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Gerald Ford1913–2006

I believe in friendly compromise. I said over in the Senate hearings that truth is the glue that holds government together. Compromise is the oil that makes governments go.

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During hearings before the US House of Representatives Committee on the Judiciary, on his nomination to be Vice-President (15 November 1973)

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