A Ford, Not a Lincoln
Writing by treason on Tuesday, 26 of December , 2006 at 11:45 pm
“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.”
“Our constitution works. Our great republic is a government of laws, not of men.”
“A government big enough to give you everything you want is a government big enough to take from you everything you have.”
“A coalition of groups is waging a massive propaganda campaign against the President of the United States…Their aim is total victory for themselves and total defeat for him.”
“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.”
“Even though this is late in an election year, there is no way we can go forward except together and no way anybody can win except by serving the people’s urgent needs. We cannot stand still or slip backwards. We must go forward now together.”
“Truth is the glue that holds government together.”
“My commitment to the security and future of Israel is based upon basic morality as well as enlightened self-interest. Our role in supporting Israel honors our own heritage.”
“I have had a lot of adversaries in my political life, but no enemies that I can remember.”
“If I had gone into professional football the name Jerry Ford might have been a household word today.”
“I know I am getting better at golf because I am hitting fewer spectators.”
“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?”
“It’s the quality of the ordinary, the straight, the square, that accounts for the great stability and success of our nation. It’s a quality to be proud of. But it’s a quality that many people seem to have neglected.”
“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.”
“It can 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.”
– Gerald R. Ford, 7/14/13 - 12/26/06
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