Gerald Rudolph Ford, Jr. war von 1974 bis 1977 der 38. Präsident der Vereinigten Staaten. Er war Mitglied der Republikanischen Partei und wurde 1965 Fraktionsvorsitzender seiner Partei im Repräsentantenhaus, dem er von 1949 bis 1973 angehörte.
Nach dem Rücktritt von Vizepräsident Spiro Agnew am 10. Oktober 1973 nominierte Präsident Richard Nixon Ford zum neuen Vizepräsidenten. Der US-Senat stimmte dem am 27. November zu, das Repräsentantenhaus der Vereinigten Staaten am 6. Dezember. Im August 1974 trat Präsident Nixon selbst im Zuge der Watergate-Affäre zurück. Ford wurde auf diese Weise Präsident, und zwar als einziger, der weder als Präsidentschaftskandidat noch als Vizepräsidentschaftskandidat durch das Wahlmännerkollegium gewählt wurde. Die Präsidentschaftswahl im November 1976 verlor er in einer knappen Entscheidung gegen den Demokraten Jimmy Carter. Fords Präsidentschaft endete am 20. Januar 1977. Mit 93 Jahren erreichte Ford das bislang höchste Alter aller US-Präsidenten. Seine 895 Tage währende Präsidentschaft ist die kürzeste aller US-Präsidenten, die nicht im Amt verstorben sind.
„Unser langer nationaler Albtraum ist zu Ende.“
bei seiner Antrittsrede am 9. August 1974; New York Times: Gerald Ford, 38th President, Dies at 93 http://www.nytimes.com/2006/12/27/washington/27webford.html, 27. Dezember 2006, abgerufen am 12. Spril 2010; Übersetzung: Wikiquote <br class="br">Original engl.: "Our long national nightmare is over." <br class="br">Zugeschrieben
Interview in The Readers Digest (October 1976)
1970s
1970s, Proclamation 4417 (1976), Remarks
Variante: We now know what we should have known then--not only was that evacuation wrong, but Japanese-Americans were and are loyal Americans. On the battlefield and at home, Japanese-Americans -- names like Hamada, Mitsumori, Marimoto, Noguchi, Yamasaki, Kido, Munemori and Miyamura -- have been and continue to be written in our history for the sacrifices and the contributions they have made to the well-being and security of this, our common Nation.
“Tell the truth, work hard, and come to dinner on time.”
As quoted in Time and Chance (1994) by James Cannon, p. 411.
1970s, Proclamation 4417 (1976), Remarks
Remarks at the National Press Club (29 October 1975)
1970s
“America needed recovery, not revenge. The hate had to be drained and the healing begun.”
On pardoning Nixon, in A Time to Heal (1979)
1970s
A statement made in a video interview from here (1995) http://www.veoh.com/collection/davebelskistalk/watch/v159267997BpS5JDR <br class="br">1990s
1970s, Proclamation 4417 (1976)
Interview in TIME magazine (2 February 1976)
1970s
As quoted in The New York Post (13 August 1974)
1970s
On the Nixon tapes, in a speech to the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, as quoted in The New York Times (4 May 1974)
1970s
“By the President of the United States of America, a Proclamation”
1970s, Proclamation 4417 (1976)
Humor and the Presidency (1987).
1980s
1970s, First Vice-Presidential address (1973)
1970s, Proclamation 4417 (1976), Remarks
“We came from many roots, and we have many branches.”
1970s, State of the Union Address (1975)
1970s, Proclamation 4417 (1976)
Speech as Vice President to the Anti-Defamation League of B'nai B'rith, West Palm Beach, Florida (26 January 1974); entered into the Congressional Record vol. 120, p. 2044.
1970s
Statement about Americans who avoided the draft during the Vietnam War, to Veterans of Foreign Wars, Chicago, Illinois (19 August 1974)
1970s
Letter to the Archbishop of Cincinnati (10 September 1976) http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/ws/print.php?pid=6320 <br class="br">1970s
Quelle: 1970s, Address to Congress (12 August 1974)
Address to the state conference of the Order of DeMolay, Grand Rapids, Michigan (7 September 1968); published in Gerald R. Ford, Selected Speeches (1973) edited by Michael V. Doyle
1960s
During hearings before the US House of Representatives Committee on the Judiciary, on his nomination to be Vice-President (15 November 1973)
1970s
Address at Jacksonville University, Jacksonville, Florida (16 December 1971); published in Gerald R. Ford, Selected Speeches (1973) edited by Michael V. Doyle
1970s
Remarks in the U.S. House of Representatives in an effort to impeach Supreme Court Justice William O. Douglas (15 April 1970); recorded in the Congressional Record, vol. 116, p. 11913 and http://www.senate.gov/artandhistory/history/common/briefing/Senate_Impeachment_Role.htm. <br class="br">1970s
Remarks at Naturalization Ceremonies at Monticello, Virginia https://www.fordlibrarymuseum.gov/library/speeches/760649.htm (5 July 1976) <br class="br">1970s
“I'm Gerald Ford, and you're not.”
To the American people in a presumably comical address
1970s
