Quotes by Gerald R. Ford

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

“The political lesson of Watergate is this: Never again must America allow an arrogant, elite guard of political adolescents to by-pass the regular party organization and dictate the terms of a national election.”

“I am a Ford, not a Lincoln.”

“The three-martini lunch is the epitome of American efficiency. Where else can you get an earful, a bellyful and a snootful at the same time?”

“The pat on the back, the arm around the shoulder, the praise for what was done right and the sympathetic nod for what wasnt are as much a part of golf as life itself.”

“Richard Nixon was just offered $2 million by Schick to do a television commercial - for Gillette.”

“Its the quality of the ordinary, the straight, the square, that accounts for the great stability and success of our nation. Its a quality to be proud of. But its a quality that many people seem to have neglected.”

“I have had a lot of adversaries in my political life, but no enemies that I can remember.”

“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.”

The harder you work, the luckier you are, and I worked like hell.

Never be satisfied with less than your very best effort. If you strive for the top and miss, youll still beat the pack.

If I went back to college again, Id concentrate on two areas learning to write and to speak before an audience. Nothing in life is more important than the ability to communicate effectively.

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

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

If Lincoln were alive today hed be turning over in his grave.

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.

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

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

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

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