Gerald Rudolph Ford Jr. Quotes
One of the enduring truths of the nation's capital is that bureaucrats survive.
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My customers are successful workingwomen.
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Every single figure on Mount Rushmore was a third party at one time or another, so third parties become major parties, and I think that the Libertarian Party may become my major party.
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There are certain things that can be asked that get me excited. It's never a thing where I think I'm too good, I'm just the type of person who likes to be enlightened. I don't like to go through the motions.
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In civilized life, law floats in a sea of ethics.
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I've decided to tell my kids things like: 'I love the way each of you tilted back your heads when you laughed.' I will give them specific stuff they can grasp.
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No man can succeed in a line of endeavor which he does not like.
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I grew up in a family that despised not only communism but collectivism, socialism, and any 'ism' that deprived the individual of his or her natural rights.
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Getting our military back on stable footing won't happen overnight. We must start this process now, since future engagements are likely and allies are scarce.
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It was not a good time for Aerospace Engineers (Boeing was laying off thousands of them) and I found programming more fun anyways.
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The strange thing is, we never owned our own publishing; it was always getting bought and sold.
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It's easier to make negative attacks and simplistic slogans in social media than it is to communicate complex policies.
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A firm, hearty handshake gives a good first impression, and you'll never be forgiven if you don't live up to it.
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Distrust that man who tells you to distrust.
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That was a judicious mother who said, "I obey my children for the first year of their lives, but ever after I expect them to obey me.
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God put a secret art into the forces of Nature so as to enable it to fashion itself out of chaos into a perfect world system.
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I argue that once it became clear that the most important function of the CEO was to develop and enact the corporate strategy, that often had the effect of distancing him from people below him in the organization. It also encouraged the idea that if a CEO were a great strategist for a company in one industry, he would probably be a great strategist in another industry. And that usually hasn't proved to be the case.
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I feel like I'm witnessing the systematic destruction of a people's ability to survive. It's horrifying.
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Capital will always go where it’s welcome and stay where it’s well treated. Capital is not just money. It’s also talent and ideas. They, too, will go where they’re welcome and stay where they are well treated.
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India considers Saudi Arabia a center of stability in the region. The security and stability of the Gulf region and that of the Indian subcontinent are interlinked. Bilateral security cooperation between India and Saudi Arabia will contribute to regional stability and in addressing the common threat of terrorism in the region.
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The more we desire for that which is superfluous, the more we meet with difficulties; our strength and possessions are spent in unnecessary things, and are wanting when required for that which is necessary.
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One of the enduring truths of the nation's capital is that bureaucrats survive.
