George W. Romney

thumb| George Wilcken Romney (July 8, 1907 – July 26, 1995) was an American businessman and politician. A member of the Republican Party, he served as chairman and president of American Motors Corporation from 1954 to 1962, the 43rd governor of Michigan from 1963 to 1969, and 3rd secretary of housing and urban development from 1969 to 1973. He was the father of Mitt Romney. Quotes I want to be as conservative as the Constitution of the United States, and I'd like to be as progressive as Theodore Roosevelt, and as liberal as Lincoln. Reported in Newsweek (November 16, 1964), p. 26, col. 3 World Topics Year Book: 1966 (Tangley Oaks Educational Center: Lake Bluff, IL, 1966), p. 321: I'm trying to be as conservative as the Constitution, as liberal as Lincoln, and as progressive as Teddy Roosevelt. William V. Shannon, "George Romney: Holy and Hopeful", in Harper's Magazine, vol. 234, no. 1,401 (February, 1967), p. 56: I am as conservative as the Constitution, as liberal as Lincoln, and as progressive as Theodore Roosevelt before the Bull Moose movement. External links Category:Businesspeople from the United States Category:Governors of Michigan Category:United States Secretaries of Housing and Urban Development Category:Republican Party (United States) politicians Category:1907 births Category:1995 deaths