Gerald Ford actually said...

"Your three decades at the Department of Justice represent the highest standards of both the Federal career service and appointive office."

"You leave with the respect and admiration of all who were privileged to be your colleagues."

"I also congratulate the winners of both parties and extend my sympathy to those who lost."

"I hereby designate the United States Civil Service Commission as the agency to concur with determinations made by agencies to fix the minimum and maximum limits of age within which an original appoint..."