Gerald Ford actually said...

I believe in being an optimist, and I think that attitude is helpful and beneficial as we face some of the difficult problems and the hard decisions ahead.

Context

Remarks at the Swearing In of Alan Greenspan as Chairman of the Council of Economic Advisers

09/03/1974

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