Gerald Ford actually said...

I will never give up our national defense interests.

Remarks and a Question-and-Answer Session at the Everett McKinley Dirksen Forum in Peoria

03/04/1976

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We must ensure each citizen's right to privacy.

Their restless search for a better life was begun in the spirit of adventure, but it was the spirit of sacrifice that sustained them.

We had always governed ourselves, and we always meant to.

I congratulate you.