A Quote by Gerald R. Ford

All my children have spoken for themselves since they first learned to speak, and not always with my advance approval, and I expect that to continue in the future.

Gerald R. Ford

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Gerald R. Ford
American - President
July 14, 1913 - December 26, 2006

It will be politics that determines the material welfare of future generations: the pace at which we advance toward "our destination of economic bliss," andnperhaps, whether we continue to advance at all.

Eban Goodstein

Continue to speak out against all forms of injustice to yourselves and others, and you will set a mighty example for your children and for future generations.

Bernice King

Baptize first the children; and if they can speak for themselves, let them do so. Otherwise, let their parents or other relatives speak for them.

Hippolytus of Rome

Children now expect their parents to audition for approval.

Mason Cooley

I always try to see things with children's eyes. Are they happy? Sad? What do they need? Everywhere I went, I realized that children are society's victims ... We have a duty to speak to political leaders, to influence people to give these children a better future.

Nana Mouskouri

Hoping to instill my love of learning in other children, I taught my first class at a local elementary school the year my first book, 'Flying Fingers,' debuted; since then, I have spoken at hundreds of schools, classrooms and conferences around the world.

Adora Svitak

Hollow commitments to action in the future are insufficient. Deferring difficult issues must not be tolerated. Our children and grandchildren expect us to speak and act decisively.

Jenny Shipley

I learned Spanish at home and, since half my family doesn't speak English, it's my first language.

Odette Annable

I speak for those children who cannot speak for themselves, children who have absolutely nothing but their courage and their smiles, their wits and their dreams.

Audrey Hepburn

I've always been interested in writing about people, including young children who are not able to speak for themselves. As in my novel 'Black Water,' I provide a voice for someone who has died and can't speak for herself.

Joyce Carol Oates

The first job I got when I was in high school was working for a department store in New York. I worked in the stockroom. That's when I learned that I couldn't work for anyone else, because I was spoken to in a way that I wasn't spoken to at home.

Frankie Knuckles

It's always easier to apologize for something you've already done than to get approval for it in advance.

Grace Hopper

If children live with approval, they learn to like themselves.

Dorothy Nolte

As we continue to move to a lower-carbon future, we will also continue to work constructively with states to identify customer solutions that preserve the reliability and affordability that our communities expect.

Lynn Good

The Affordable Care Act reduces the deficit considerably. I would simply point out to you that the Supreme Court has spoken, the American people have spoken, congressional leaders of both parties have spoken, and we're going to continue with implementation.

Jay Carney

I am always of the opinion with the learned, if they speak first.

William Congreve

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