Gerald Ford Quotes

Our constitution works. Our great republic is a government of laws, not of men.

Let us put an end to self-inflicted wounds. Let us remember that our national unity is a most priceless asset. Let us deny our adversaries the satisfaction of using Vietnam to pit Americans against Americans.

America needed recovery, not revenge. The hate had to be drained and the healing begun.

We must introduce a new balance in the relationship between the individual and the government—a balance that favors greater individual freedom and self-reliance.

I have always felt that the real purpose of government is to enhance the lives of people and that a leader can best do that by restraining government in most cases instead of enlarging it at every opportunity.

Obviously, it's a great privilege and pleasure to be here at the Yale Law School Sesquicentennial Convocation. And I defy anyone to say that and chew gum at the same time.

This is an hour of history that troubles our minds and hurts our hearts.

Our great Republic is a government of laws and not of men. Here, the people rule.

I am the first to admit that I am no great orator or no person that got where I have gotten by any William Jennings Bryan technique.

I am a Ford, not a Lincoln.