Gerald Ford actually said...

I think it illustrates the fact that Spanish-speaking Americans were in the very vanguard of the settlement of the new world.

Remarks on Signing a National Hispanic Heritage Week Proclamation

09/03/1974

More Gerald Ford Quotes

We are trying to come out--and we are doing it very successfully--out of the recession that we had that bottomed out last March.

We will not tolerate any violation of domestic laws in the United States or the laws of any country in which an American corporation operate...

Well, it is a very important area, that is why I am here.

We, of course, are watching it very closely.