A biography for Gerald R. Fordhasn’t been written yet.
“The pat on the back, the arm around the shoulder, the praise for what was done right and the sympathetic nod for what wasn't are as much a part of golf as life itself.”
“Things are more like today than they have ever been before.”
“If Lincoln were alive today, he'd be turning over in his grave.”
“A government big enough to give you everything you want is a government big enough to take from you everything you have.”
“I love sports. Whenever I can, I always watch the Detroit Tigers on the radio.”
“I know I am getting better at golf because I am hitting fewer spectators.”
“My fellow Americans, our long national nightmare is over.”
“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.”
“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 had pro offers from the Detroit Lions and Green Bay Packers, who were pretty hard up for linemen in those days. If I had gone into professional football the name Jerry Ford might have been a household word today.”
“May our former president, who brought peace to millions, find it for himself.”
“I had a lot of experience with people smarter than I am.”
“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.”
“There are no adequate substitutes for father, mother, and children bound together in a loving commitment to nurture and protect. No government, no matter how well-intentioned, can take the place of the family in the scheme of things.”
“Teddy Roosevelt... once said, 'Speak softly and carry a big stick.' Jimmy Carter wants to speak loudly and carry a fly swatter.”
“I have had a lot of adversaries in my political life, but no enemies that I can remember.”
“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.”
“The harder you work, the luckier you are, and I worked like hell.”
“I watch a lot of baseball on the radio.”
“Never be satisfied with less than your very best effort. If you strive for the top and miss, you'll still 'beat the pack.”