Quotes from Gerald R. Ford

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

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.

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

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

The length of one's days matters less than the love of one's family and friends.

I believe in friendly compromise. I said over in the Senate hearings that truth is the glue that holds government together. Compromise is the oil that makes governments go.

I don't know what the future may hold for me-or for any of us. But I want you to know that I am a man who likes having critics who are not enemies.

I had a lot of experience with people smarter than I am.

Our long national nightmare is over.

I'm a Ford, not a Lincoln.

I know I am getting better at golf because I am hitting fewer spectators.

Tell the truth, work hard, and come to dinner on time.

I would hope that understanding and reconciliation are not limited to the 19th hole alone.

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

All my children have spoken for themselves since they first learned to speak, and not always with my advance approval, and I expect that to continue in the future.

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

I had a lot of experience with people smarter than I am.

Truth is the glue that holds government together.

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

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.

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

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.

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.

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