Gerald Ford: “Thank you very, very much, Jim Thompson, the next Governor of the great State of Illinois.”

I was the sole person who had to make that decision. But, when you look back at the alternatives that I had, it was the right decision. And I have no question that it was the right thing to do then. And I'm more certain today.

That is a little unfair. I do not think anyone objected to flags being flown and so forth. You make a good point on some of the other things, but that is a little unfair on the flag.

Do grant a full, free, and absolute pardon unto Richard Nixon for all offenses against the United States.

Check 21 is pretty simple in what it does. It just modernizes the Nation's check payment system and tries to keep up with all the new technologies in the 21st century.