Gerald R. Ford

Famous quotes by gerald r. ford:

    “I am a Ford, not a Lincoln.”
    —Gerald R. Ford (b. 1913)

    “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.”
    —Gerald R. Ford (b. 1913)

    “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 (b. 1913)

    “I gave a speech in Omaha. After the speech I went to a reception elsewhere in town. A sweet old lady came up to me, put her gloved hand in mine, and said, ‘I hear you spoke here tonight.’ ‘Oh, it was nothing,’ I replied modestly. ‘Yes,’ the little old lady nodded, ‘that’s what I heard.’”
    —Gerald R. Ford (b. 1913)

    “Our great Republic is a government of laws and not of men. Here, the people rule.”
    —Gerald R. Ford (b. 1913)