Gerald R. Ford Patriotic Quotations

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

My fellow Americans, our long national nightmare is over.

As I rejected amnesty, so I reject revenge. I ask all Americans who ever asked for goodness and mercy in their lives, who ever sought forgiveness for their trespasses, to join in rehabilitating all the casualties of the tragic conflict of the past.

An American tragedy in which we all have played a part.

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.

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?

I am acutely aware that you have not elected me as your President by your ballots, so I ask you to confirm me with your prayers.