.
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The harder you work, the luckier you are, and I worked like hell.
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