I Am A Ford, Not A Lincoln.

I Am Acutely Aware That You Have Not Elected Me As Your President By Your Ballots, So I Ask You To Confirm Me With Your Prayers.

I Hope Never To See The Day That I Cannot Admit Having Made A Mistake.

I Believe That Prayer In Public Schools Should Be Voluntary. It Is Difficult For Me To See How Religious Exercises Can Be A Requirement In Public Schools, Given Our Constitutional Requirement Of Separation Of Church And State. I Feel That The Highly Desirable Goal Of Religious Education Must Be Principally The Responsibility Of Church And Home. I Do Not Believe That Public Education Should Show Any Hostility Toward Religion, And Neither Should It Inhibit Voluntary Participation, If It Does Not Interfere With The Educational Process.

We Have Come Tardily To The Tremendous Task Of Cleaning Up Our Environment. We Should Have Moved With Similar Zeal At Least A Decade Ago. But No Purpose Is Served By Post-mortems. With Visionary Zeal But The Greatest Realism, We Must Now Address Ourselves To The Vast Problems That Confront Us.

I Do Believe That The Buck Stops Here, That I Cannot Rely Upon Public Opinion Polls To Tell Me What Is Right.