The greatest rewards of Jerry Ford's time were reserved for his fellow Americans and the nation he loved.

When he entered the Oval Office - by fate, not by design - Citizen Ford knew that he was not perfect, just as he knew he was not perfect when he left. But what president ever was?

Jerry Ford is so dumb he can't fart and chew gum at the same time.

Your grandparents came of age in the Great Depression, when everyday life was about deprivation and sacrifice, when the economic conditions of the time were so grave and so unrelenting it would have been easy enough for the American dream to fade away.

It is, I believe, the greatest generation any society has ever produced.

The response to 'The Greatest Generation' and the books that followed has been one of the most satisfying experiences of my life.