Gerald Ford actually said...

"Virginia, because of its elections in a year prior to a national convention, sort of tells the rest of the Nation the direction in which we ought to go as a country."

"You will hear a great address from Henry Bellmon, one of our outstanding Senators."

"We are very fortunate in the Republican Party organization at the national level to have Dick Obenshain."

"We have a great obligation to them because we want America not only a leader in the world but a country that gives to all of our citizens opportunity and blessings that none of us have had in the past..."