Gerald R. Ford

“An impeachable offense is whatever a majority of the House of Representatives considers it to be at a given moment in history.”

“Never may the foundation of our republic be shaken.”

“A government big enough to give you everything you want is a government big enough to take from you everything you have.”

“My fellow Americans, our long national nightmare is over.”

“I have not sought this enormous responsibility, but I will not shirk it.”

“I am a Ford, not a Lincoln.”

“I believe that truth is the glue that holds government together, not only our government but civilization itself.”

“Our Constitution works; our great Republic is a government of laws and not of men. Here the people rule.”

“Things are more like they are now than they have ever been before.”

“I am acutely aware that you have not elected me as your President by your ballots, and so I ask you to confirm me as your President with your prayers.”

“There is no Soviet domination of Eastern Europe and there never will be under a Ford administration.”

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