Gerald Ford actually said...

Excellence has its own reward, not only to those who strive for it but also to the free society which encourages it.

Remarks Upon Presenting the Presidential Medal of Freedom

01/09/1977

More Gerald Ford Quotes

The new law will now enable me to appoint an Inspector General for the Department.

We are at peace, and our foreign policy has achieved it and will maintain it.

You did great.

I'm glad to be in the Iowa version of the Rose Garden.