Gerald Ford actually said...

"This was the first group, and I shared the apprehension that some have expressed."

"The overall growth in traffic fatalities is attributable to motorcycle, pedestrian, and bicycle accidents."

"I believe in being an optimist, and I think that attitude is helpful and beneficial as we face some of the difficult problems and the hard decisions ahead."

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