Quotes by Gerald R. Ford

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

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.

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

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.

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

Truth is the glue that holds government together.

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