Gerald Ford actually said...

Mr. Secretary, it is my honor and tremendous privilege to award you on behalf of this grateful Nation the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the...

Of those suggestions submitted, more than 296,000 have been adopted with resultant tangible first-year benefits in excess of $929,000,000.

Of the 119,256 suggestions which were submitted by military personnel during Fiscal Year 1976, 19,375 were adopted.

Of those suggestions submitted, more than 275,000 have been adopted with resultant tangible first-year benefits in excess of $873,000,000.