Gerald Ford actually said...

Betty was appointed not because she was a woman, but because she was, in my opinion, the most qualified and the most respected.

Remarks at the Swearing In of Betty Southard Murphy as Chairman of the National Labor Relations Board

02/17/1975

More Gerald Ford Quotes

I think my principal job is to work at the responsibilities of being President.

This must not continue, and it won't with my program.

My principal responsibility is to be President of the United States, and that takes a good bit of time.

We can build our alliances from strength.