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Respectfully Quoted: A Dictionary of Quotations. 1989.

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

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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