Word: candor
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...President who is not preoccupied with his own survival will be able to deal with much-neglected items of national business. The problems, of course, are extremely grave, and will not yield simply to candor and good will. The most urgent is inflation. Although Ford will not be a hyperactive President with a governmental solution for every problem, he will at least provide direction for reforms long overdue. The nation's foreign policy, despite Henry Kissinger's guidance, has also suffered from the suspense over Nixon's fate: the leadership crisis substantially reduced the chances for major agreements during Nixon...
...staff, Robert Hartmann, and Speechwriter Milton Friedman. With genuine humility, Ford conceded that "you have not elected me as your President by your ballots," and asked that he be confirmed "with your prayers." He emphasized the need for truth and promised to follow his "instincts of openness and candor." Time and again Ford talked about his "friends," not once mentioning enemies, domestic or foreign. Implicitly, he criticized his predecessor by stating his belief that "truth is the glue that holds Government together." Ford acknowledged that that bond was "stained," both at home and abroad, and described the internal wounds...
...public and private acts as your President, I expect to follow my instincts of openness and candor with full confidence that honesty is always the best policy...
...members of Congress, they had got along. Some cynics felt that the appointment was more Machiavellian than met the eye. With no experience in foreign affairs and no proven capacity for administration, Ford might make people think twice about dumping even a tainted Nixon. Very soon, though, Ford's candor loomed larger than Nixon's experience...
...York Times that "in the Federal capital, the character and style of the President, whoever he is, determines the attitudes of the Cabinet, the Civil Service, the Congress and the press." How many times have we read the unvarying elements of Gerald Ford's "character and style"--candor, integrity, fairness, sincerity, Grand Rapids roots, family, breakfast, bathrobe, swimming--and all at the expense of an in-depth look at what the man really stands for and how his mind really works. We want to know about his civil rights record, in addition to hearing about his plain-spokenness. We want...