Quotes by Gerald R. Ford

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

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

Truth is the glue that holds government together.