Gerald Ford actually said...

The durability of our inter-American system rests on its ability to adapt to changing hemispheric and world conditions.

There is no reason we cannot conquer the last vestiges of poverty in a hemisphere which is so richly endowed.

The world we now live in is increasingly fluid and complex, containing many new centers of power.

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