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Digitized from Box 16 of the White House Press Releases at the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
SEPTEMBER 22, 1975
OFFICE OF THE WHITE HOUSE PRESS SECRETARY
THE WHITE HOUSE
REMARKS OF THE PRESIDENT
UPON HIS ARRIVAL
AT THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON, D.C.
THE DIPLOMATIC RECEPTION ROOM
11:55 P.M. EDT
QUESTION: Mr. Ford, could you speak to us for just a moment
please and tell us how you feel?
THE PRESIDENT: Can I have just a minute to look at all of you?
QUESTION: Mr. President -- what ---
THE PRESIDENT: May I take just a minute. Obviously, Betty and
I are delighted to be back here very safely, and we are most
grateful that Mr. Vice President and Mrs. Rockefeller have met
us. We have talked to our four children and I guess they are
kind of happy that we are back here all right. But, let me say
most emphatically, I thank the Secret Service for doing a super
job again. They really were tremendous in the things that they
did that were necessary and essential. But equally, let me
express my appreciation for the fine job that the San Francisco
police force did. They were tremendous, and those that were
associated with them, because they had the help of others. But
the most important thing is that I don't think any person as
President or any person in any other major political office
ought to cower in the face of a limited number of people, out
of 214 million Americans, who want to take the law into their
own hands. The American people expect, and I approve of it, in
fact, I think it is right, want a dialogue between them and their
President and their other public officals. And if we can't have
that opportunity of talking with one another, seeing one another,
shaking hands with one another, something has gone wrong in our
society.
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I don't think these individuals who want to destroy our society
and tear up our fabric of relationships represent America. The
American people are good people; Democrats, Independents,
Republicans, and others. Under no circumstances will I, and
I hope no others, capitulate to those that want to undercut what's
all good in America. The American people are strong, they're good
and they will reflect the leadership that comes from the people
in public office. And the leadership must likewise be strong and
good. And I am confident, whether that leadership is Democratic
or Republican, it will be good and it will be strong. That's
the way America can give the leadership to the world that is
essential in these crucial times.
It's wonderful to be home. It's good to see our family. It's
good to see the Vice President and Mrs. Rockefeller, and it's,
I think, important that we as a people don't capitulate to the
wrong element, a limited number, an infinitesimal number of
people who want to destroy everything that's best about America.
I won't. I'm sure the Vice President won't. I am sure Democratic
leaders won't. We're going to stand tall and strong in this
confrontation with a limited number of people who don't represent
all of us.
END (AT 11:59 p.m. EDT)