Gerald R Ford quotes

Truth is the glue that holds government together.

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.

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

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

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

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.

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

Truth is the glue that holds government together.

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.

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

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 and not of men. Here, the people rule.