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38th U.S. President

Gerald R. Ford served as the 38th President of the United States from 1974 to 1977. He was the only president to serve without a previous term as vice president. Before his presidency, Ford was a U.S. Representative and later the Vice President under Richard Nixon. His presidency was marked by the end of the Vietnam War and the aftermath of the Watergate scandal.

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Famous Gerald R. Ford Quotes

“Truth is the glue that holds government together.”

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“There is an American tragedy in which we all have played a part.”

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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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“As I rejected amnesty, so I reject revenge. I ask all Americans who ever asked for goodness and mercy in their lives, who ever sought forgiveness for their trespasses, to join in rehabilitating all the casualties of the tragic conflict of the past.”

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“My fellow Americans, our long national nightmare is over.”

Long Fellows Nightmare Patriotic

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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.”

“I had a lot of experience with people smarter than I am.”

People Patriotic Smarter

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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.”

Asks President Prayer Patriotic Ballots

Book:Gerald R. Ford: containing the public messages, speeches, and statements of the President

Source: Gerald R. Ford: containing the public messages, speeches, and statements of the President

“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.”

People Seems Nations Quality Proud Ordinary Accounts Patriotic Stability Squares Be Proud Neglected

Author:Gerald R. Ford

About the Author

Born: July 14, 1913
Died: December 26, 2006
Known for: 38th U.S. President
Quotes: 151

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Gerald R. Ford: containing the public messages, speeches, and statements of the PresidentRelated source material

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