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.

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It's the quality of the ordinary, the straight, the square, that accounts for the great...

It's the quality of the ordinary, the straight, the square, that accounts for the great...

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

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

The political lesson of Watergate is this: Never again must America allow an arrogant, elite...

The political lesson of Watergate is this: Never again must America allow an arrogant, elite...

I am acutely aware that you have not elected me as your President by your...

I am acutely aware that you have not elected me as your President by your...

I watch a lot of baseball on the radio.

I watch a lot of baseball on the radio.

Even though this is late in an election year, there is no way we can...

Even though this is late in an election year, there is no way we can...

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

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

I am a Ford, not a Lincoln.

I am a Ford, not a Lincoln.

My commitment to the security and future of Israel is based upon basic morality as...

My commitment to the security and future of Israel is based upon basic morality as...

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

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

Things are more like today than they have ever been before.

Things are more like today than they have ever been before.

History and experience tell us that moral progress comes not in comfortable and complacent times,...

History and experience tell us that moral progress comes not in comfortable and complacent times,...

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

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

When a man is asked to make a speech, the first thing he has to...

When a man is asked to make a speech, the first thing he has to...

There are no adequate substitutes for father, mother, and children bound together in a loving...

There are no adequate substitutes for father, mother, and children bound together in a loving...

I am acutely aware that you have not elected me as your President by your...

I am acutely aware that you have not elected me as your President by your...

A coalition of groups is waging a massive propaganda campaign against the president of the...

A coalition of groups is waging a massive propaganda campaign against the president of the...

I cannot imagine any other country in the world where the opposition would seek, and...

I cannot imagine any other country in the world where the opposition would seek, and...

When a man is asked to make a speech, the first thing he has to...

When a man is asked to make a speech, the first thing he has to...

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

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