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| Gerald Rudolph Ford, Jr. was the 38th President of the United States, serving from 1974 to 1977, and the 40th Vice President of the United States serving from 1973 to 1974. He was the first person appointed to the vice-presidency under the terms... |
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![Powerpoint](http://www.iwise.com/downloadPPT.php?quote_id=52617&author=Ford"e=My+fellow+Americans%2C+our+long+national+nightmare+is+over.+%28On+succeeding+Richard+M+Nixon+as+president%29&image=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.iwise.com%2Fimages_web%2Fauthor_no_icon.png){kind=link}
![Powerpoint](http://www.iwise.com/downloadPPT.php?quote_id=43188&author=Ford"e=++I+do+not+want+a+honeymoon+with+you.+I+want+a+good+marriage.+I+want+progress%2C+and+I+want+problemsolving+which+requires+my+best+efforts+and+also+your+best+efforts.+I+have+no+need+to+learn+how+Congress+speaks+for+the+people.+As+President%2C+I+intend+to+listen.+But+I+also+intend+to+listen+to+the+people+themselvesall+the+peopleas+I+promised+last+Friday.+I+want+to+be+sure+that+we+are+all+tuned+in+to+the+real+voice+of+America.+&image=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.iwise.com%2Fimages_web%2Fauthor_no_icon.png){kind=link}
![Powerpoint](http://www.iwise.com/downloadPPT.php?quote_id=43942&author=Ford"e=++I+once+told+you+that+I+am+not+a+saint%2C+and+I+hope+never+to+see+the+day+that+I+cannot+admit+having+made+a+mistake.+So+I+will+close+with+another+confession.+Frequently%2C+along+the+tortuous+road+of+recent+months+from+this+chamber+to+the+Presidents+House%2C+I+protested+that+I+was+my+own+man.+Now+I+realize+that+I+was+wrong.+I+am+your+man%2C+for+it+was+your+carefully+weighed+confirmation+that+changed+my+occupation.+The+truth+is+I+am+the+peoples+man%2C+for+you+acted+in+their+name%2C+and+I+accepted+and+began+my+new+and+solemn+trust+with+a+promise+to+serve+all+the+people+and+do+the+best+that+I+can+for+America.+&image=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.iwise.com%2Fimages_web%2Fauthor_no_icon.png){kind=link}
![Powerpoint](http://www.iwise.com/downloadPPT.php?quote_id=4116&author=Ford"e=++I+had+a+lot+of+experience+with+people+smarter+than+I+am.&image=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.iwise.com%2Fimages_web%2Fauthor_no_icon.png){kind=link}
![Powerpoint](http://www.iwise.com/downloadPPT.php?quote_id=9113&author=Ford"e=++Truth+is+the+glue+that+holds+government+together.&image=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.iwise.com%2Fimages_web%2Fauthor_no_icon.png){kind=link}
![Powerpoint](http://www.iwise.com/downloadPPT.php?quote_id=82653&author=Ford"e=The+founding+of+our+Nation+was+more+than+a+political+event%3B+it+was+an+act+of+faith%2C+a+promise+to+Americans+and+to+the+entire+world.+The+Declaration+of+Independence+declared+that+people+can+govern+themselves%2C+that+they+can+live+in+freedom+with+equal+rights%2C+that+they+can+respect+the+rights+of+others.%0AIn+the+two+centuries+that+have+passed+since+1776%2C+millions+upon+millions+of+Americans+have+worked+and+taken+up+arms+when+necessary+to+make+that+dream+a+reality.+We+can+be+extremely+proud+of+what+they+have+accomplished.+Today%2C+we+are+the+world%27s+oldest+republic.+We+are+at+peace.+Our+Nation+and+our+way+of+life+endure.+We+are+free.%0A&image=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.iwise.com%2Fimages_web%2Fauthor_no_icon.png){kind=link}
![Powerpoint](http://www.iwise.com/downloadPPT.php?quote_id=82657&author=Ford"e=One+of+the+most+controversial+issues+of+our+time+and+one+in+which+we+share+a+keen+interest+is+the+question+of+abortion.+I+have+grave+concern+over+the+serious+moral+questions+raised+by+this+issue.+Each+new+life+is+a+miracle+of+creation.+To+interfere+with+that+creative+process+is+a+most+serious+act.+In+my+view%2C+the+Government+has+a+very+special+role+in+this+regard.+Specifically%2C+the+Government+has+a+responsibility+to+protect+life+%E2%80%94+and+indeed+to+provide+legal+guarantees+for+the+weak+and+unprotected.+It+is+within+this+context+that+I+have+consistently+opposed+the+1973+decision+of+the+Supreme+Court.+As+President%2C+I+am+sworn+to+uphold+the+laws+of+the+land+and+I+intend+to+carry+out+this+responsibility.+In+my+personal+view%2C+however%2C+this+court+decision+was+unwise.+I+said+then+and+I+repeat+today+%E2%80%94+abortion+on+demand+is+wrong.%0A&image=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.iwise.com%2Fimages_web%2Fauthor_no_icon.png){kind=link}
![Powerpoint](http://www.iwise.com/downloadPPT.php?quote_id=3131&author=Ford"e=++I+have+had+a+lot+of+adversaries+in+my+political+life%2C+but+no+enemies+that+I+can+remember.&image=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.iwise.com%2Fimages_web%2Fauthor_no_icon.png){kind=link}
![Powerpoint](http://www.iwise.com/downloadPPT.php?quote_id=36146&author=Ford"e=++Even+though+this+is+late+in+an+election+year%2C+there+is+no+way+we+can+go+forward+except+together+and+no+way+anybody+can+win+except+by+serving+the+people%27s+urgent+needs.+We+cannot+stand+still+or+slip+backwards.+We+must+go+forward+now+together.&image=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.iwise.com%2Fimages_web%2Fauthor_no_icon.png){kind=link}