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

~Gerald R. Ford

Topics: Government Great Here Laws Men Our People Republic Rule

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

~Gerald R. Ford

Topics: Constitution Government Great Laws Men Our Republic Works

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Even though this is late in an election year, there is no way we can go forward except together and no way anybody can win except by serving the people's urgent needs. We cannot stand still or slip backwards. We must go forward now together.

~Gerald R. Ford

Topics: Anybody Backwards Cannot Election Even Except Forward Go Late Must Needs Now People Serving Slip Stand Still Though Together Urgent Way We Cannot Win Year

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Our Constitution works; our great republic is a government of laws and not of men. Here, the people rule.

~Gerald R. Ford

Topics: Constitution Government Great Here Laws Men Our People Republic Rule Works

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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.

~Gerald R. Ford

Topics: Adequate Bound Children Commitment Family Father Government How Loving Matter Mother Nurture Place Protect Scheme Take Things Together

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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.

~Gerald R. Ford

Topics: Bay Been Days Detroit Football Ford Gone Green Green Bay Had Hard Household Jerry Lions Might Name Offers Packers Pretty Pro Professional Professional Football Those Today Up Were Who Word

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When a man is asked to make a speech, the first thing he has to decide is what to say.

~Gerald R. Ford

Topics: Asked Decide First First Thing He Make Man Say Speech The First Thing Thing

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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.

~Gerald R. Ford

Topics: Accounts Great Many Nation Neglected Ordinary Our People Proud Quality Seem Square Stability Straight Success

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Things are more like today than they have ever been before.

~Gerald R. Ford

Topics: Been Before Ever Like More Than Things Today

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I love sports. Whenever I can, I always watch the Detroit Tigers on the radio.

~Gerald R. Ford

Topics: Always Detroit Love Radio Sports Tigers Watch Whenever I Love I Can

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: President

Born: July 14th, 1913

Died: December 26th, 2006

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