Gerald Ford actually said...

We recognize that every State has the right to adopt its own system of government and its own economic and social organization.

Remarks at a Reception for Chiefs of Delegation to the General Assembly of the Organization of American States.

05/09/1975

More Gerald Ford Quotes

No government can expect the people to act responsibly when it fails to do so itself.

You have destroyed, you have upset, you have literally torn asunder a basic concept of what is good for America.

Friendship you don't sell out. You keep it. You love it.

We are living in great days.