Gerald R. Ford

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. ”

I would hope that understanding and reconciliation are not limited to the 19th hole alone. ”

A coalition of groups is waging a massive propaganda campaign against the president of the United States. an all-out attack. Their aim is total victory for themselves and total defeat for him. ”

The political lesson of Watergate is this: Never again must America allow an arrogant, elite guard of political adolescents to by-pass the regular party organization and dictate the terms of a national election. ”

For millions of men and women, the church has been the hospital for the soul, the school for the mind and the safe depository for moral ideas. ”

I love sports. Whenever I can, I always watch the Detroit Tigers on the radio. ”

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

The pat on the back, the arm around the shoulder, the praise for what was done right and the sympathetic nod for what wasn't are as much a part of golf as life itself. ”

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

May our former president, who brought peace to millions, find it for himself. ”