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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.

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.

Can A Free People Restrain Crime Without Sacrificing Fundamental Liberties And A Heritage Of Compassion?... Let Us Show That We Can Temper Together Those Opposite Elements Of Liberty And Restraint Into One Consistent Whole. Let Us Set An Example For The World Of A Law-abiding America Glorying In Its Freedom As Well As Its Respect For Law.

Government Exists To Create And Preserve Conditions In Which People Can Translate Their Ideas Into Practical Reality. In The Best Of Times, Much Is Lost In Translation. But We Try.

I'm A Ford, Not A Lincoln. My Addresses Will Never Be As Eloquent As Mr. Lincoln's. But I Will Do My Very Best To Equal His Brevity And His Plain Speaking.