The Harder You Work, The Luckier You

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 Presidents 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 Peoples 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.

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.

We Must Proceed With Our Own Energy Development. Exploitation Of Domestic Petroleum And Natural Gas Potentialities, Along With Nuclear, Solar, Geothermal, And Non-fossil Fuels Is Vital. We Will Never Again Permit Any Foreign Nation To Have Uncle Sam Over A Barrel Of Oil.

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.

We Are Bound Together By The Most Powerful Of All Ties, Our Fervent Love For Freedom And Independence, Which Knows No Homeland But The Human Heart.