In a political sense, there is one problem that currently underlies all of the others. That problem is making Government sufficiently responsive to the people. If we don't make government responsive to the people, we don't make it believable. And we must make government believable if we are to have a functioning democracy.
Discurso em Jacksonville University, Jacksonville, Florida (16 de dezembro de 1971); publicado em Gerald R. Ford, Selected Speeches (Falas selecionadas) (1973) editado por Michael V. Doyle
Gerald Ford: Todo
Gerald Ford era político americano. Explore frases interessantes em todo.Discurso na 75a Convenção Anual de Veteranos de Guerras Estrangeiras (75th annual convention of the Veterans of Foreign Wars), Chicago, Illinois (19 de agosto de 1974)
As I rejected amnesty, so I reject revenge. I ask all Americans who ever asked for goodness and mercy in their lives, who ever sought forgiveness for their trespasses, to join in rehabilitating all the casualties of the tragic conflict of the past.
Declaração sobre os americanos que evitaram o projeto durante a Guerra do Vietnã, a Veteranos de Guerras Estrangeiras, Chicago, Illinois (19 de agosto de 1974)