Assassination
"The American people want a dialogue between them and their
president . . .
And if we can't have that opportunity of talking with one another,
seeing one another, shaking hands with one another, something
has gone wrong in our society."
(Following two assassination attempts)
Gerald Ford
Source:http://www.allhatnocattle.net/gerald_r_ford.htm
Baseball
"I watch a lot of baseball on the radio."
Gerald Ford
Source:http://www.allhatnocattle.net/gerald_r_ford.htm
Becoming President
"I am a Ford, not a Lincoln."
Gerald Ford
Source:http://www.allhatnocattle.net/gerald_r_ford.htm
Bush and Irag
"I don't think, if I had been president, on the basis of the
facts as I saw them publicly. I don't think I would have
ordered the Iraq war. I would have maximized our effort
through sanctions, through restrictions, whatever, to
find another answer. Rumsfeld and Cheney and the president
made a big mistake in justifying going into the war in Iraq.
They put the emphasis on weapons of mass destruction, and now,
I've never publicly said I thought they made a mistake, but I
felt very strongly it was an error in how they should justify
what they were going to do."
Gerald Ford
Source:Washington Post
Business
Most business leaders should do things that will convince the
public that their interests go beyound making a buck.
Gerald R. Ford
Source:Harvard Business Review Sep/Oct 1987
Constitution
"The Constitution is the bedrock of all our freedoms; guard
and cherish it; keep honor and order in your own house; and
the republic will endure."
Gerald Ford
Source:http://www.allhatnocattle.net/gerald_r_ford.htm
Our constitution works. Our great republic is a government of laws,
not of men.
(On Taking Office)
Gerald Ford
Source:http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/authors/g/gerald_r_ford.html
Energy
"When I talk about energy, I am talking about jobs. Our American
economy runs on energy. No energy no jobs."
Gerald Ford
Source:http://www.allhatnocattle.net/gerald_r_ford.htm
Frustration
A lot of top businesspeople become totally frustrated when they
move into a cabinet position or as a head of a department.
They're used to much more power in business....In government,
they must suddenly follow strict procedures and regulations.
It's a difficult adjustment.
Gerald R. Ford
Source:Harvard Business Revire, Sep/Oct 1987
Golf
I know I am getting better at golf because I am hitting
fewer spectators.
Gerald Ford
Source:http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/authors/g/gerald_r_ford.html
I would hope that understanding and reconciliation are not
limited to the 19th hole alone.
Gerald Ford
Source:http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/authors/g/gerald_r_ford.html
Government
"If the government is big enough to give you everything you
want, it is big enough to take away everything you have."
Gerald Ford
Source:http://www.allhatnocattle.net/gerald_r_ford.htm
Indecision
Indecision is often worse than wrong action.
Gerald R Ford
Source:Harvard Business Review, Sep/Oct 1987
Jimmy Carter
"Teddy Roosevelt . . . once said, 'Speak softly and carry a big stick.'
Jimmy Carter wants to speak loudly and carry a fly swatter."
Gerald Ford
Source:http://www.allhatnocattle.net/gerald_r_ford.htm
"will be looked on as a better president than some comments
we hear today. He was a very decent, fine individual. There
were no major mistakes. There just weren't a lot of exciting
results."
Gerald Ford
Source:Interview to Hometown Paper
Ford's gave the interviews on the condition that his remarks be
withheld until after his death.
Nixon
A coalition of groups is waging a massive propaganda
campaign against the president of the United States.
An all-out attack. Their aim is total victory for themselves
and total defeat for him.
Gerald Ford
Sourse:http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/authors/g/gerald_r_ford.html
Nixon Pardon
"There are no historic or legal precedents to which I can
turn in this matter, none that precisely fit the circumstances
of a private citizen who has resigned the presidency of the
United States. . . . Many months and perhaps more years will
have to pass before Richard Nixon could hope to obtain a fair
trial by jury . . . But it is not the ultimate fate of Richard Nixon
that most concerns me . . . but the immediate future of this
great country . . . . Now, therefore, I, Gerald R. Ford, president
of the United States . . . have granted and do grant
a full, free and absolute pardon unto Richard Nixon for all
offenses against the United States which he . . . has committed
or may have committed or taken part in during the period from
January 20, 1969 through August 9, 1974. "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 Ford
Source:http://www.allhatnocattle.net/gerald_r_ford.htm
Prayers
"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."
