Respectfully Quoted: A Dictionary of Quotations. 1989.
NUMBER:
1492
AUTHOR:
Gerald Rudolph Ford (1913– )
QUOTATION:
If you have not chosen me by secret ballot, neither have I gained office by any secret promises. I have not campaigned either for the Presidency or the Vice Presidency. I have not subscribed to any partisan platform. I am indebted to no man, and only to one woman—my dear wife—as I begin this very difficult job.
ATTRIBUTION:
President GERALD R. FORD, remarks on taking the oath of office, August 9, 1974.—Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: Gerald R. Ford, 1974, p. 1.
