Gerald Ford actually said...

"I think we have got a very first-class organization."

"Every indication we have is that the economy is going to get better and better and better."

"America is strong; it's alert; it's ready, and we're going to keep it that way."

"Yes. I think the rest of them are, as I understand it, cutting each other up pretty badly, dividing the Democratic Party with their comments and criticisms of one another."