Gerald Ford actually said...

"To be an American is to subscribe to those principles which the Declaration of Independence proclaims and the Constitution protects--the political values of self-government, liberty and justice, equal..."

"Our common goal is freedom--the liberty of each individual to enjoy the equal rights and to pursue the happiness which in this life God gives and self-government secures."

"Remember that none of us are more than caretakers of this great country."

"It is good to know that in our own lifetime we have taken part in the growth of freedom and in the expansion of equality which began here so long ago."