Posted by Fred R. Shapiro, Editor, Yale Book of Quotations:

Gerald R. Ford (1913-2006) will be remembered for his decency and moderation rather than his eloquence, but, like all modern Presidents, he left a legacy of memorable quotations.  The following are his entries in The Yale Book of Quotations:

• An impeachable offense is whatever a majority of the House of Representatives considers [it] to be at a given moment in history.
  –Remarks in House of Representatives, 15 Apr. 1970
• I am a Ford, not a Lincoln.
  –Remarks on taking the vice-presidential oath, 6 Dec. 1973
• My fellow Americans, our long national nightmare [the Watergate scandal] is over.  Our Constitution works; our great Republic is a government of laws and not of men.  Here the people rule.
  –Remarks upon taking oath of office, 9 Aug. 1974
• Now, THEREFORE, I, Gerald R. Ford, President of the United States, pursuant to the pardon power conferred upon me by Article II, Section 2, of the Constitution, have granted and by these presents do grant a full, free, and absolute pardon unto Richard Nixon for all offenses against the United States which he, Richard Nixon, has committed or may have committed or taken part in during the period from January 20, 1969 through August 9, 1974.
  –Proclamation 4311, 8 Sept. 1974
• There is no Soviet domination of Eastern Europe.
  –Televised presidential debate, 6 Oct. 1976
• If the Government is big enough to give you everything you want, it is big enough to take away everything you have.
  –Quoted in John F. Parker, If Elected, I Promise (1960)