188 Quotes by Gerald R. Ford

  • Author Gerald R. Ford
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    The Communist leaders in Moscow, Peking and Hanoi must fully understand that the United States considers the freedom of South Viet Nam vital to our interests. And they must know that we are not bluffing in our determination to defend those interests.

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  • Author Gerald R. Ford
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    I cannot imagine any other country in the world where the opposition would seek, and the chief executive would allow, the dissemination of his most private and personal conversations with his staff, which, to be honest, do not exactly confer sainthood on anyone concerned.

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  • Author Gerald R. Ford
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    In all my public and private acts as your president, I expect to follow my instincts of openness and candor with full confidence that honesty is always the best policy in the end.

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  • Author Gerald R. Ford
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    An impeachable offense is whatever a majority of the House of Representatives considers it to be at a given moment in history.

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  • Author Gerald R. Ford
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    Richard Nixon was just offered $2 million by Schick to do a television commercial - for Gillette.

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    For nearly two hundred years, our nation has derived its strength from the diversity of its people and of their beliefs. That strength has been greatly enhanced by [the Islamic] religious heritage.

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  • Author Gerald R. Ford
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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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