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Credo - Do's and Don'ts for a Young Man Going Into Politics
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Credo - Do's and Don'ts for a Young Man Going Into Politics
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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States of America his copyrights in all of his unpublished writings in National Archives collections.
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Credo - Do's and Don'ts for a Young Man Going into Politics
Don't if you aren't willing to work 70(?) hours per week.
you have family or marital problems.
you expect to [unrecognized word] a great deal of money
you do not like people and working on their problems
you are thinned skinned and can't take public criticism.
you are only interested in the glamour of the title or the responsibility.
Do if you are sincerely interested in government and honestly think you can help make it work
better
like all people and are interested in & are willing to work to solve their problems
are willing & eager to work long irregular hours
Do if you are patient in time and with people, understanding if things go wrong, and dedicated to
certain basic
committed to the highest standards of morality and ethics