Gerald Ford actually said...

"I had what was really on my mind, and I said, 'Congress.'"

"It gives me a great deal of pleasure tonight to say that I want to extend to you happy birthday, to a man who carries a lot of weight anywhere, anywhere, Jackie Gleason."

"The energy program that I have recommended would not result in Florida paying a disproportionate share of any cost increase."

"I do not think we can conduct American foreign policy on the basis of what other nations think is in our best interest."