Gerald Ford actually said...

Transfers of surplus hydropower from the Pacific Northwest to California have already conserved over 16 million barrels of vital oil this year.

Statement on Signing the Federal Columbia River Transmission System Act

10/18/1974

More Gerald Ford Quotes

A nation is only as strong, a nation is only as creative as its citizens.

The campaign reform legislation, which was enacted by the Congress in 1974, which I had the privilege of signing, is landmark legislation.

I hear about that from Betty virtually every night.

It is a great privilege for me to participate in the actual swearing in of these six very distinguished individuals who will be undertaking ...