Gerald Ford actually said...

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

"I am deeply grateful to them for a job well done."

"I sincerely regret that there was not timely action on my request to the Congress to enable the United States to continue to provide the assistance necessary to the survival of the Government of the K..."

"I decided with a heavy heart on the evacuation of American personnel from Cambodia because of my responsibility for the safety of the Americans who have served there so valiantly."