Gerald R. Ford Quotes

A government big enough to give you everything you want is a government big enough to take from you everything you have.

Never be satisfied with less than your very best effort. If you strive for the top and miss, you'll still 'beat the pack.'

America now is stumbling through the darkness of hatred and divisiveness. Our values, our principles, and our determination to succeed as a free and democratic people will give us a torch to light the way. And we will survive and become the stronger - not only because of a patriotism that stands for love of country, but a patriotism that stands for love of people.

Nothing in life is more important than the ability to communicate effectively.

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.

There is an old saying, The harder you try the luckier you get. I kind of like that definition of luck.

I hope never to see the day that I cannot admit having made a mistake.

The American dream does not come to those who fall asleep.

If compassion and mercy are not compatible with politics then something is the matter with politics.

I believe that truth is the glue that holds government together, not only our government, but civilization itself.

Music education opens doors that help children pass from school into the world around them - a world of work, culture, intellectual activity, and human involvement. The future of our nation depends on providing our children with a complete education that includes music.

My fellow Americans, our long national nightmare is over. Our Constitution works; our great Republic is a government of laws and not of men. Here the people rule. But there is a higher Power, by whatever name we honor Him, who ordains not only righteousness but love, not only justice but mercy.

Personal excellence can be achieved by a visionary goal, through planning, dedicated execution, and total follow-through.

We cannot stand still or slip backwards. We must go forward now together.

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.

I am a Ford, not a Lincoln.

In a democracy, the public has a right to know not only what the government decides, but why and by what process.

History and experience tell us that moral progress comes not in comfortable and complacent times, but out of trial and confusion.

My goal is for a cooperative world at peace, using its resources to build, not to destroy.

Real assistance is to help people to help themselves. We can't do everything for everybody, but there is room for all who try to make it.

The spirit of seeking understanding through personal contact with people of other nations and other cultures deserves the respect and support of all.

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.

Richard Nixon... was just offered $2 million by Schick to do a television commercial - for Gillette.

We are bound together by the most powerful of all ties, our fervent love for freedom and independence, which knows no homeland but the human heart.

For millions of men and women, the church has been the hospital for the soul, the school for the mind and the safe depository for moral ideas.