Gerald Ford actually said...

The Bay Area now offers the world an international center that represents the best of what Americans can do.

I will never forget, if I might digress a moment, over the 25 years that I had the privilege of serving in the House of Representatives.

The magic of San Francisco and the Bay Area was not conjured up in the bureaus and agencies of the Federal Government.

This tragedy must not deter us from offering new hope for the living.