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'''[[w:Gerald Ford|Gerald Ford]]''' ({{date|July 14|1913}} &ndash; {{date|December 26|2006}}) was the 38th [[w:President of the United States|President of the United States]].

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*"Too often critics seem more intent on seeking new ways to alter Congress than to truly learn how it functions. They might well profit from the advice of Thomas Huxley, who said a century ago: 'Sit down before facts as a little child, be prepared to give up every preconceived notion — or you shall learn nothing.'"<ref>''Gerald R. Ford, Selected Speeches'' (1973) edited by Michael V. Doyle</ref> {{QOTD|February 8, 2009}}
{{simple|It is too often that [[w:critic|critics]] are more intended to find new ways to change [[w:United States Congress|Congress]] than to learn how it work. They could learn from what [[wikipedia:Thomas Henry Huxley|Thomas Huxley]] said a [[wikt:century|century]] ago: 'Think about things before you say them, and be ready to forget everything that you have believed before, or you will not learn anything.'}}
{{about|Speech at the University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida ({{date|November 3|1966}}).}}

*"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."<ref>{{cite web |url=http://books.google.com/books?id=2Tu3bScwKKAC&pg=PT78&dq=%22I+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.%22 |title=Respectfully Quoted |accessdate=November 19, 2008 |work=Google Books |date= }}</ref> {{QOTD|October 8, 2008}}
{{simple|I believe that people should make friendly agreements instead of arguing. Telling the truth allows the government hold together. Making agreements is what makes governments work.}}
{{about|On his choice for Vice-President ({{date|November 15|1973}}).}}

*"It's the quality of the ordinary, the straight, the square, that accounts for the great stability and success of our nation. It's a quality to be proud of. But it's a quality that many people seem to have neglected."<ref>''[[w:Time (magazine)|Time magazine]]'', (January 28, 1974)</ref> {{QOTD|January 25, 2009}}
{{simple|Ordinary and normal things make our nation great and secure. This is a good thing that we should be [[wikt:proud|proud]] of, but few people are.}}

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* [http://www.whitehouse.gov/history/presidents/gf38.html President Gerald R. Ford]

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