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Respectfully Quoted: A Dictionary of Quotations. 1989.
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1491 |
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AUTHOR:
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Gerald Rudolph Ford (1913–) |
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QUOTATION:
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I once told you that I am not a saint, and I hope never to see the day that I cannot admit having made a mistake. So I will close with another confession. Frequently, along the tortuous road of recent months from this chamber to the President’s House, I protested that I was my own man. Now I realize that I was wrong. I am your man, for it was your carefully weighed confirmation that changed my occupation. The truth is I am the people’s man, for you acted in their name, and I accepted and began my new and solemn trust with a promise to serve all the people and do the best that I can for America. |
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ATTRIBUTION:
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President GERALD R. FORD, address to a joint session of Congress, August 12, 1974.—Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: Gerald R. Ford, 1974, p. 13. |
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SUBJECTS:
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Presidency |
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