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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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...

Richard Nixon was just offered $2 million by Schick to do a television commercial -...

Richard Nixon was just offered $2 million by Schick to do a television commercial -...

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

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

For millions of men and women, the church has been the hospital for the soul,...

For millions of men and women, the church has been the hospital for the soul,...

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.

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,...

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...

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

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

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

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

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 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...

Teddy Roosevelt... once said, Speak softly and carry a big stick. Jimmy Carter wants to...

Teddy Roosevelt... once said, Speak softly and carry a big stick. Jimmy Carter wants to...

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.

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...

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

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

I have had a lot of adversaries in my political life, but no enemies that...

I have had a lot of adversaries in my political life, but no enemies that...

I am a Ford, not a Lincoln.

I am a Ford, not a Lincoln.

I watch a lot of baseball on the radio.

I watch a lot of baseball on the radio.