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 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 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.