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Gerald R. Ford's Material from the Writing of "A Time to Heal"
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President Gerald R. Ford's handwritten reflections, 1977 or 1978
Scanned from the collection Gerald R. Ford: Materials from the writing of A Time
To Heal at the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library
While writing his autobiography, A Time to Heal (New York: Harper & Row, 1979), President
Gerald R. Ford composed a series of personal reflections on twenty-seven topics. What makes
these documents so unusual is not only their introspection but also their form. President Ford
recorded these observations by hand, writing in blue ball point on his favored yellow writing
tablets. He did not expend time and energy to polish and edit his writing, apparently planning to
do so when incorporating them into the book. Therefore occasional spelling or grammatical
errors or incomplete thoughts appear.
For each reflection the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library has scanned President Ford's
handwritten document and added a Library-produced transcription below to aid in reading the
reflection.
Copyright Notice
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photocopies or other reproductions of copyrighted material. Gerald R. Ford donated to the United
States of America his copyrights in all of his unpublished writings in National Archives collections.
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Art of Compromise
Responsible and constructive compromise depends on the good will of the individuals involved
and the realization that there is a higher goal than either side winning. One should never adopt
the position that he never lost an argument since most issues have two sides to the coin.
Where honest differences exist one must listen respectfully, ask intelligent, knowledgeable
questions and speak affirmatively and factually from your point of view. A negotiator must have
patience, endurance & faith that in the end that reasonable & responsible people are more
interested in a solution than a stalemate. At the conclusion of a knuckle to knuckle difference
one should never berate or condemn the other side or claim 100% success because inevitably
there will be another day. The next go round will obviously have automatic roadblocks.
Speaker Sam Rayburn always counseled new Congressmen - disagree without being
disagreeable - and that is a fundamental key in the art of compromise.