Respectfully Quoted: A Dictionary of Quotations. 1989.
NUMBER:
1831
AUTHOR:
Gerald Rudolph Ford (1913 )
QUOTATION:
I believe that truth is the glue that holds government together, not only our Government but civilization itself. That bond, though strained, is unbroken at home and abroad.
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. 2.