| Respectfully Quoted: A Dictionary of Quotations. 1989. | | | |
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| | | NUMBER: | 1490 |
| AUTHOR: | Gerald Rudolph Ford (1913– ) |
| QUOTATION: | I do believe that the buck stops here, that I cannot rely upon public opinion polls to tell me what is right. I do believe that right makes might and that if I am wrong, 10 angels swearing I was right would make no difference. I do believe, with all my heart and mind and spirit, that I, not as President but as a humble servant of God, will receive justice without mercy if I fail to show mercy. |
| ATTRIBUTION: | President GERALD R. FORD, announcing his decision to pardon Richard Nixon, September 8, 1974.—Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: Gerald R. Ford, 1974, p. 103.
See also No. 1610. |
| SUBJECTS: | Presidency |
| BIOGRAPHY: | Columbia Encyclopedia | | |
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