Frasi di Gerald Ford
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Gerald Rudolph "Jerry" Ford Jr., nato Leslie Lynch King, Jr. , è stato un politico statunitense, 38º presidente degli Stati Uniti d'America dal 1974 al 1977.

È stato l'unico a divenire Presidente senza essere stato eletto nemmeno come vicepresidente, venendo infatti nominato da Nixon alla seconda carica dell'Unione soltanto dopo le dimissioni del vicepresidente eletto con Nixon, Spiro Agnew.

✵ 14. Luglio 1913 – 26. Dicembre 2006
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“La massima aspirazione della mia vita era quella di diventare un giocatore di baseball professionista, ma nessuna squadra mi ha mai fatto un'offerta.”

Gerald Ford

Origine: Citato in Marco Pastonesi e Giorgio Terruzzi, Palla lunga e pedalare, Dalai Editore, 1992, p. 55. ISBN 88-8598-826-2.

Gerald Ford: Frasi in inglese

“We now know what we should have known then -- not only was that evacuation wrong but Japanese-Americans were and are loyal Americans. On the battlefield and at home the names of Japanese-Americans have been and continue to be written in history for the sacrifices and the contributions they have made to the well-being and to the security of this, our common Nation.”

Gerald Ford

1970s, Proclamation 4417 (1976), Remarks
Variante: We now know what we should have known then--not only was that evacuation wrong, but Japanese-Americans were and are loyal Americans. On the battlefield and at home, Japanese-Americans -- names like Hamada, Mitsumori, Marimoto, Noguchi, Yamasaki, Kido, Munemori and Miyamura -- have been and continue to be written in our history for the sacrifices and the contributions they have made to the well-being and security of this, our common Nation.

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

Gerald Ford

As quoted in Time and Chance (1994) by James Cannon, p. 411.

“America needed recovery, not revenge. The hate had to be drained and the healing begun.”

Gerald Ford

On pardoning Nixon, in A Time to Heal (1979)
1970s

“We must proceed with our own energy development. Exploitation of domestic petroleum and natural gas potentialities, along with nuclear, solar, geothermal, and non-fossil fuels is vital. We will never again permit any foreign nation to have Uncle Sam over a barrel of oil.”

Gerald Ford

Speech as Vice President to the Anti-Defamation League of B'nai B'rith, West Palm Beach, Florida (26 January 1974); entered into the Congressional Record vol. 120, p. 2044.
1970s

“I believe in friendly compromise. I said over in the Senate hearings that truth is the glue that holds government together. Compromise is the oil that makes governments go.”

Gerald Ford

During hearings before the US House of Representatives Committee on the Judiciary, on his nomination to be Vice-President (15 November 1973)
1970s

“An impeachable offense is whatever a majority of the House of Representatives considers it to be at a given moment in history; conviction results from whatever offense or offenses two-thirds of the other body considers to be sufficiently serious to require removal of the accused from office.”

Gerald Ford

Remarks in the U.S. House of Representatives in an effort to impeach Supreme Court Justice William O. Douglas (15 April 1970); recorded in the Congressional Record, vol. 116, p. 11913 and http://www.senate.gov/artandhistory/history/common/briefing/Senate_Impeachment_Role.htm. <br class="br">1970s

“Americans are beautiful -- individually, in communities, and freely joined together by dedication to the United States of America.”

Gerald Ford

Remarks at Naturalization Ceremonies at Monticello, Virginia https://www.fordlibrarymuseum.gov/library/speeches/760649.htm (5 July 1976) <br class="br">1970s

“I'm Gerald Ford, and you're not.”

Gerald Ford

To the American people in a presumably comical address
1970s

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