MILES O'BRIEN, CNN ANCHOR: Live pictures, Dorchester, Massachusetts, the John F. Kennedy Library -- the daughter of the slain president, Caroline Kennedy Schlossberg now reading the citations, awarding the Profile in Courage award to former President Gerald Ford and Congressman John Lewis.</s>CAROLINE KENNEDY SCHLOSSBERG, DAUGHTER OF JOHN F. KENNEDY: ... political future. We are honored to present you, President Ford, with the John F. Kennedy Profile in Courage award for 2001.</s>GERALD FORD, FORMER PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES: Thank you very, very much, Caroline. Caroline, Senator Kennedy, distinguished guests, ladies and gentlemen, it is a very high honor, very rare privilege for me to be here on this occasion. And I am deeply grateful to you, Caroline, the Kennedy family, for this award. History has been defined as argument without end. Come to think of it, Ted, much the same could be said of the United States Senate.</s>KYRA PHILLIPS, CNN ANCHOR: We are going to break away from the Profile in Courage Awards. TO ORDER A VIDEO OF THIS TRANSCRIPT, PLEASE CALL 800-CNN-NEWS OR USE OUR SECURE ONLINE ORDER FORM LOCATED AT www.fdch.com
Former President Gerald Ford Receives Profile in Courage Award