Gerald Ford
Source:http://www.allhatnocattle.net/gerald_r_ford.htm
Reagan
"a great spokesman for attractive political objectives" such
as a balanced budget and defeating communism, "but when
it came to implementation, his record never matched his words."
Reagan was "probably the least well-informed on the details
of running the government of any president I knew," Ford said.
In a separate interview, he said Reagan "was just a poor
manager, and you can't be president and do a
good job unless you manage."
Gerald Ford
Source:Interview to Hometown Paper
Ford's gave the interviews on the condition that his remarks
be withheld until after his death.
Right to Know
In a democracy, the public has a right to know not only what the
government decides, but why and by what process.
Gerald R Ford
Source:Speech, Sep 13, 1976
Three-Martini Lunch
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?
Gerald Ford
Source:http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/authors/g/gerald_r_ford.html
Truth
"I believe that truth is the glue that holds government
together, not only our government but civilization itself.
That bond, though strained, is unbroken at home and abroad.
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."
Gerald Ford
Source:http://www.allhatnocattle.net/gerald_r_ford.htm
"Truth is the glue that holds government together.
Compromise is the oil that makes governments go."
Gerald Ford
Source:http://www.allhatnocattle.net/gerald_r_ford.htm
Vietnam Amnesty
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.
Gerald Ford
Source:http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/authors/g/gerald_r_ford.html
Watergate
If Lincoln were alive today, he'd be turning over in his grave.
Gerald Ford
Source:http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/authors/g/gerald_r_ford.html
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 Ford
Source:http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/authors/g/gerald_r_ford.html
Watergate Tapes
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.
Gerald Ford
Source:http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/authors/g/gerald_r_ford.html
Whip Inflation Now
"Our inflation, our public enemy number one, will, unless
whipped, destroy our country, our homes, our liberties,
our property and finally our national pride as surely as
will an well-armed wartime enemy."
Gerald Ford
Source:http://www.allhatnocattle.net/gerald_r_ford.htm
Assassination
"The American people want a dialogue between them and their
president . . .
And if we can't have that opportunity of talking with one another,
seeing one another, shaking hands with one another, something
has gone wrong in our society."
(Following two assassination attempts)
Gerald Ford
Source:http://www.allhatnocattle.net/gerald_r_ford.htm
Baseball
"I watch a lot of baseball on the radio."
Gerald Ford
Source:http://www.allhatnocattle.net/gerald_r_ford.htm
Becoming President
"I am a Ford, not a Lincoln."
Gerald Ford
Source:http://www.allhatnocattle.net/gerald_r_ford.htm
Bush and Irag
"I don't think, if I had been president, on the basis of the
facts as I saw them publicly. I don't think I would have
ordered the Iraq war. I would have maximized our effort
through sanctions, through restrictions, whatever, to
find another answer. Rumsfeld and Cheney and the president
made a big mistake in justifying going into the war in Iraq.
They put the emphasis on weapons of mass destruction, and now,
I've never publicly said I thought they made a mistake, but I
felt very strongly it was an error in how they should justify
what they were going to do."
Gerald Ford
Source:Washington Post
Business
Most business leaders should do things that will convince the
public that their interests go beyound making a buck.
Gerald R. Ford
Source:Harvard Business Review Sep/Oct 1987
Constitution
"The Constitution is the bedrock of all our freedoms; guard
and cherish it; keep honor and order in your own house; and
the republic will endure."
Gerald Ford
Source:http://www.allhatnocattle.net/gerald_r_ford.htm
Our constitution works. Our great republic is a government of laws,
not of men.
(On Taking Office)
Gerald Ford
Source:http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/authors/g/gerald_r_ford.html
